01 Nov, 2024
Skills Tasmania Grant Programs
Subsidised by the Department of State Growth, Tasmania
From time to time, RuralBiz Training delivers Tasmanian government subsidised training to Tasmanian residents under Skills Tasmania’s grants programs. This training is subsidised by the Department of State Growth, Tasmania.
The subsidised training provides Tasmanians with an opportunity to enhance their farm production and management skills with flexible, online study that is based on your own farm or workplace, at a highly subsidised cost.
Expressions of interest are currently closed. For more information, contact our team on (02) 6884 8812.
Eligibility
To be eligible for a training place, learners must be employed by the employer that is co-contributing to the cost of training (including self-employed) at the time of application, and throughout the training period. The employment arrangement can be casual, part-time, or full-time.
Eligible learners:
- can undertake training in more than one qualification, course or skill set per round.
- will be eligible for a training place regardless of their prior qualifications.
- will also need to meet any course specific essential entry requirements.
- Learners must meet the course entry requirements including having access to a farm or agricultural business that operates on a commercial scale. Learners will base their assessments on this enterprise and will develop their knowledge of the business in the process of completing their course.
- Learners must be a Tasmanian resident with work and study rights - such as being an Australian citizen, permanent resident or approved visa holders (visa holders should contact us for confirmation of eligibility).
- The learners employer must pay the specified contribution - for businesses with less than 20 full-time equivalent employees the contribution is 10%. Larger businesses should contact us to discuss.
Subsidised by the Department of State Growth, Tasmania to approved applicants. Successful applicants will be notified by RuralBiz Training.
Learners are not eligible for a place under the Fund if they are:
- not a Tasmanian resident
- currently enrolled at a Tasmanian school, as defined by the Education Act 2016
- currently funded for the same training by another funding source, or
- apprentices and trainees with a current training contract
- Australian State or Federal Government employees
- employees of a Tasmanian government agency as defined in the Skills Tasmania Policy Statement - Employer Eligibility - Subsidising Employees of Government Organisations.