SMART AND SKILLED INFORMATION NSW Smart and Skilled Funded Training Program Smart and Skilled is a NSW Government program that offers subsidised training for courses on the NSW Skills List, which identifies industry areas that need more qualified workers. Equinim College Pty Ltd T/As EQC Institute is an approved Smart and Skilled training provider.
Individuals and Employers can undertake training at a reduced cost through NSW Government Funded Smart and Skilled Training Programs, such as Targeted Priority Full Qualification Program, Apprenticeship and Traineeship Program and the NSW Fee Free Program.
Equinim College is approved to deliver the ICT50220 Diploma of Information Technology under the Smart and Skilled Priority Industry Full Qualification Program.
NSW Fee-Free Training The NSW and Commonwealth Governments have funded a joint initiative to provide fee free places in courses that support NSW businesses and industries experiencing a skills and labour shortage. The ICT50220 Diploma of Information Technology is a NSW Fee-Free Course in the current year.
All eligible Smart and Skilled students enrolling and commencing before31 December 2025 will have their tuition fee completely subsidised bythe NSW Government when undertaking a NSW Fee-Free course. Eligibility requirements are below.
Smart and Skilled Funding Eligibility You are eligible for Skills NSW funding if you meet the following criteria:
· Be a new entrant trainee* (see below)
· 15 years old or over
· No longer at secondary school (except for registered home school students)
· Living or working in NSW (or an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person living in specific defined interstate NSW border areas)
· An Australian citizen, permanent resident, humanitarian visa holder or New Zealand citizen.
*What is a new entrant traineeship
Smart & Skilled funding is only available for new entrant traineeships in NSW. A new entrant has been employed
by their traineeship employee for:·
- less than 3 months full time or full-time equivalent part-time or casual;·
- less than 12 months as apart-time or part-time equivalent casual employee; or·
- less than 12 months in a combination of part-time, casual and full-time (or equivalent).
Are there any other eligibility conditions? Your eligibility is not affected if you have completed a vocational education and training (VET) course, including a school-based apprenticeship or traineeship, as part of your high school education. There are some exceptions to the eligibility conditions described above, such as for Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people who do not live or work in NSW but live in specific defined interstate NSW border areas. For more information, please contact the College. You can use the Skills Compare search to find a course and check your eligibility. Access the Skills Compare search here: https://skills.education.nsw.gov.au/
More information on Smart and Skilled:
For more information on Traineeships, see the Traineeships page on the NSW Government website.
SMART AND SKILLED GENERAL INFORMATION AND POLICIES
Enrolment information and documentation On application for enrolment, you will be required to provide the following evidence for eligibility:
· Your Unique Student Identifier (USI) number
· Evidence of living or working in NSW
· Evidence of your Australian or New Zealand citizenship, permanent residency or humanitarian visa (if applicable).
· TCID number (for trainees only)
· Year 10 completion or equivalent (if you are under the age of 17). (Approval is required from the College if you will be under the age of 18 at the time of enrolment.) Additional evidence may be required for circumstances such as enrolent under the age of 18 or where you are an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person living in a defined interstate border area with NSW. Contact us to find out more about requirements.
Notification of Enrolment Process On successful provision of all enrolment information and documentation, you will be enrolled in the course and receive a Notification of Enrolment (
NoE). You will be required to sign a consent form for the Department’s use of your information in order for the College to issue your Notification of Enrolment with the Department. The consent form will be provided to you by the College. If you do not provide consent, we will not be able to proceed with enrolment. You will be required to declare that the information you provide with regard to eligibility Is true, accurate, complete and not misleading.
Information on your Unique Student Identifier Number (USI Number) “USI” stands for Unique Student Identifier number. If you are doing study in Australia, you will need a USI. A USI is made up of letters and numbers. It allows you to access your VET training record for any training completed since 1 January 2015. All new and continuing students undertaking nationally recognised training require a USI to receive your qualification or statement of attainment. You are required to provide your USI number before completion of your enrolment.
If you have not yet created a USI, you may create a USI here.
For a step by step guide on how to create your USI, refer to the Australian Government’s USI website at
https://www.usi.gov.au/students/create-your-usi
Qualification Fact Sheet:
The following information can be found on the Qualification Fact Sheet, provided to you on enrolment and downloadable on our website:
· Information on RPL and Credit Transfer. Any award of Credit Transfer is made in accordance with the College’s National Recognition of Prior Learning Policy and Procedure, available on the policies page of our website.
· Information on deferring or discontinuing your studies, including how to go about actioning this. Further information on deferring or discontinuing your studies can be found in the Student Deferral Procedure and Student Withdrawal Policy and Procedure, downloadable on the policies page of our website.
· Contact details for the various support services available with the College.
Further information can be found in the Student Support Procedure, downloadable on the policies page of our website.
