Rule ITO022: Modern Apprenticeship eligibility

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Rule or condition

For a trainee to be eligible for industry training funding as a Modern Apprentice, a co-ordination fee must be paid in relation to the trainee to a Modern Apprentice Co-ordinator via a funding agreement paid under the Modern Apprenticeship Training Act 2000.

Modern Apprentices must be between 16 and 21 years of age (on entry to the programme) with some exceptions. Modern Apprentices must also:

• be employees
• have a signed Industry Training Agreement with their employer which:
  
  • leads to the achievement of a unit standards based National Certificate (or Certificates) at level 3 or 4 of the New Zealand Qualifications Framework
  • is registered with the relevant Modern Apprenticeship Coordinator (MAC).
• have an assigned New Zealand Qualifications Authority Record of Achievement Number and National Student Number
• be enrolled with the MAC
• have an Individual Training Plan signed by the employer, the Modern Apprentice and the MAC
• have not been signed into another Industry Training Agreement for the National Certificate in the previous six months prior to signing this Training Agreement
• have not completed 50 percent or more of the National Certificate prior to signing the Industry Training Agreement.