GOVERNMENT FUNDED PROGRAMS
Through the Department of Trade, Employment and Training (DTET), the State Government aims to work with industry, Registered Training Organisations (RTOs), community organisations and communities to not only create more jobs but ensure skills are aligned to these jobs thus ensuring the skilling and upskilling of Queensland’s workforce. To achieve this, each year the department makes available funding to eligible organisations and individuals across the state.
VETiS PROGRAMS
Work Skills Vocational Education and Training in Schools (VETiS) program is the delivery of nationally recognised qualifications to school students, providing them with the skills and knowledge required for specific industries. VETiS can be undertaken in years 10, 11, and 12 and can count towards the Queensland Certificate of Education. Work Skills deliver the VETiS program within a collaborative Third Party Arrangement Agreement with a number of Queensland high schools. Training and Assessment services are delivered in a joint partnership between Work Skills and the schools.
CAREER START
Career Start provides Queenslanders with skills and support to start their career.
The program provides training to help job seekers secure a job and supports those already employed to move into more skilled roles or full-time employment, including after completing an apprenticeship or traineeship.
Career Start supports delivery of entry level training to students, apprentices and trainees aligned with the skill outcomes required by industry.
Eligibility
Under Career Start, a student may access up to 2 subsidised training places through one of the following options:
- a qualification in a certificate III under the general training pathway and an apprenticeship/traineeship, noting that if the apprenticeship/traineeship is done first, the student is no longer eligible to access a general training pathway
qualification under Career Start
or
- two apprenticeships/traineeships at either a certificate II or III level, including school-based apprenticeships and traineeships (SATs).
A student cannot do 2 general training pathway qualifications under Career Start.
GENERAL TRAINING PATHWAY
General Training Pathway provides individuals with the skills and support to start their career. For eligible participants, this program means you may be eligible to study a qualification with Work Skills in business, hospitality or automotive.
APPRENTICESHIP AND TRAINEESHIP PATHWAY
The program is funded by the Queensland State Government and contributes towards the cost of training for eligible Queensland apprentices and trainees. The program aims to provide funding aligned to the current skills needs.
TRADE SKILLS ASSESSMENT AND GAP TRAINING PROGRAM
The Trade Skills Assessment and Gap Training program is a Government funded program designed to offer eligible Queenslanders that have substantial trade and industry experience, the opportunity to complete a priority trade qualification. The program targets most, but not all, trades that have been declared as restricted calling in Queensland.