Women in trades for RTOs
Find information to share with women in trades—such as students, apprentices, trainees, and their employers—to help create inclusive workplaces.
Key information and links to share
Apprentices and trainees
Please encourage women apprentices and trainees in trades to:
- View the support for women apprentices and trainees web page
- Register to connect with an industry mentor
- Access one-on-one support
Additional support for NSW apprentices and trainees
Employers
Please encourage all NSW employers to:
Resources for educators
- Careers Insights pack for educators.
- Communications Guide - Women in Trades - use the guide to talk more effectively with women and girls about trades careers.
- Life Phases: Women in Trades - Behavioural interventions to help women start and stay in non-traditional trades.
- Women in Trades Promising Practice Review - Understanding the barriers preventing women engaging in trades and recommended interventions.
- Group Training Organisation pre-apprenticeship and pre-traineeship program – The NSW Government funds Group Training Organisations (GTOs) to recruit and support individuals to participate in pre-apprenticeship and pre-traineeship training to trial different apprenticeship and traineeship pathways in various industry sectors.
Contact information
- Email: WITsupport@det.nsw.edu.au.
- Call: 13 28 11 to contact your local Training Services office.