Advance+ Short Course and Advance+ Higher Level Skills

Eligibility for the Apprentice Advance+ Higher Level Skills Program

To be eligible for the program, individuals:

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• must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, a permanent resident of Australia or hold a refugee and humanitarian visa

• must permanently reside in Queensland or be permanently employed in Queensland

• must fit one of the following categories:

  • a current or cancelled apprentice or trainee of a recognised apprenticeship or traineeship; or

  • an employee or self-employed in the Queensland Building and Construction industry, commencing training within 365 days from completion date of their recognised Apprenticeship or Traineeship

  • a permanent Queensland resident unemployed for a period less than twelve (12) months in the first year out of a Recognised Apprenticeship or Traineeship, commencing training within 365 days from completion date of their Recognised Apprenticeship or Traineeship

• cannot be an employee of any Authority (excludes employees of an Indigenous Council that is a Principal Contractor)

• cannot be currently enrolled and participating in a Queensland secondary school program

• cannot be a contracted trainer or assessor or an existing worker of a Registered Training Organisation

•  cannot have previously completed the units of competency for which funding is sought

• cannot seek to achieve the entire qualification by Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)

• cannot be previously funded under this program in the same Contract Term

• cannot have been funded by an Authority or such other source for delivery of the same training being undertaken as part of this Program

Note

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• Funding is subject to availability and eligibility

• An eligible worker has the same meaning as the Building and Construction Industry (Portable Long Services Leave) Act 1991 (QLD)