Changes to 2024 Australian Apprenticeships Priority List

Changes have been made to the Australian Apprenticeships Priority List from 1st January 2024. To see the updated list, please click here.

Effective on 1 January 2024, 19 new occupations have been added to the Australian Apprenticeship Priority List (AAPL).

The Australian Apprenticeships Priority List will be used by the Australian Apprenticeships Incentive System (AAIS), to provide additional financial support to apprentices, trainees and their employers in order to boost apprentice numbers and support completions in priority occupations.
 

The 19 new occupations being added to the 2024 Apprenticeships Priority List are:

• Ambulance Officer

• Animal Husbandry Technician

• Aquaculture or Fisheries Technician

• Architectural Draftperson

• Boat Builder and Repairer

• Earth Science Technician

• Fire Protection Plumber

• Flight Attendant

• Furniture Maker

• Graphic Pre-press Trades Worker

• Irrigation Designer

• Irrigation Technician

• Light Technician

• Mine Deputy

• Nursing Support Worker

• Out of School Hours Care Worker

• Pharmacy Technician

• Shipwright

• Sound Technician