Funding

An exciting opportunity to have your ENGINEERING experience recognised and become Trade qualified.

The program goals are:

1. To recognise the existing skills of experienced individuals who have been employed in industry for a significant time and can provide experience of competency.
2. To provide additional training to complete the qualification.

Eligibility:
Eligible participants will be skilled individuals who:

1. Can successfully complete a minimum of 60% of the funded competencies in an engineering priority trade qualification through recognition of prior learning (RPL).
2. Require gap training in no more than 40% of the funded competencies/ points of a priority trade qualification to enable completion of the qualification.

Participants must also:

• Be 21 years of age or over.
• Permanently reside in Queensland.
• Be an Australian citizen, or Australian permanent resident (includes humanitarian entrant), temporary resident with the necessary visa and work permits on the pathway to permanent residency, or a New Zealand citizen.
• Not have previously completed a trade qualification in the same industry area, that is, a qualification within the same national training package.
• Not currently be an apprentice or trainee as defined in the Further Education and Training Act 2014.

Fees

Participant pays a co-contribution amount of $1.60 per nominal hour for each unit of competency that is gap trained. NO fee is payable for credit transfers or RPL outcomes.

TRADE QUALIFICATIONS

• MEM30219 Certificate III in Engineering Mechanical Trade
• MEM31922 Certificate III in Engineering Fabrication Trade
• MEM40119 Certificate IV in Engineering