Job Trainer - Skilling For Recovery – Fee-Free Training

On 16 September 2020, the Premier of NSW, the NSW Treasurer and the Minister for Skills and Tertiary Education jointly announced the Skilling for Recovery initiative to deliver Job Trainer funding in NSW.

Job Trainer – Skilling for Recovery – Training under Job Trainer is fee-free and is fully funded by the NSW and Commonwealth Governments. Places are available for eligible students.

Job Trainer - Skilling for Recovery will support those most affected by current economic conditions to gain skills in priority and growth industry areas, so they can take advantage of future job opportunities as the economy recovers from the effects of COVID-19.

The fee-free qualification training under Job Trainer - Skilling for Recovery is available to those who:

• live or work in NSW
• are aged 15 years or older
• have left school
• are an Australian citizen, permanent resident, humanitarian visa holder or New Zealand citizen

To be eligible for a FEE-FREE PLACE in TAE40116 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, TAE50116 Diploma of VET or TAE50216 Diploma of Training Design and Development you must also meet one of the following criteria:

• Currently employed (seeking to undertake a TAE qualification)
• Unemployed (not a Commonwealth Benefit Recipient)
• Commonwealth Benefit Recipient
• At risk of unemployment (People expected to become unemployed)
• A Veteran
• A Veteran’s Recognised Partner
• Youth (Age 16 – 24)

Note: Aboriginal students and students with a disability, fee-free scholarship students and refugees and asylum seekers) are eligible to access fee-free training for qualifications under Smart and Skilled.

To be eligible for a FEE-FREE PLACE in BSB50420 Diploma of Leadership and Management you must also meet one of the following criteria:

• Unemployed (not a Commonwealth Benefit Recipient)
• Commonwealth Benefit Recipient
• At risk of unemployment (People expected to become unemployed)
• A Veteran
• A Veteran’s Recognised Partner
• Youth (Age 16 – 24)

Note: Aboriginal students and students with a disability, fee-free scholarship students and refugees and asylum seekers) are eligible to access fee-free training for qualifications under Smart and Skilled.