Funding in Queensland (QLD)
There are three (3) options for funded training in Queensland. The Certificate III Guarantee, Higher Level Skills program and User choice.
Queensland Certificate 3 Guarantee Funding
The Certificate 3 Guarantee supports eligible individuals to complete their first post-school certificate III level qualification. This funding is available to help people increase their skills to move into employment, re-enter the workforce or advance their career.
This Queensland funding program also supports school students and local year twelve (12) graduates to transition to employment by providing fee-free training in high priority qualifications.
Eligibility for Certificate 3 Guarantee funding:
- Queensland resident aged fifteen (15) years or over who are no longer at school (with the exception of VET in Schools students)
- Participants must be Australian or New Zealand citizen or Australian permanent resident (including humanitarian entrants), or a temporary resident with the necessary visa and work permits on the pathway to permanent residency
- Prospective students must not have or be enrolled in a certificate III level or higher qualification (not including qualifications completed at school or foundation skills training)
Courses funded under the Queensland Certificate 3 Guarantee
- ICT30419 Certificate III in Telecommunications Network Build and Operations – Course Outline
- ICT30519 Certificate III in Telecommunications Technology- Course Outline
Fees
Non-concessional Student Contribution Fee
Calculated at $2 per unit of competency
Total Non-concessional Student Contribution Fee for:
ICT30519 – Certificate III in Telecommunications Technology is $32.00 (16 units at $2 per unit)
ICT30419 – Certificate III in Telecommunications Network Build and Operation is $28 (14 units at $2 per unit)
Concessional Student Contribution Fee
Calculated at 50c per unit of competency
Total Concessional Student Contribution Fee for
ICT30519 – Certificate III in Telecommunications Technology is $8.00. (16 units at 50c per unit )
ICT30419 – Certificate III in Telecommunications Network Build and Operation $7.00 (14 units at 50c per unit )
For more information, please download the following:
JBH C3G – Student Information Sheet
Higher Level Skills Funding
The Higher Level Skills program provides a government subsidy to support eligible individuals to access subsided training in selected Certificate lV or above qualifications and priority skill sets.
JB Hunter is approved to deliver the following under the Higher Level Skills funding.
* ICTSS00084 – Basic Open Cabler Registration Skill Set-Course Outline
It is important to note that you will no longer be eligible for a government subsidised training place under the Higher Level Skills program once you have completed a Certificate IV or higher qualification.
Who Is Eligible To Receive Training?
To be eligible for the Higher Level Skills program, you must meet the following criteria:
- Be fifteen (15) years or over
- No longer at school
- Permanently reside in Qld
- Be an Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident (including humanitarian entrant), temporary resident with the necessary visa and work permits on the pathway to permanent residency, or a New Zealand citizen
- Not hold and not be enrolled in a Certificate lV or higher-level qualification, not including qualifications completed at school and foundation skills training and
- Be an existing worker in the Telecommunications industry
Fees
Student Contribution Fees are a student’s contribution to the cost of their own training. Student Contribution Fees are charged in accordance with the Higher Level Skills program Policy 2020 – 2021.
Non-concessional Student Contribution Fee
Calculated at $8 per unit of competency.
Total Non-concessional Student Contribution fee for ICTSS00084 – Basic Open Cabler Registration Skill Set is $32
Concessional Student Contribution Fee
Calculated at $4 per unit of competency.
Total Concessional Student Contribution fee for ICTSS00084 – Basic Open Cabler Registration Skill Set is $16
For more information, please download the following:
JBH HLS – Student Information Sheet
Queensland User Choice funding
The User Choice program subsidises training and assessment for eligible Queensland apprentices and trainees. The program provides the flexibility for apprentices, trainees and their employers to select a preferred registered training organisation (RTO) from a list of Skills Assure Suppliers (SAS) for the delivery of accredited training to meet their specific needs.
Eligibility for User Choice funding:
- An apprentice or trainee must have entered into a training contract for a qualification that is funded by the department and be registered in DELTA
- The contract commencement date or recommencement date must be on or after 1 July 2021
- The training provider selected to deliver the training must hold a Skills Assure Supplier (SAS) status for the nominated qualification
Courses funded under Queensland User Choice
ICT30519 Certificate III in Telecommunications Technology – Course Outline
ICT30419 Certificate III in Telecommunications Network, Build and Operations – Course Outline
The funding priorities under the User Choice 2021–23 program are:
- Priority One (100% subsidised) qualifications for occupations deemed to be critical priorities in Queensland
- Priority Two (87.5% subsidised) qualifications for occupations considered as high priorities
- Priority Three (75% subsidised) qualifications for occupations considered as medium priorities
*The student fee for User Choice is $1.60 per nominal hour
For more information, please download the JBH User Choice – Student Information Sheet
Fee-free Training for year 12 graduates
Fee-free training applies to high priority qualifications available under the Queensland Government’s Certificate 3 Guarantee program or User Choice program, which funds training and assessment services for apprenticeships and traineeships.
Eligibility for Fee-free Year 12 training:
To be eligible to access fee-free training, individuals must:
- Have completed year twelve (12) in Queensland and hold a Senior Statement, or equivalent certification
- Enrol and start an apprenticeship, traineeship or training with an approved training provider in a high priority qualification by the thirty first (31) of December the year after graduating
- Permanently reside in Queensland
https://training.qld.gov.au/training/incentives/year12-fee-free/eligibility-rules
The Free apprenticeships for under 21s program will cover the cost of training for Queensland apprentices or trainees who commenced or are undertaking 1 of the 139 high priority apprenticeship or traineeship qualifications from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2023.
