Skills First Victoria

To be eligible for Skills First Victoria you need to:

1) Citizenship

You must be:

• an Australian citizen,
• or an Australian permanent resident,
• or a New Zealand citizen.

2) Physical location

You must be physically present in Victoria while participating in training and assessment.

3) Course limits

Skills First funding is limited to:

• two courses at a time
• two courses in a year.

The ‘2 Skill Sets in a year’ and ‘2 AQF qualifications in a year’ limits - In a calendar year, a student may only commence a maximum of two:

a) Skills First subsidised Skill Sets; and

b) Skills First subsidised programs that are AQF qualifications.

The following scenarios are not counted when determining if a student meets these limits:

a) transitioning from a superseded program to the current version of the same program;

b) recommencing training in the same program (at either the same or a different provider);

c) enrolling in an Apprenticeship (not Traineeship) after having participated in one of the programs identified as a ‘Pre-Apprenticeship and Pathway Program’ on the Funded Programs Report; or

d) participation in '22510VIC – Course in Identifying and Responding to Family Violence Risk’.

The ‘2 at a time’ limit - A student may only commence a maximum of two Skills First subsidised programs at any one time. Participation in the '22510VIC – Course in Identifying and Responding to Family Violence Risk’ will not be counted when determining if a student meets this limit.