Key contacts outside RMIT
Ambulance, Police, Fire – Tel. 000
Apprenticeship Administration Unit (AAU)
Previously know as the Apprenticeships Administration Branch.
Processes and registers training agreements and monitors completion, cancellation, variations and suspensions.
Tel. 1300 722 603
Email: apprenticeships.adm@edumail.vic.gov.au
Australian Apprenticeship Centres (AAC)
Provide advice and assistance with training arrangements, training agreements, financial incentives subsidies and allowances.
Tel. 13 38 73
www.australianapprenticeships.gov.au
Australian Council of Trades Unions (ACTU)
Tel. 1300 362 223
www.actu.org.au
Australian Taxation Office – Superannuation Info Line
Tel 13 10 20
www.ato.gov.au
Centrelink
Provides assistance with government allowance queries and job searching.
Tel. 13 28 50
www.centrelink.gov.au
Fair Work Australia
The national workplace relations tribunal.
Tel. 1300 799 675
www.fwa.gov.au
Fair Work Ombudsman
Provides information and advice about Australia’s workplace rights and rules.
Tel. 13 13 94
www.fairwork.gov.au
Group Training Australia Victoria Inc.
Employs apprentices/trainees and places them with suitable employers. Group training allows you to work for different employers and gain wider experience.
Tel. +61 3 9639 3955
Email: admin@gtavic.asn.au
www.gtaltd.com.au
JobsearchAustralia’s largest free online jobs website operated by the Australian Government.
Tel. 13 17 15
www.jobwatch.org.au
Jobwatch
Helps with problems at work.
Tel. +61 3 9662 1933
www.jobwatch.org.au
Ombudsman Victoria
Investigates complaints about Victorian Government departments, most statutory authorities and local government.
Tel. +61 3 9613 6222
Email: ombudvic@ombudsman.vic.gov.au
www.ombudsman.vic.gov.au
School-based Apprenticeships/Traineeships
www.australianapprenticeships.gov.au/FAQ/Documents/FactSheet_ASBA.pdf
Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission
Helps resolve complaints about discrimination, sexual harassment and racial or religious vilification.
Tel. +61 3 9281 7111
www.humanrightscommission.vic.gov.au
Victorian Trades Hall Council
Provides advice on union membership.
Tel: +61 3 9659 3511
www.vthc.org.au
Victorian Young Unionist Network
Tel. +61 3 9659 3578
www.yun.org.au
WorkSafe
Assists with workplace safety, violence, harassment and related compensation claims.
Tel. +61 3 9641 1444 or 1800 136 089
www.worksafe.vic.gov.au