Certificate 3 Guarantee

Funded by the Queensland Department of Employment, Small Business and Training, the Certificate 3 Guarantee supports eligible individuals to complete their first post-school Certificate III qualification to improve their opportunity to transition into employment, re-enter the workforce or advance their career.
It also supports school students to access training and Queensland’s Year 12 graduates to transition to employment by providing fee-free training in high priority qualifications.
To view the Queensland Department of Employment, Small Business and Training’s Certificate 3 Guarantee Program Fact Sheet, please click here.
As a condition of your enrolment, you will be required to complete a student training and employment survey within three months of completing or discontinuing your training.

Are you eligible?

Funded training is available for individuals who are:

• Queensland residents aged 15 years or over
• No longer at school (with the exception of VET in Schools students)
• Australian or New Zealand citizens or Australian permanent residents (including humanitarian entrants), or a temporary resident with the necessary visa and on the pathway to permanent residency
• Not holding, and not enrolled in, a Certificate III level or higher qualification (not including qualifications completed at school and foundation skills training)

To be eligible to receive the Certificate 3 Guarantee, students must not already hold, or be currently studying a Certificate III or higher-level qualification.

However, Certificate III qualifications completed while at school and foundation skills courses are not counted and you will still be eligible for the Certificate 3 Guarantee.

What will you gain from this program?

This program provides a government subsidy to support eligible individuals to complete their first post-school Certificate III Qualification. The Certificate 3 Guarantee is targeted at Certificate III level qualifications because they are entry-level qualifications often needed to gain employment in many industry sectors.

Students are entitled to access government subsidised training for one completed Certificate III qualification.

Do you need to contribute to the cost of training?

Eligible applicants are required to contribute to the costs of their training through a co-contribution fee. The fee may be paid on your behalf by an employer or another third party and is charged at the time of enrolment. There is a requirement to complete a student employment survey within three months of completing or discontinuing the qualification.

Queensland (Face to face delivery)
Course	Co-contribution Fee – total		Co-contribution Fee – per unit of competency
	Non-concessional	Concessional	Non-concessional	Concessional
SIT30616 Certificate III in Hospitality	$30.00	$15.00	$2.00	$1.00

 

How do you qualify for concession fees?

Concessional student status applies when:

• The student holds a Health Care or Pensioner Concession Card issued under Commonwealth law, or is the partner or a dependant of a person who holds a Health Care or Pensioner Concession Card and is named on the card
• The student is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
• The student is a school student and is enrolled in a VETiS program (may include young people in detention)
• The student has a disability
• The student is an adult prisoner