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Co-contribution Fees

Students receiving funding under the Certificate 3 Guarantee program must contribute towards the cost of their course/training. The co-contribution fees differ for each course; refer to the following table/s for pricing.

Please note, pricing may be different for delivery methods (online, campus and workplace). The price tables detail the fees and charges due prior to any outcome being reported. Fees are always rounded down.

Fees are broken down to a unit level so students can calculate the cost of their course accurately when they have Credit Transfers* applied.

Fees may be paid on your behalf by an employer or another third party (but not by Strategix). If you are required to pay fees personally you will be given a payment advice that details the total amount due and a payment schedule.

 Fees are calculated by Course Fee ÷ No Units – Credit Transfers and Gap units = Total due.

*Credit transfers must be supported by a copy of the certificate, statement of attainment or USI transcript.

Students have the option of choosing multiple methods to pay for their course fees (i.e. eftpos, in person, over the phone), refer to the Fees and Charges Information Sheet for more details.

Concession

A student may access concessional pricing as follows:

• The Student holds a Health Care concession card or Pensioner concession card issued under Commonwealth law, or is the partner or a dependant of a person who holds a Health Care concession card or Pensioner concession card, and is named on the card; or

• The Student issues Strategix with an official form under Commonwealth law confirming that the Student, his or her partner or the person of whom the Student is a dependant, is entitled to concessions under a Health Care or Pensioner concession card; or

• The Student is an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander person. Acceptable evidence is as stated on the AVETMISS VET Enrolment Form.

• The student is a school student and is enrolled in a VETiS program (may include young people in Detention)

• The student has a disability, (documented evidence from a medical practitioner must be provided)

• The student is an adult prisoner (evidence to be provided)

• Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) Card.

Delivery and Fee

Campus delivery (face-2-face)

Students must attend the nominated days / weeks at a Strategix venue and Vocational Placement where required

*Please enquire for course availability

Online Delivery

Course delivered online with face-to-face or online practical sessions and Vocational Placement where required

*Please enquire for course availability

Workplace Delivery

Course delivered on the job as face-2-face or online.

Student Fee

Strategix must collect a student contribution fee, it may be paid on behalf of the student by their employer or a third party unrelated to the Strategix, but cannot be paid or waived by Strategix, unless approved in writing by the department.

Invoices for students will be generated and sent to the client after students are approved for funding. The payment amount includes the compulsory Student Contribution Fees. Students will not be charged for individual subjects which are Credit Transferred or Transitional Gap trained.

When a student converts from a school-based trainee to a full-time or part-time traineeship, the student contribution fees will be charged for training and assessment for any units of competency not yet commenced. This does not apply when the student is under 21 and is undertaking a high priority qualification as identified by the department (refer to next page*).

** Students require a federal police check to complete Individual Support. Students are not required to pay the fee for the check.

*Please enquire for course availability

Partial Exemption — Tuition Fees

Strategix will only charge 40 percent of the student contribution fee where the participant falls into one or more of the following exemption categories:

• The participant is not at school, has not completed year 12 and was or will be under 17 years of age at the end of February in the year in which Strategix provides training

• The participant holds a Health Care Card or Pensioner Concession Card issued under Commonwealth law, or is the partner or a dependant of a person who holds a Health Care Card or Pensioner Concession Card, and is named on the card

• The participant issues Strategix with an official form under Commonwealth law confirming that the participant, his or her partner or the person of whom the participant is a dependant, is entitled to concessions under a Health Care Card or Pensioner Concession Card

• The participant is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person.

Full Exemption — Tuition Fees

Only trainees who fall under one of the following circumstances can a student receive a full exemption of student contribution fees for the entire qualification.

Financial Hardship – Where evidence indicates payment of the student contribution fee would cause the trainee extreme financial hardship. Strategix has process’ in place in order to explore further payment options to lessen the impact of a payment prior to applying for a fee exemption. Applications for financial hardship and relevant supporting documentation will be gathered and assessed on an individual basis.

School-Based – All School-based traineeships receive a full exemption for student contribution fees. 

Free Apprenticeships for Under 21s – The free apprenticeships for under 21s initiative will cover the cost of training for Queensland apprentices or trainees who commenced or are undertaking one of Priority Apprenticeship and Traineeship Qualifications* from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2023.

*Priority Apprenticeship and Traineeship Qualifications:

Fees and Charges

Skilled Careers students are required to contribute towards the cost of their training. The co-contribution fees may differ for each course of study. See the table below for pricing.

On-Campus (Full Time Study)

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*Students require a federal police check to complete Individual Support. Students are not required to pay the fee for the check.

Fees may be paid by a third party (ESP, JAP, Employer) but cannot be waived or paid by the training organisation.

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.