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Skills Assessment & Gap Training - 2011/12

Many existing workers have the necessary skills base to perform on the job but do not have the formal qualifications to recognise these skills. Many others need just a few competencies to bring their skills into line with industry standard.

Construction Skills Queensland administers the Skills Assessment and Gap Training program which provides funds to contracted Registered Training Organisations for assessment and training services to enable existing workers and new entrants, including migrants, to have their building and construction trade skills assessed and recognised to achieve their formal qualifications.

Places for the Skills Assessment & Gap Training program may be limited.

Which qualifications are available?
2010/2011 Qualifications Skills Assessment and Gap Training
CodeQualification
MEM30305Certificate III in Engineering Fabrication Trade (Boilermaking / Welding)
MEM30205Certificate III in Engineering Mechanical Trade (Refrigeration and Air Conditioning)
CPC30108Certificate III in Bricklaying/Blocklaying
CPC30208Certificate III in Carpentry
CPC32008Certificate III in Carpentry and Joinery
CPC30308Certificate III in Concreting
CPC31408Certificate III in Construction Waterproofing
CPC30408Certificate III in Demolition
CPC30508Certificate III in Dogging
LMF31208Certificate III in Flooring Technology
CPC31508Certificate III in Formwork/Falsework
LMF 32109Certificate III in Cabinet Making
LMF30502Certificate III in Furniture Making (Wood Machining)
CPC32708Certificate III in Gas Fitting
LMF30602Certificate III in Glass and Glazing
CPC30608Certificate III in Painting and Decorating
CPC30708Certificate III in Rigging
CPC32608Certificate III in Roof Plumbing
CPC30808Certificate III in Roof Tiling
CPC30908Certificate III in Scaffolding
CPC31808Certificate III in Shopfitting
CPC32108Certificate III in Signage
CPC31008Certificate III in Solid Plastering
CPC31108Certificate III in Steel Fixing
CPC32308Certificate III in Stonemasonry (Monumental/Installation)
CPC31208Certificate III in Wall and Ceiling Lining
CPC31308Certificate III in Wall and Floor Tiling
RTF30403Certificate III in Horticulture (Landscape)
Eligibility Criteria
  • Training must be conducted in Queensland
  • Participants are only eligible for Assessment and Gap Training against one Qualification per financial year. The cost of subsequent Assessments and Gap Training should be met by the individual.
  • The Participant is working or seeking work in the Queensland building and construction industry
  • The Participant is seeking a national construction or construction related training package Qualification funded under this program by Construction Skills Queensland
  • The Participant is not an international student
  • The Participant is not receiving or has not received funding from other sources such as the Department of Education and Training or other State or Federal Government body or industry body to undertake this Assessment or Training.

Participants must meet Construction Skills Queensland’s Australian and Queensland residency criteria:

  • be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, OR
  • have permanent Australian residency visa, OR
  • hold a Temporary Protection visa, OR
  • hold a Temporary visa subclass 309 or 820, OR
  • hold a Business Skills (Provisional) visa subclass 457, OR
  • hold a Skilled Independent Regional (SIR) visa subclass 495.

Evidence of this must be supplied in the form of a copy of your Australian or New Zealand birth certificate or passport or visa or citizenship certificate or a copy of your temporary visa detailing the type/ subclass.
Students must meet the following Queensland Residential Criteria:

  • be a permanent resident of Queensland, OR
  • be permanently employed in Queensland.

Evidence of this must be supplied in the form of a Queensland Drivers’ Licence or telephone account or bank statement or statement from a real estate agent or any other formal documentation stating your full name and current residential address. 

  • Apprentices and trainees as defined in the Vocational Education, Training and Employment Act 2000 are not eligible under this initiative.
How to apply

To apply for Skills Assessment & Gap Training, contact Construction Skills Queensland on 1800 798 488.

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