Career Boost

CAREER BOOST FUNDING

What is Career Boost?

Career Boost is one of the Queensland Government’s co funded vocational education and training (VET) programs, managed by the Department of Trade, Employment and Training (DTET).

Career Boost aims to take a person’s career to the next level, enabling them to grow and apply their skills to existing or new job roles and to support productivity growth and workplace innovation.

The program delivers training to help individuals develop the higher-level skills needed to secure employment, advance their careers, or progress to further education and training. It offers either a general training pathway or an employment- based apprenticeship or trainee pathway.

Entitlements

Under Career Boost, an eligible individual may access:

one subsidised training place in either a certificate IV, diploma, or advanced diploma qualification under the general training pathway; OR
a higher level apprenticeship/traineeship at certificate IV or above; and
up to two subsidised skill sets in priority industries or sectors as part of the program.

Important: If the individual has already accessed two apprenticeships/traineeships through an apprenticeship or traineeship (SAT) or Career Start within the last 10 years, they are not eligible to undertake an apprenticeship/traineeship under Career Boost.

An individual cannot do two general pathway qualifications under Career Boost. This is to ensure equitable access to training opportunities for all eligible Queenslanders.

Eligibility

General Training Pathway

General training pathways are available for direct enrolment and do not require the student to enter into a training contract.

To access a subsidised training place under Career Boost, a student must meet the following criteria:

be aged 15 years or older;
not be a school student;
permanently reside in Queensland;
be an Australian citizen, or Australian permanent resident (includes humanitarian entrant), or a temporary resident with the right visa and work permits on the pathway to permanent residency, or a New Zealand citizen;
not already have a certificate IV or higher qualification (including tertiary qualification) completed within the last 10 years (qualifications completed as a school student and foundation skills qualifications do not count). Note: This eligibility requirement does not apply to individuals seeking to enrol in a skill set.
not be enrolled in another qualification, even if it is on hold or deferred, whether funded by DTET or not (foundation skills qualifications do not count).

Along with the eligibility criteria above, specific entry restrictions or exemptions may apply to certain subsidised qualifications and skill sets.

Employment Based

Employment based pathways require the individual to be employed as an apprentice/trainee.

To be eligible to receive government subsidised training, the apprentice or trainee must:

have entered into a Contract (training contract) for a qualification that is funded by DTET and be registered on DTET systems;
if from overseas, have a visa allowing them to work in Australia; and
not have already completed two apprenticeship/traineeship qualifications (including SATs) within the last 10 years.