Skills First Victoria

To be eligible for Skills First Victoria you need to:

1) Citizenship

You must be:

• an Australian citizen,

• or an Australian permanent resident,

• or a New Zealand citizen.

2) Physical location

You must be physically present in Victoria while participating in training and assessment, or a border region with one of the following postcodes:

• New South Wales (NSW):
  2546, 2548-2551, 2625-2633, 2640-2648, 2650, 2651, 2653, 2655, 2656, 2658-2660, 2700, 2707, 2710-2717, 2720, 2730-2739

• South Australia (SA):
  5262, 5263, 5267-5272, 5277-5279, 5290, 5291, 5302-5304, 5311, 5333, 5340, 5342-5345

3) Course limits

Skills First funding is limited to:

• two courses at a time

• two courses in a year.

The ‘2 Skill Sets in a year’ and ‘2 AQF qualifications in a year’ limits - In a calendar year, a student may only commence a maximum of two:

a) Skills First subsidised Skill Sets; and

b) Skills First subsidised programs that are AQF qualifications.

The following scenarios are not counted when determining if a student meets these limits:

a) transitioning from a superseded program to the current version of the same program;

b) recommencing training in the same program (at either the same or a different provider);

c) enrolling in an Apprenticeship (not Traineeship) after having participated in one of the programs identified as a ‘Pre-Apprenticeship and Pathway Program’ on the Funded Programs Report; or

d) participation in '22660VIC – Course in Identifying and Responding to Family Violence Risk’.

e) participation in Literacy and Numeracy Support Units; or

f) participation in ‘Plumbing Licence’ Skill Sets as identified on the Funded Programs Report.

The ‘2 at a time’ limit - A student may only commence a maximum of two Skills First subsidised programs at any one time. Participation in the '22510VIC – Course in Identifying and Responding to Family Violence Risk’ will not be counted when determining if a student meets this limit.