Government-funded programs
User Choice
User Choice is a program funded by both the Commonwealth Government and state governments through which employees may undertake an apprenticeship or traineeship qualification. Employers, apprentices or trainees can negotiate with a registered training organisation of their choice as to when they will attend college, the qualification they would like to undertake, and any other aspect of the training to be delivered.
Further information on government-funded programs is located in the client section of this site:
Adult Learners' Week
Advanced Manufacturing Plan
First Start Program
Get Set for Work
Indigenous Employment Programs
Skill Centre Grants
Strategic Purchasing Program
Travel and accommodation allowance for apprentices and trainees
Vocational Education and Training Disability Support Service
Worker Assistance Program
Youth Training Incentives
Adult Learners' Week
Held annually from 1-8 September, Adult Learners' Week is a statewide and worldwide opportunity to celebrate and promote all types of adult learning. It offers organisations and community groups a framework in which to promote adult learning.
Funds are available annually to Queensland adult community educators to conduct activities that reflect the week's national focus and aims.
Advanced Manufacturing Plan
Under its 2004 election commitments, the Queensland Government is providing $8 million in new funding over three years to implement an Advanced Manufacturing Plan, which aims to further enhance the competitiveness of the state's manufacturing industry and establish Queensland as the leading state for value-added manufacturing growth in the nation.
First Start Program
Young Queenslanders now have more opportunities for apprenticeships and traineeships with state and local government employers.
Get Set for Work
Get Set for Work funds community organisations to help young people aged 15-17 to get the skills and experience that employers want.
Indigenous Employment
Find out about community-based employment and training programs designed to help Indigenous Queenslanders compete in the jobs market.
Skill Centre Grants
The Queensland Department of Employment and Training administers funds on behalf of the Department of Education, Science and Training for the development of skill centres.
Strategic Purchasing Program
The Strategic Purchasing Program provides funding for the delivery of training that:
- addresses strategic priorities that are of economic and social importance to Queensland,
- increases participation for disadvantaged, marginalised and under-represented groups, and
- aligns with Queensland 's training and employment priorities.
Some of the initiatives administered under the program are:
- Correctional Centres Program
- Training for People with a Disability
- Creative Industries Training Initiative
- Manufacturing and Engineering Initiatives
- Youth in Detention Initiative
- Forestry Initiative
- Aviation Initiative
Travel and accommodation allowance for apprentices and trainees
Apprentices and trainees who have to travel to attend courses in relation to their training program may be eligible for travel and accommodation allowance.
Vocational Education and Training Disability Support Service
The Vocational Education and Training Disability Support Service provides support for students with a disability who are undertaking off-the-job training funded by the Department of Education, Training and the Arts.
Worker Assistance Program
The Worker Assistance Program assists workers displaced, or about to be displaced, due to large scale and regional retrenchments, to find alternative employment.
Youth Training Incentives
Provides public sector and private sector employers with cash incentives to increase school-based apprenticeship and traineeship positions.
Contact Apprenticeships info 1800 210 210 or Training Queensland 1300 369 935
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