政府将向每个企业提供最高$16,000的资金，以帮助支付每位学徒前两年的费用。
教育部长克里斯·希普金斯（Hon Chris Hipkins）表示：“学徒支持计划（Apprenticeship Boost）是政府工作计划的一部分，旨在保障学徒的工作，并支持雇主为新员工投资，以帮助恢复经济。”
“学徒对公司来说是一笔巨大的投资，尤其是在培训初期，当公司不得不束紧腰带时，学徒们可能是首先被解雇的人。这项投资要帮助企业留住这些学徒，并使他们更有信心接受新学徒。这对于保证我们快速推动基建项目至关重要。”
“在全球金融危机之下，如果没有这种支持，学徒很可能被弃用。当经济复苏时，新西兰会面临巨大的技能短缺，到时候会不得不付出更多的代价从海外找到熟练的人才。”
“从2020年8月到2022年4月，估计有18,000名雇主将在培训的前12个月中为每个学徒申请$12,000，在其后的12个月中最多可以申请$6,000。”
“政府预算中已为学徒支持计划分配$3.806亿。我们还取消了其学习的费用，并在接下来的两年半内免去了学徒的费用。”
社会发展部将负责管理该计划。
社会发展部长卡梅尔·塞普洛尼（Hon Carmel Sepuloni）表示：“保障就业及再教育工作需要跨部门合作，因此社会发展部（MSD）可以发挥关键作用。我们需要保持学徒与工作，培训的联系以及社区的联系。”
“ MSD也同时担任政府工资补贴的管理工作，在工作中证明了MSD是可以及时有效地开展工作支持企业和民众的。”
社会发展部长补充，新西兰经济复苏和重建需要大量人才，而这项计划可以有力的为社会进行人才的补给。
教育部长表示，学徒培训计划是政府学徒制支持计划的基石。学徒的雇主还将根据情况从其他三个计划中获得有针对性的财务支持：
· 将现有的MSD Mana in Mahi计划（价值$3030万）扩展 到高风险人群，帮助他们找到长期稳定的工作
· 一个新的地区学徒计划，投资于新西兰地区新学徒计划，特别支持失业工人以及毛利及太平洋裔
· 投入$1900万用于支持现有的七个小组培训计划，以继续雇用约1,700名学徒和学员，并为托管企业提供相关服务
（以上为简译，仅供参考，具体内容请见原文）
英文原文
Backing businesses to upskill New Zealand
The Government is providing businesses with up to $16,000 to help pay the cost of each apprentice for the first two years.
“The apprenticeship support scheme, Apprenticeship Boost, is part of a wider government programme to keep apprentices in jobs and support employers to invest in new ones, as we rebuild the economy from the impact of COVID-19,” Education Minister Chris Hipkins said.
“Apprentices are significant investments for firms, particularly in the early years of their training, and can be the first to be laid off when companies have to tighten their belts.
“This investment is key to helping businesses keep people on and give them more confidence to take on new apprentices. This is essential as we roll out and fast track infrastructure projects.
“Without support of this kind after the Global Financial Crisis, apprentices were let go and when the economy picked up, New Zealand struggled with huge skills shortages and had to pay more to find skilled people from overseas.
“From August 2020 and up to April 2022, up to an estimated 18,000 employers will be able to apply for funding of up to $12,000 per apprentice in their first 12 months of training, and up to $6,000 in their second 12 months.
“The Government has budgeted $380.6 million for Apprenticeship Boost, which was announced on Budget Day. We’ve also removed costs for learners and made apprentices free for the next two and a half years,” Chris Hipkins said.
The Ministry for Social Development will be responsible for administering the scheme.
“Supporting people to stay in jobs and enter into training requires a cross government response so it makes sense that MSD has a key role to play. We need to keep apprentices connected to work, connected to training and connected to their communities,” Minister of Social Development Carmel Sepuloni said.
“MSD has shown through its administration of the Government’s wage subsidy that it’s well placed to support businesses in a timely and effective manner to help keep kiwis working,” Carmel Sepuloni.
Carmel Sepuloni adds that the support is critical to ensuring that our people and businesses continue to develop the skills needed for New Zealand’s economic recovery and rebuild.
Apprenticeship Boost is a cornerstone of the Government’s Apprenticeship Support Programme, Chris Hipkins said. Employers of apprentices will also have targeted financial support available from three other schemes depending on the circumstances:
- Extending the existing MSD Mana in Mahi scheme ($30.3 million) for at risk people into long-term sustainable work
- A new regional apprenticeship scheme which will invest in new apprenticeships in regional New Zealand and particularly support displaced workers and Maori and Pacific peoples into jobs,
- $19 million to support the seven existing Group Training Schemes to continue to employ some 1,700 apprentices and trainees and provide related services to host businesses.
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