About Funding

DTWD Funded Training

The Western Australia Government offers a range of course at reduced fees under the Lower fees, local skills initiative.

Jobs and Skills WA provides a subsidised training place for eligible students enrolled in courses that are deemed State priority qualifications, where a training place is available.

Types of Funding:

1. PARTICIPATION WORK READINESS (PWR)- Jobseeker

The Participation Program focuses on the delivery of training for those sections of the population that are under-represented in the workforce and face barriers to mainstream training arrangements.

2. PRIORITY INDUSTRY TRAINING (PIT) – Existing Worker

This program focuses on making available a range of qualifications that address priority industry needs of the State through a non employment-based training pathway.

This program has two target groups, jobseekers and existing workers. The qualifications offered may be delivered in any region throughout WA for both target groups.

Courses available under the DTWD Funding:

2024 Eligibility Guidelines

Citizenship/residency

A student must be a resident of Western Australia and student must meet one of the below residency requirements:

1. an Australian citizen
2. a holder of a permanent visa, or
3. Hold a Humanitarian Visa
4. Temperory Residents
   • holders of a sub-class 309, 444, 785, 790, or 820 visa
   • secondary holders of a temporary visa of sub-class 457or 482 visa
   • holders of a Bridging Visa E (subclasses 050 and 051) where the visa holder has made a valid application for a visa of subclass 785 or 790
   • Ukraine citizens who are holders of a visa sub-class 449 or 786
   • Afghan citizens who are holders of a visa sub-class 449, and
   • holders of a bridging visa who are eligible to work, and who have made a valid application for a subclass 866

PARTICIPATION WORK READINESS (PWR)- Jobseeker

To be eligible for the program, students must be unemployed or under-employed and able to access mainstream training. Students must:

1. have a written referral from an Approved Participation Referral Agent for Job Seekers, or
2. be referred by themselves; another agency or recruited by the Service Provider. Refer Section 7.1 for more information regarding Participation Referral Agents

PRIORITY INDUSTRY TRAINING (PIT) – Existing Worker

Students must not have an active apprenticeship/traineeship training contract registered on WAAMS.

• Training provided to Students equates to face–to-face training of at least 50% of the contracted nominal hours for Job Seekers
• Existing Worker is defined as an individual working 20 hours or more a week with a single or multiple employer.
• Employment Type must be Full Time or Part Time

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Smart and Skilled Funding

Smart and Skilled provides eligible students with access to Government subsidised training in NSW. This includes an entitlement for all NSW citizens to undertake Apprenticeship and Traineeship training

Courses available under the Smart and Skilled Funding:

The NSW Skills List provides the nationally accredited qualifications and courses that eligible students may undertake. Eligible students may also undertake a short course (either a nationally accredited skills set or a bespoke skills set made up of nationally accredited units of competency and/or modules) through the Targeted Priorities Prevocational and Part Qualifications Program.

Under Smart and Skilled, a student contributes towards the cost of training through the payment of a student fee.

There are different categories of student fees, based on the program, the qualification and the characteristics of the student. The schedule of fees for each qualification on the NSW Skills List can be accessed at: https://www.nsw.gov.au/education-and-training/vocational/funding/smart-skilled-fees

Some students may be eligible for fee-free training or a concession fee.

The Smart and Skilled Fee Administration Policy provides detailed guidance on fee arrangements and eligibility requirements for fee-free training or fee concessions.

Eligibility criteria for all Smart and Skilled Programs

A person who is eligible to receive subsidised training in all Smart and Skilled Programs (except Smart and Skilled Entitlement Apprenticeships and Traineeships Program) is a person who, at the time of enrolment in a qualification or course on the NSW Skills List or a “short course” with a Smart and Skilled provider:

• (a) lives or works in NSW (determined by postcode of the usual place of residence or place of work); or
• (b) an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander student who does not live or work in NSW but lives in specific defined interstate NSW border areas (see Appendix 2: Defined interstate NSW border areas) is eligible for government-subsidised training under Smart and Skilled; and
• (c) is:
  • (i) an Australian citizen; or
  • (ii) a permanent Australian resident; or
  • (iii) a New Zealand citizen; or
  • (iv) a humanitarian visa holder or a partner visa holder whose sponsor is a humanitarian visa holder and
• (d) is aged 75 years or older; and
• (e) is no longer in secondary education – except for registered home school students (See relevant sections below for further information).

A student must declare that the information they provide with regards to eligibility is true, accurate, complete and not misleading.

Exceptions

The following exceptions apply to sections 2.2 of this Policy:

• if a person is approved or registered as an Existing Worker Trainee, they will not be eligible to receive Subsidised Training in a Smart and Skilled Qualification that is associated with the Training Contract for their existing worker traineeship, in relation to any Smart and Skilled Program.
• the Department may allow a Smart and Skilled Provider to treat a person, who does not fit any of the above eligibility criteria, as being eligible to receive Subsidised Training under Smart and Skilled.

Acceptable evidence

The following table outlines the proof of eligibility requirements to access Smart and Skilled. The Smart and Skilled Fee Administration Policy outlines the proof of eligibility requirements for fee-free training or fee concessions.

All evidence must be able to be verified by the Provider. At the Department’s discretion, the Department may request that the Provider produce records for verification (i.e. either a copy of the evidence or proof that the evidence has been sighted).

Note: Where the evidence provided by the student is a copy of the orig i na I, the copy must be certified by a person who is on the list of approved witnesses who can verify documents. A list of which is available at the Commonwealth Attorney General’s Department website at:www.ag.gov.au/Publications/Pages/Statutorvdeclarationsignatorylist.aspx

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