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nameC3G - Fact Sheet

The eligibility criteria for the Certificate 3 Guarantee program is set by the Department of Employment, Small Business and Training (DESBT). To be eligible for government assistance, prospective students must meet and provide evidence for the following eligibility criteria:

  • Be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, or Australian permanent resident (including humanitarian entrants), or a temporary resident with the necessary visa and work permits on the pathway to permanent residency*

  • Be a Queensland Resident

  • Aged 15 years of age or older

  • Not currently enrolled in, or attending school, Private RTO or TAFE or any University or other online study

  • Not have completed or be currently enrolled in a Certificate certificate III qualification or higher level qualification (not including qualifications completed at school and foundations skills training)**; and

  • Not be enrolled in another qualification, not including foundation skills training.

*This may include some humanitarian entrant or temporary resident with the necessary visa and work permit on the pathway to permanent residency. Contact Strategix for visa checks.

**A certificate III qualification completed at secondary school and/or a Certificate level I to Advanced Diploma qualification issued prior to 1995 has no impact on eligibility for funding.

Other Funding Options

Where a student has completed a certificate III qualification previously and/or they do not meet the above criteria they could consider undertaking a certificate IV qualification under Higher Level Skills funding.

Refer to the Higher Level Skills Fact Sheet for eligibility requirements and a list of courses available under the funding.

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nameEvidence

Proof Of

Age

QLD Residency

Aust Citizenship

NZ Citizenship

Aust Permanent Residency

Aust Temporary Residency

Queensland Driver licence or receipt

✓

✓*

Queensland Adult Proof of Age Card

✓

✓*

Queensland Heavy vehicle or marine licence

✓

✓*

Pensioner Concession Card

✓*

Health Care Card

✓†

Commonwealth Seniors Health Card

✓†

Medicare card (Green)

✓

Interim Medicare card (Blue)

✓‡

Reciprocal Health Care card (Yellow)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Passport

✓

✓§

✓§

Australian citizenship certificate

✓**

✓

Birth certificate (not a commemorative cert.)

✓

✓§

✓§

Note: All forms of eligibility evidence must be valid at the point of enrolment unless otherwise specified above. ‘Enrolment’ in this context refers to the date the student completed the Enrolment Form as part of the signup process. 

Key

*

Front and Back of card required to be retained if being used as evidence of address

**

Approved by contract management as acceptable evidence in addition to those listed in the PQS Audit Evidence Guide.

†

Must display a QLD Address to be valid as evidence.

‡

Blue Medicare card must be accompanied by the necessary Australian Government Department of Immigration and Border Protection / Department of Home Affairs documentation, visa and work permit on the pathway to permanent residency.

§

Must be an Australian Citizen or hold a New Zealand birth certificate, birth extract or passport if used as evidence of Australian or New Zealand citizenship. A commemorative birth certificate is not deemed as official proof of identity and cannot be used.

Additional Evidence

Additional evidence to support Queensland residency, any of the following:

  • Australian Electoral Commission document (e.g. acknowledgement of electoral enrolment letter or electoral enrolment card), must be valid at time of enrolment

  • Contract of property purchase, lease / rental document, mortgage / land ownership certificate, must be valid at time of enrolment

  • Electricity, gas or telephone account issued the last six (6) months

  • Queensland local government rates notice, must be valid at time of enrolment

  • Bank statement issued within the last six (6) months

  • Official letter from Centrelink or the Australian Government Department of Human Services, must be valid at time of enrolment

  • Australian Taxation Office assessment / Tax-file number confirmation notice, must be valid at time of enrolment

  • Notice from the Court issued the last six (6) months (must contain seal/stamp).**

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Certificate 3 Guarantee Funding Policy

The Department of Youth Justice, Employment, Small Business and Training (DESBTDYJESBT) provides funding to eligible students in Queensland. Students must provide evidence to support the following:

  • Proof of enrolment

  • Proof of age

  • Permanent residency in QLD

  • Citizenship/permanent residency status

  • AISS check conducted

  • No post-school cert III or above

  • No current enrolment in a cert III or above

  • Concession evidence.

In some situations students may be required to provide additional evidence to support their enrolment in relation to their personal situation or the specific course requirements, this evidence may include:

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  • To help confirm whether prospective students have previously attained a certificate III or higher-level qualification; and/or

  • To help confirm that prospective students are not already enrolled in a certificate III or higher qualification relevant to the specific program under which training is being fundedanother qualification; and

  • To determine eligibility for applicable credit transfer/s (CT)

  • To help determine a VETiS student's eligibility for access to the program (Refer to the No Prior Access to VETiS - AISS Check Results).

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Retain evidence to confirm that prospective students do not hold a post-school certificate III qualification (Certificate 3 Guarantee) or higher-level qualification (Certificate 3 Guarantee and Higher Level Skills). And or, retain evidence to ensure prospective students are not already enrolled in a certificate III or higher qualification relevant to the specific program under which training is being fundedanother qualification.

When a student is identified as being currently enrolled with another RTO or University and/or they have completed a Certificate III, IV or higher, an assessment must be performed to determine if the student is eligible or not. There are a number of factors/indicators to assist with the decision or actions which must occur first.

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Where AISS indicates a student is currently enrolled or deferred in a certificate III or higher another qualification, this renders the student ineligible unless the conditions are met for each of the applicable situations and supporting evidence is retained:

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