Date Time Tech making it easier to employ apprentices and trainees Minister for Employment and Small Business and Minister for Training and Skills Development The Honourable Di Farmer The Palaszczuk Government is providing personalised text alerts and tutorial videos to make it easier for small businesses to employ apprentices and trainees. Minister for Employment and Small Business and Minister for Training and Skills Development Di Farmer said easy-to-follow resources have been developed to make the apprenticeship and traineeship process as simple as possible. “Each year small businesses and other operations across the state work through the steps to recruit and train the next generation of skilled workers,” Minister Farmer said.