The User Choice Program provides a public funding contribution towards the cost of training and assessment for eligible Queensland apprentices and trainees.
By choosing one of GET Education Australia’s Certificate III trades courses you will be advancing to achieve your goal of becoming a fully Qualified Tradesman in your chosen profession.
UNDER THIS FUNDING PROGRAM GET EDUCATION DELIVERS TRAINING IN THE FOLLOWING:
CPC30313 Certificate III in Concreting
CPC30611 Certificate III in Painting and Decorating
TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR USER CHOICE FUNDING
You must be a registered apprentice or trainee and have entered into a training contract for a qualification that is funded by Department of Education & Training (DET) and be registered in DET’s registration system DELTA. The contract commencement date or recommencement date must be on or after 1 July 2010, and the training provider selected to deliver the training must hold a pre-qualified supplier status for the nominated qualification.
DO I NEED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE COST OF USER CHOICE FUNDING?
In accordance with the User Choice policy, GET Education Australia is obliged to collect a Student Contribution Fee which is calculated at $1.60 per nominal hour for each unit of competency delivered. The total fee will vary according to the range of units selected within each traineeship qualification framework.
A reduced Student Contribution Fee (concession) of no more than 40% percent of the student contribution fee or $0.64 per nominal hour will apply where the student falls into one of the following concession categories listed below.
Concessional status
– Under the age of 17 at the end of February in the year of training from commencement, and the participant has not completed year 12.
– Holds a health care or pensioner card or is the partner or a dependant of a person who holds those cards and is named on the card.
– The student provides the RTO with an official form under commonwealth law confirming they, their partner or the person of whom the participant is a dependant, is entitled to concessions under a health care or pensioner concession card.
– An Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person.
User Choice Fees:- GET User Choice Fees Charges
Visit training.qld.gov.au for the –USER CHOICE FACT SHEET
Visit the Queensland Skills Gateway http://skillsgateway.training.qld.gov.au to choose a qualification, learn about the training available, and the training providers that can assist you
• Check out the Student Information page on the DET website to learn more.
Apprentices and trainees can only receive one government contribution for a User Choice funded qualification at any single point in time, i.e. a student is not funded to undertake two apprenticeships or traineeships at the same time.
It is very important that you take the time to consider your future career goals and choose the right training option before signing an enrolment form or committing to a course of study which will use up this entitlement.
GET Education Student Handbook
The student handbook encompasses important information that a student needs to know when enrolling and engaging in studying with GET Education Australia. It outlines the commitment and obligations of GET Education Australia as a registered Training Organisation, and the terms, conditions, and commitments required by a student enrolling at GET Education Australia