8-14 February 2027
National Apprenticeship Week Australia™
Celebrating Australian Apprenticeships: Building Skills, Careers and Our Future
National Apprenticeship Week Australia™ (NAWA) celebrates the role of apprenticeships and traineeships in building the skills and confidence of individuals – and strengthening the industries and economy of our nation.
Across one week each February, employers, apprentices, schools, training providers, and government come together to:
Recognise the contribution of apprentices and trainees
Showcase apprenticeships as a respected and rewarding career pathway
Highlight the role employers play in shaping the workforce of tomorrow
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Ways to Participate
Whether you’re an employer, apprentice, school, or industry group you can get involved in National Apprenticeship Week.
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NAWA Resources
Access logos, banners, posters, and social media graphics to share the National Apprenticeship Week message.
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Get on Board
Join other organisations across Australia in championing apprenticeships and shaping the future workforce.
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National Apprentice Week 2027 Theme
Handed Down, Handed On
Every skilled tradesperson began the same way. One person standing beside another, sharing what they know.
An apprenticeship is more than training. It is one of humanity's oldest traditions. Knowledge earned through experience, passed from one generation to the next.
Long before there were qualifications, frameworks or workforce plans, there was a master and an apprentice. Someone willing to teach and someone willing to learn. That tradition continues today.
It lives in the apprentice finding their feet in the first weeks of a new trade. It lives in the experienced tradesperson sharing skills built over a lifetime. And it lives in every employer who chooses to invest in the next generation and says, "Come with me. I'll show you how it's done."
Because every trade, every skill and every career begins the same way. Someone learns, someone teaches, and something worth knowing is handed down, handed on.