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OVERVIEW

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nameSC Fee Free

You may be eligible for Fee Free training if you meet all of the following criteria:

  • Undertaking a CHC32015 Certificate III in Community Services, and

  • Live or work in South Australia, and are:

    • An Australian or New Zealand citizen

    • A permanent Australian resident OR

    • An eligible visa holder (See Eligible visas).

  • Identify from one or more of the following groups:

    • Young people (17-24 years) and not enrolled in school

    • Unemployed or at risk of unemployment

    • People with disability.

Note: Limited spaces are available for enrolments up until 31 December 2023 or until allocated places are exhausted, whichever comefirst.

Standard Entitlement Information - relevant after current funding phase.

Based on your training and employment level, you may also access:

Highest Accredited Non-School Qualification at First Enrolment

Accessible Courses

No qualification or unemployed and registered with an Employment Services Provider

  • One certificate II course

  • Two courses from certificate III to advanced diploma level

  • Access to foundation skills courses or up to five fee-free bridging units of competency for those assessed to need them

  • Access to up to five vocational bridging units of competency for those assessed to need them.

Qualification up to certificate II level

  • Two courses from certificate III to advanced diploma level

  • Access to foundation skills courses as required

  • Up to five fee-free bridging units of competency for those assessed to need them

  • Up to five vocational bridging units of competency for those assessed to need them.

Completed a certificate III or above (including university qualifications)

  • One course from certificate III to advanced diploma level

  • Access to foundation skills courses as required

  • Up to five fee-free foundation skills bridging units of competency for those assessed to need them

  • Up to five vocational bridging units of competency for those assessed to need them.

You can enrol in a maximum of two subsidised courses at a time.

Courses completed before the 1st October 2015 do not count towards the number of courses for which a participant is entitled to receive subsidised training; but will count towards holding a qualification. If you have completed courses from 1 October 2015 onwards, it may affect your eligibility. For more information, call the Infoline on 1800 673 097.

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Training Priority Projects: Fee Free TAFE - Tranche 2 First Nations

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Eligibility Evidence

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Acceptable Forms of Evidence

The following evidence can be used as proof of eligibility:

Types of Evidence

Age

Live or Work in South Australia

Australian Residency/Visa

South Australian or Federal Police officer photo identity card

Live in SA

Proof of age card

Live in SA

Current South Australian driver’s licence or learner’s permit (can be digital)

Live in SA

Australian full birth certificate

Overseas birth certificate

Current Australian passport

Current overseas passport

Green medicare card

Australian naturalisation or citizenship document or immigration papers

Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) Certificate of Evidence of Residence Status

Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) travel document

Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) Visa Evidence Card

A current Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) immicard

Community detention - letter of introduction

Extract from Register of Citizenship by Descent

Current South Australian vehicle registration certificate

Live in SA

South Australian driver's licence or vehicle registration renewal for the coming period

Live in SA

Current lease arrangement or rental receipt for your place of residence

Live in SA

Last or current financial year Australian Taxation Office tax assessment (please black out the Tax File Number (TFN))

Live in SA

A letter signed by the principal/deputy principal/head of school/authorised person of a school, on letterhead, which verifies your address (up to one year old)

Live in SA

Statement or letter from a bank (up to one year old) which verifies your residential address. Note: ‘Screen dumps’ from financial institutions are not acceptable

Live in SA

Letter from current employer

Work in SA

Evidence of Change of Name

The following documents must be presented to record a change of name:

  • Full evidence of identity in the current or former name (or an Australian driver's licence or a South Australian proof of age card issued after 9 October 2006).

AND one of the following:

  • Birth certificate with an endorsement from an Australian registrar of births, deaths and marriages (BDM)

  • Marriage certificate issued by an Australian BDM (commemorative certificates issued by a religious leader or celebrant are not acceptable)

  • Change of name certificate issued by an Australian BDM

  • Deed poll certificate (previously issued by Lands Title Registration Office).

