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name	C3G - 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
No longer at school
Not hold, or not be enrolled in, a certificate III or higher level qualification (not including qualifications completed at school and foundations skills training - e.g 10363NAT Certificate lll in Spoken and Written English foundation skills)**

*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. To determine which Foundation skills have no impact on eligibility see the blue and green table below in the AISS check section

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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Eligibility Evidence

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name	Evidence

Evidence	Can be used as proof of:
Evidence	Age	QLD Residency	Aust Citizenship	NZ Citizenship	Aust Permanent Residency	Aust Temporary Residency	Concession
Queensland Driver licence or receipt	✔️	✔️*
Queensland Adult Proof of Age Card or photo identification card	✔️	✔️*
Queensland Heavy vehicle or marine licence	✔️	✔️*
Pensioner Concession Card (both sides)		✔️*					✔️+
Health Care Card (both sides)		✔️†					✔️+
Commonwealth Seniors Health Card (both sides)		✔️†					✔️
Department of Veterans’ Affairs Card (both sides)							✔️
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	✔️**		✔️
ImmiCard (Australia Migration Status)	✔️ **
Birth certificate (not a commemorative cert.) or birth extract	✔️		✔️§	✔️§
Adult proof of age card or photo identification card (any issuing state)	✔️
Driver’s licence, heavy vehicle, or marine licence (any issuing State)	✔️
First Nations self-declaration							✔️
Pensioner Concession Card (both sides)							✔️

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.

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*	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.
+	Including the partner or dependant of a health Care Car od COncession Card holder and is named on the card
^	Any issuing country

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).**
Concession card (both sides) or official letter from Centrelink noting “No Fixed Address”, as long as the State and/or Postcode is noted as Queensland

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Cannot accept ‘Keypass in Digital ID ’ by Australia Post. Must use ID listed above for proof of age and proof of QLD residency

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Eligibility Evidence

Age

QLD Residency

Aust Citizenship

NZ Citizenship

Aust Permanent Residency

Aust Temporary Residency

Concession

Queensland Driver licence or receipt

Queensland Adult Proof of Age Card or photo identification card

Queensland Heavy vehicle or marine licence

Pensioner Concession Card (both sides)

Health Care Card (both sides)

Commonwealth Seniors Health Card (both sides)

Department of Veterans’ Affairs Card (both sides)

Medicare card (Green)

Interim Medicare card (Blue)

Reciprocal Health Care card (Yellow)

Passport

Australian citizenship certificate

ImmiCard (Australia Migration Status)

Birth certificate (not a commemorative cert.) or birth extract

Adult proof of age card or photo identification card (any issuing state)

Driver’s licence, heavy vehicle, or marine licence (any issuing State)

First Nations self-declaration

Pensioner Concession Card (both sides)

*

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.

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Including the partner or dependant of a health Care Car od COncession Card holder and is named on the card

^

Any issuing country