A training plan is the document which outlines details about the formal training an apprentice or trainee will undertake with you.  It is your responsibility to complete and lodge a training plan.

How it works

An employer and apprentice or trainee may choose you as their training provider.

Any new contracts allocated to you are listed on the Apprenticeship Traineeship Information System (ATIS) - this is the online management system used by Traineeship and Apprenticeship Services (TAS).

  1. Search ATIS to view any new contracts lodged, and then begin completing a training plan for that employer and apprentice or trainee.
  2. You contact the employer and apprentice or trainee to discuss details of training, including the core and elective units of competency, and then fill in the online training plan via ATIS.
  3. Print out the completed training plan and arrange for it to be signed by you, the employer, the apprentice or trainee (and a parent/guardian if they are under 18).
  4. It is your responsibility to lodge the training plan declaration to TAS through ATIS.

Note, if you are delivering training to school based apprentices or trainees, you must complete an ASbA training plan which you lodge directly to TAS using the contact details on the plan (ie not through ATIS).

Download a sample training plan (PDF).

Download a sample ASbA training plan (PDF).

How to complete a training plan

Training plans (school-based and non-school based) must include:

  • the qualification issued on completion of the training contract
  • all skills required by the apprentice or trainee to perform the job competently
  • the training to be delivered by the training provider
  • units of competency that the apprentice or trainee must undertake.

For information about the process of completing an online training plan, download the step-by-step guide (PDF).

Lodging a training plan (non-school-based)

Training plans are to be lodged using ATIS within three weeks of the new contract appearing in ATIS.

What happens after you lodge a training plan?

Once the training plan declaration is electronically submitted in ATIS, TAS training plan officers will assess the training contract application.

You will be advised in writing of the decision to approve (or in a small number of cases decline) the training contract.

You can start training after receiving approval. Any training provided before approval is at the risk of the training provider.

Training providers are required to keep the hard copy of the signed training plan and must be able to supply it to TAS within 48 hours of a request.

Australian Schoolbased Apprenticeship and Traineeship (ASbA) training plans

If the training contract is school based, you will need to complete a school-based training plan (PDF) 

This requires signatures from a parent or guardian of the apprentice or trainee, and the school principal.

By signing a training plan, everyone agrees that they understand the plan and agree to it.

Lodging an ASbA training plan

ASbA training plans need to be lodged with Trainee and Apprenticeship Services (TAS) by email, fax or mail using the contact instructions on the ASbA training plan form.

Download an ASbA training plan (PDF) 

Accessing ATIS

To obtain access to ATIS each user must complete an ATIS Login Application Form and agree to the ATIS User Agreement.

For new user access, download the ATIS Login Request Form (PDF) after reading the ATIS User Agreement (PDF).