Smart and Skilled Subsidised Training

Smart and Skilled is the NSW Government program for government-subsidised Vocational

Education and Training (VET). It aims to help people in NSW get in-demand qualifications

so they can find a job and/or advance their career.

Smart and Skilled provides eligible students with:

an entitlement to government-subsidised training up to and including Certificate III
government funding for higher-level courses (Certificate IV and above) in targeted priority areas

A person who is eligible to receive subsidised training in all Smart and Skilled Programs (except

Smart and Skilled Entitlement Apprenticeships and Traineeships Program) is a person who, at

the time of enrolment in a qualification or course on the NSW Skills List or a “short course” with

a Smart and Skilled provider:

(a) lives or works in NSW (determined by postcode of the usual place of residence or

place of work); or

(b) an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander student who does not live or work in NSW

but lives in specific defined interstate NSW border areas.

(c) is:

(i) an Australian citizen; or

(ii) a permanent Australian resident; or

(iii) a New Zealand citizen; or

(iv) a humanitarian visa holder or a partner visa holder whose sponsor is a

(d) is aged 15 years or older; and

(e) is no longer in secondary education – except for registered home school students

(f) Permanent residency

For some programs under Smart and Skilled subsidised training, the student may also need to meet the following criteria:

Job seeker. This includes someone who is unemployed, on income support payments or expected to become unemployed
Young person (including school leaver) aged 16-24, regardless of employment status
NSW veteran and their recognised partner or spouse

Talk to SIIT to discuss your situation and we will be able to help work out your eligibility for subsidised training.

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