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Fees and Charges

DTWD requires students receiving funding under the PIT program to contribute towards the cost of their course/training, this is referred to as a Student Tuition Fee*. The fee may be paid on the students behalf by an employer or another third party (but not by Strategix). If the student/s are required to pay fees personally they will be given an itemised invoice.

*The Student tuition fees are indicative only and are subject to change given individual circumstances at enrolment. Additional fees may apply such as Student service and resource fees. 

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Students receive an invoice at the commencement of each Unit of Study for the portion of fees relevant to the subjects included in the Unit of Study. Invoices only include the subjects commenced in that unit of study. Where a qualification delivery runs over multiple years, a student will receive updated invoice at the recommencement of study. Fees are calculated as per the Nominal Hours at the subject level.

For example, CHCCOM005 is 50 hours, the tuition fee applicable to a Non-Concession student will be $0.97 x 50 hours = $48.50.

Fee Exemptions

Students not enrolled at school are exempt from course and resource fees if they:

• Are under the care of the Chief Executive Officer of the Department of Communities; and

• Are a secondary school-aged person; or

• Are under 18 years of age.

Fee Waiver

Students may access a Fee waiver if they are experiencing severe financial hardship for courses. Students must provide evidence of thier reasoning in line with the departments criteria for financial hardship. 

Financial Hardship Criteria

A fee waiver cannot be given unless ALL of the following criteria are met.

Concession

Students may access the concession rate for subjects whilst the concession is valid. Where the concession is not valid, the full fees are payable for the relevant subjects. Concession is only available to those subjects commenced while the concession card/evidence is valid. Any subject commenced after expiry will be charged at the non-concession rate. 

Student who hold the following may be entitled to the concession rate on course fees whilst valid:

• Persons and dependants of persons holding:

  • A Pensioner Concession Card

  • A Repatriation Health Benefits Card issued by the Department of 9 Veterans’ Affairs

  • A Health Care Card.

• Persons and dependants of persons for whom the Commonwealth’s JobKeeper payments are being received

• Persons and dependants of persons in receipt of services from the following Commonwealth support or employment services programs:

  • Jobactive

  • Online Employment Services or

  • ParentsNext.

• Persons and dependants of persons in receipt of AUSTUDY or ABSTUDY

• Persons and dependants of persons in receipt of the Youth Allowance

• Persons and dependants of persons who are inmates of a custodial institution

• Secondary school-aged persons, not enrolled at school.

For the following Commonwealth programs, appropriate evidence of a student’s eligibility for concession is:

• JobKeeper - a statutory declaration from an employer confirming they are in receipt of JobKeeper payments for the student

• Jobactive, Online Employment Services, or the ParentsNext program - a letter from the Commonwealth services provider confirming the student’s participation in the program.