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?
Code | Qualification |
MEM30305 | Certificate III in Engineering Fabrication Trade (Boilermaking / Welding) |
MEM30205 | Certificate III in Engineering Mechanical Trade (Refrigeration and Air Conditioning) |
CPC30108 | Certificate III in Bricklaying/Blocklaying |
CPC30208 | Certificate III in Carpentry |
CPC32008 | Certificate III in Carpentry and Joinery |
CPC30308 | Certificate III in Concreting |
CPC31408 | Certificate III in Construction Waterproofing |
CPC30408 | Certificate III in Demolition |
CPC30508 | Certificate III in Dogging |
LMF31208 | Certificate III in Flooring Technology |
CPC31508 | Certificate III in Formwork/Falsework |
LMF 32109 | Certificate III in Cabinet Making |
LMF30502 | Certificate III in Furniture Making (Wood Machining) |
CPC32708 | Certificate III in Gas Fitting |
LMF30602 | Certificate III in Glass and Glazing |
CPC30608 | Certificate III in Painting and Decorating |
CPC30708 | Certificate III in Rigging |
CPC32608 | Certificate III in Roof Plumbing |
CPC30808 | Certificate III in Roof Tiling |
CPC30908 | Certificate III in Scaffolding |
CPC31808 | Certificate III in Shopfitting |
CPC32108 | Certificate III in Signage |
CPC31008 | Certificate III in Solid Plastering |
CPC31108 | Certificate III in Steel Fixing |
CPC32308 | Certificate III in Stonemasonry (Monumental/Installation) |
CPC31208 | Certificate III in Wall and Ceiling Lining |
CPC31308 | Certificate III in Wall and Floor Tiling |
RTF30403 | Certificate 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
For more information on training providers which are approved for particular qualifications, please contact Construction Skills Queensland on 1800 798 488.
