What is User Choice?
Australian Apprentices can receive assistance from User Choice, a national government funding program, to cover the cost of training and assessment services.
The Australian Government and NT Government collaborate on the User Choice funding program to offer incentives for getting qualified through on-the-job training. This funding policy seeks to align the vocational education and training sector with the needs of industry, and fill skills shortages in the labour force.
In Darwin and the Northern Territory, the government pays the training provider the subsidy after enrolment through User Choice. This lowers employers’ out-of-pocket expenses.
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What courses does User Choice funding subsidise?
Qualifications on the NT apprenticeships and traineeships database are eligible for User Choice funding. Courses must be taken through approved RTOs (Registered Training Organisations).
These include all levels of nationally recognised vocational qualifications, such as:
• Certificate II (pre-traineeship qualification)
• Certificate III
• Certificate IV
• Diploma
• Advanced Diploma
Apprenticeships and traineeships can receive subsidised training in a variety of fields, from traditional trades to the health care, real estate, and other sectors.
On the NT apprenticeships and traineeships database, popular qualifications include:
• Certificate III in Beauty Services
• Certificate III in Business
• Certificate IV in Information Technology
• Certificate IV in Health Administration
• Diploma of Mental Health
Am I eligible for User Choice funding?
To access subsidised training through User Choice in the NT, you must meet the following eligibility criteria
Either:
• An Australian citizen
• A permanent resident of Australia
• A New Zealand citizen
• An eligible visa holder
• 15+ years of age
• In paid work
• Enrolled in a qualification that is listed on the NT Qualifications Register through an Australian Apprenticeship with an approved RTO.
• Your employer is capable of providing the required supervision at work.
• You put in more than 15 hours of work or training each week (if your training contract is not through a school, average out your hours over 4 weeks)
You are not eligible for User Choice Funding if you are an existing worker. This means that you’ve been employed for longer than:
• 3 months full-time
• 12 months part-time
Existing employees can only enrol in apprenticeships rather than traineeships with user choice funded training. Some situations are an exception to this, including:
• If you have previously worked while attending school and are switching to a traineeship with the same employer,
• If you’re undertaking a traineeship in a field where there is a skills shortage, as indicated on the NT Skilled Occupation Priority List,
• You are completing a higher level qualification in the same training package, such as a Certificate II to a Certificate III or a Certificate IV to Diploma, less than a year after finishing a previous apprenticeship or traineeship.
If you are of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin
Government funding scheme by state
Skills Checkpoint is a government initiative that assists Australians over 40 in retraining and upskilling so they can advance their professions or find new jobs.
User Choice is a national government funding scheme that helps cover the cost of training and assessment services for Australian apprentices.
Skills Checkpoint is a government initiative that assists Australians over 40 in retraining and upskilling so they can advance their professions or find new jobs.
Smart and Skilled NSW is an exceptional funding program designed to assist eligible NSW students by providing subsidies for a wide range of courses. This program specifically focuses on helping you obtain your first qualification after completing school, giving you a head start in your career.
Skills Checkpoint is a government program that supports Australians over 40 to upskill or retrain so they can advance or change their careers.
Australian Apprentices can receive assistance from User Choice, a national government funding program, to cover the cost of training and assessment services.
The Certificate 3 Guarantee program could help pay for your first certificate III level qualification.
Free Apprenticeships for Under 25s is a program set up by the Queensland Government to give training to young people in high priority areas.
All under 25s in Queensland can access training for 26 priority certificate III qualifications for free, opening up new and exciting opportunities for young people in the area.
The higher level skills program aims to equip Queenslanders with the necessary abilities to find work in priority industries or to move on towards a university education.
Skills Checkpoint is a government program that supports Australians over 40 in retraining and upskilling so they can enhance their current careers or find new jobs.
User Choice is a government funding program that helps Australian Apprentices by contributing to the cost of training and assessment services.
Skilling SA is a government funding scheme run by the South Australian Government.
Skills Checkpoint assists Australians over 40 in retraining and upskilling so they can advance their careers or find new jobs.
The New Apprenticeship Scholarship Program (NASP) is a government funding scheme that helps apprentices complete their traineeships/apprenticeships.
The Rapid Response Skills Initiative (RRSI) is a program set up by the Tasmania state government that’s designed to help those out of work through no fault of their own reskill in order to find new career opportunities.
Skills Checkpoint is a government support program that helps Australians over 40 who want to retrain or upskill so they can stay employed, change careers, or find a new job.
Skills Checkpoint is a national government program that helps Australians over 40 retrain and upskill so they can stay in their current role, find a new role, or change careers.
Skills First is a Victorian government funding scheme that helps eligible individuals pay less for training and upskilling in high-priority areas.
JobTrainer provides low-cost vocational education and training courses to help Western Australians upskill or reskill in fields with rapid job development.
Lower Fees, Local Skills offers young Western Australians free and reduced-fee qualifications to help them gain job-ready skills for rapidly growing industry areas.
Skills Checkpoint for Older Workers assists Australians over 40 in retraining and upskilling so they can advance in their professions or find new jobs.
