Prescribed Occupations
Construction Skills Queensland provides reimbursement to individuals and employers against some of the costs of training and assessment associated with acquiring a license. The program includes prescribed occupations (such as plant operation and rigging/dogging) as well as relevant competencies towards plumbing, electrical trades and plastic welding.
In response to disaster conditions, CSQ has doubled the maximum reimbursement for prescribed occupations and has doubled the allocated budget for electro technology, plumbing/draining and plastic welding competencies.
Licensing ensures a minimum standard of competency and safety to perform specific tasks on-site. Completing license requirements allows a worker to legally operate in Queensland.
Individuals must provide evidence of completion of training and assessment via a statement of attainment to be eligible to receive reimbursement.
Courses Available
| Prescribed Occupation Qualifications | |
| Qualification/UOC Code | Qualification/UOC Name |
| OHSCER234A | Slewing mobile crane over 100 tonnes |
| OHSCER233A | Slewing mobile crane 100 tonnes or less |
| OHSCER231A | Slewing mobile crane 20 tonnes or less |
| OHSCER232A | Slewing mobile crane 60 tonnes or less |
| OHSCER229A | Bridge/gantry crane |
| OHSCER226A | Derrick crane |
| OHSCER230A | Non-slew mobile crane - greater than 3 tonnes |
| OHSCER227A | Portal boom crane |
| OHSCER18A | Self erecting tower crane |
| OHSCER225A | Tower crane |
| OHSCER228A | Vehicle loading crane - 10 m tonnes or more |
| OHSCER218A | Dogger |
| OHSCER237A | Materials hoist with cantilever platform |
| OHSCER238A | Materials or personnel hoist |
| OHSCER202A | Front-end loader Backhoe (QLD >2 L engine capacity) |
| OHSCER210A | Bridge-gantry, 3 power remote control load over 5 tonnes |
| OHSCER205A | Excavator (QLD >2 L engine capacity) |
| OHSCER207A | Forklift truck - not pedestrian operated |
| OHSCER203A | Front-end loader (QLD > 2 L engine capacity) |
| OHSCER208A | Order picking forklift truck |
| OHSCER216A | Scraper |
| OHSCER215A | Road roller (QLD > 2 L engine capacity) |
| OHSCER217A | Grader |
| OHSCER204A | Skid steer loader (QLD > 2 L engine capacity) |
| OHSCER209A | Dozer |
| OHSCER236A | Truck concrete placing boom |
| OHSCER224A | Advanced rigger |
| OHSCER222A | Basic rigger |
| OHSCER223A | Intermediate rigger |
| OHSCER235A | Operate a boom-type elevating work platform |
| OHSCER219A | Perform basic scaffolding operations |
| OHSCER220A | Perform intermediate scaffolding operations |
| OHSCER221A | Perform advanced scaffolding operations |
Eligibility
Eligibility Criteria – Prescribed Occupations
Applicants must meet the following funding eligibility criteria:
- The applicant must be working full-time or part-time or genuinely seeking work in the Queensland building and construction industry and must meet the residency criteria below; AND
- The applicant must not be an employee of a Local, State or Commonwealth government department or statutory body; AND
- The applicant must have undertaken a qualification or course as outlined by Construction Skills Queensland to be funded under this program
- The training and/or assessment must have been delivered by a Registered Training Organisation (RTO); AND
- The RTO must not be funded by Construction Skills Queensland or any other entity for the delivery of the training and/or assessment for which a reimbursement is being sought.
Applicants meet the following residency criteria:
Australian or New Zealand Residential Criteria, applicants must:
- 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.
Queensland Residential Criteria, applicants must:
- 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.
- Reimbursement will be based upon the cost of the training delivery and not for any associated costs such as meals, travel or accommodation.
- A maximum funding rate per participant is set according to the qualification undertaken. Construction Skills Queensland may not reimburse the full cost of the fees paid.
Reimbursement amounts
Please note that all prescribed occupations paid and completed on or after 1 July 2010 and on or before 31 January 2011 attract a reimbursement of up to a maximum of $500 on completion.
In response to disaster conditions, funding has been increased up to a maximum of $1000 for all prescribed occupations paid and completed on or after 1 February 2011 and on or before 31 March 2012.
Only one License from the Prescribed Occupations Qualifications list will be available for reimbursement per person per financial year
How to apply
- Complete the form here
- Email the completed form to reimbursement@csq.org.au.
