Hon CHRIS HIPKINS: Because it works. Since launching in August 2020, more than 10,000 employers have signed up and received almost $97 million in subsidies for more than 21,000 apprentices. All industries with formal apprenticeships training programmes are taking up this support, with 32 percent of the Apprenticeship Boost apprentices enrolled with the Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation and a further 22 percent with the Skills Organisation, which includes building and construction - related apprentices like plumbing, gasfitting, drainlaying, electrical, roofing, and scaffolding. 