You may be wise to get in touch with a local Registered Training Organisation.......the Qld Chamber of Commerce will be able to give you a local list. Or NTIS....(National Training Information Service) has online directories of all RTO's.

RTO's often recruit and place into apprentices in all trades.......they work closely with the Australian Apprenticeship area of the govt, and have a lot of additional funding. It means that if you get hooked up with an apprenticeship or traineeship that the RTO takes care of all of the administration of the scheme rather than an employer. The employer needs to sign a contract, which generally means that the conditions and training and assessment are maintained and monitored.

Not sure if that helps any?