State based funding – the comprehensive list

The growth in the delivery of Diploma qualifications has seen many RTOs abandon training centered on state based funding initiatives where, according to Victorian Skills Minister Steve Herbert, VET FEE-HELP was “skewing the entire training system”. He also stated that VET FEE-HELP was “having an impact on take-up rates and opportunities in the state systems below diploma level.”

This suggests that lower level state based funded qualifications are being underutilised. This is not surprising, as identifying available state funding can be both time consuming and confusing.  Each state is different; some states have wrapped their funding into broad programs, while others still have a variety of separate programs that are individually administered.

That’s why we’ve put together a list of the funding programs for each state that offers subsidies for accredited training. If there is something we’ve missed, be sure to to let us know so we can share this valuable information.

NSW

• Smart and Skilled
• Regional Training and Employment Strategy
• The NSW Training Market
• VET in School
• User Choice

VIC

• Victorian Training Guarantee
• VET in Schools

QLD

• Certificate 3 Guarantee
• Higher Level Skills
• Fee-free training for Year 12 graduates
• Skilling Queenslanders for Work
• Industry Pre-apprenticeship program
• Trade Skills Assessment and Gap Training program
• User Choice
• VET in Schools

SA

• Work Ready
• Automotive Workers in Transition Program
• Skills and Training Initiative
• VET in Schools

TAS

• Career Start Program
• Skills Fund
• User Choice
• Rapid Response Skills Initiative

WA

• Future Skills
• VET in Schools

NT

• Northern Territory Training Entitlement
• User Choice
• VET in Schools
• Industry Buildskills Program
• General Recurrent Program
• Indigenous Responsive Program
• Pre-employment Training Program
• Training in regional & remote areas

ACT

• Skills Capital
• Adult Community Education Grant Program
• User Choice
• VET in Schools