Government slammed for dumping Energise Oz electrician apprenticeship program

By Matthew Raggatt
Updated October 10 2015 - 11:13pm, first published 10:30pm
Electrical apprentice Allyce Daley Boorn,23, is disappointed she had a year under a 2 year pilot program for an improved electrical apprenticeship scheme that has not had its funding renewed this financial year Photo: Elesa Kurtz
Electrical apprentice Allyce Daley Boorn,23, is disappointed she had a year under a 2 year pilot program for an improved electrical apprenticeship scheme that has not had its funding renewed this financial year Photo: Elesa Kurtz

The electricians' union has slammed the federal government for failing to fund an apprentice training program which had doubled the retention rate to more than 90 per cent.