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Co-Contribution Fees

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. Concessional fees are calculated at $0.50 per nominal hour.

On Campus (Full-Time Study)

Cert III in Individual Support (Ageing)$1,202.50

Qualification Code

Qualification Name

Concession*

Non-Concession*

CHC33015

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$325.00

Non-Concession*

CHC33021

Cert III in Individual Support (Ageing)*

$487.50

$1803.75

CHC32015

Certificate III in Community Services**

$225.00

$832.50

CHC40413

Certificate IV in Youth Work

$535.00

$1,979.50

CHC40421

Certificate IV in Youth Work

$480.00

$1,776.00

CHCSS00098

Individual Support - Disability Skill Set

$125.00

$150.00

CHCSS00130

Individual Support - Disability Skill Set***

$82.50

$305.25

FBP30121

Certificate III Food Processing

$342.50

$1,267.25

CHC30121

Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care

$554.00

$2,049.80

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

**Limited fee free places ($0 fee) are available for those in one or more of the following groups:

  • young people (17-24 years) who are not enrolled in school

  • unemployed or at risk of unemployment

  • people with a disability.

***Price includes 1 credit transfer from Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing) with Strategix.

Online (Full-Time Study)

CHC40413

Qualification Code

Qualification Name

Concession*

Non-Concession*

Certificate IV in Youth Work

$535.00

$1,979.50

CHC40421

Certificate IV in Youth Work

$480.00

$1,776.00

CHC52021

Diploma of Community Services

$727.50

$2,691.75

CHC50121

Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care

$664.00

$2,456.80

*Students must be currently working in the industry.

Workplace (Full-Time Study)

Qualification Code

Qualification Name

Concession*

Non-Concession*

CHC33021

Cert III in Individual Support (Ageing)

$487.50

$1,803.75

CHC33021

Cert III in Individual Support (Ageing and Disability)

$472.50

$1,748.25

CHC40413

Certificate IV in Youth Work

$535.00

$600.00

CHC40421

Certificate IV in Youth Work

$480.00

$1,776.00

BSB30120

Certificate III in Business**

$245.00

$400.00

TLI30321

Certificate III in Supply Chain Operations**

$212.50

$1,500.00

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

**Funding available for Traineeships only.

Concessions

The definition of a Concessional Participant below only applies when the Participant or Participant’s family or guardian or employer is responsible for the payment of any Student Contribution Fee. Under this Policy, Concessional Participants are defined as follows:

  1. The Participant 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

  2. 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 or Pensioner concession card; or

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

  4. The student has a disability

  5. The student is an adult prisoner

  6. Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) Card.

A participant’s eligibility for concessional status must be identified by Strategix at the time of submission of the participant’s AVETMISS data in order to attract the higher Government subsidy.

South Australians over the age of 16 who are or have been under the Guardianship of the Chief Executive of the Department for Child Protection (or interstate equivalent) on any guardianship order, will be eligible for an exemption of the Participant Course Fee. The usual subsidised training eligibility rules apply. To apply for a fee exemption, complete the Application for Exemption as a person under the Guardianship of the Minister Form.

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Co-Contribution Fees

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

On Campus (Full-Time Study)

Qualification Code

Qualification Name

Co-contribution Fee

CHC33015*

Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing)

$162.50

CHC32015

Certificate III in Community Services

$112.50

CHC40413

Certificate IV in Youth Work

$267.50

CHCSS00098

Individual Support - Disability Skill Set

$50.00

FBP30121

Certificate III Food Processing

$171.25

Online (Full-Time Study)

Qualification Code

Qualification Name

Co-Contribution Fee

BSB30120

Certificate III in Business

$122.50

CHC52015

Diploma of Community Services

$312.20

CHC40413

Certificate IV in Youth Work

$267.50

Workplace (Full-Time Study)

Qualification Code

Qualification Name

Co-contribution Fee

BSB30120

Certificate III in Business

$122.50

TLI30321

Certificate III in Supply Chain Operations

$106.25

*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.

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