NSW Smart and Skilled

What is Smart and Skilled funding?

Smart and Skilled is a NSW Government program that provides people living or working in NSW with access to government subsidised qualifications in in-demand skills and industries.

As an approved Smart and Skilled training provider APT Specialist Hydraulics and Training can help individuals and employers to take advantage of Government funding to develop the skills needed to boost productivity, performance and for career advancement.

Click the below for more information relating to Smart and Skilled

NSW Vocational education and training (VET)

Skills NSW

Who is eligible for Smart and Skilled funding?

To be eligible for NSW Smart and Skilled funding you must be:

• 15 years old or over

• no longer at school

• living or working in NSW

• an Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident, humanitarian visa holder or New Zealand citizen.

You can check if you are eligible to enrol in a NSW subsidised qualification by visiting the Smart and Skilled website.

Courses available for Smart and Skilled funding

APT Specialist Hydraulics and Training is an approved NSW Smart and Skilled provider for the Apprenticeships and Traineeships Program (EAT) and Targeted Priorities Full Qualification Program (TPFQ) and can offer the following qualifications.

This Training is subsidised by the NSW Government.

Apprenticeships & Traineeships Program

Available in all regions.

• AUR31220 – Certificate III in Mobile Plant Technology (Apprenticeship)

• MEM40119 – Certificate IV in Engineering (Apprenticeship) 

• MEM50119 – Diploma of Engineering – Advanced Trade (Apprenticeship)

• MEM60122 – Advanced Diploma of Engineering (Traineeship)

For more information regarding Apprenticeships & Traineeships visit Skills NSW – Apprentices and trainees.

Targeted Priorities Full Qualifications Program

Available in Hunter Valley excl Newcastle.

• MEM40119 – Certificate IV in Engineering

• MEM50119 – Diploma of Engineering – Advanced Trade

• MEM60122 – Advanced Diploma of Engineering

You can use the Smart and Skilled – Regions, Sub Regions and Postcodes webpage to determine if you live or work in a region APT Specialist Hydraulics and Training is approved to offer Smart and Skilled subsidised qualifications.

Fees and Charges

By accessing a NSW Smart and Skilled Subsidised Training Place you will receive a reduction in your student fee. This Training is subsidised by the NSW Government. The fees for each course are stipulated by the NSW Government, concessions are also available.

Support for disadvantaged students

APT Specialist Hydraulics and Training supports disadvantaged students includes through Smart and Skilled: 

• Fee exemptions to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, students with disabilities and the dependents of Disability Support Pension recipients.

• Fee exemptions for refugees and asylum seekers (and eligible partners) for training up to and including Certificate IV.

• Scholarships for training up to and including a Certificate IV for:

  • young people who are eligible for a concession fee

  • young people who are or have been in out-of-home care

  • people who are experiencing or have experienced domestic and family violence and their dependents.

Fee concessions are also available to students receiving Commonwealth Government benefits and the dependents of benefit recipients. See Disadvantaged students and Subsidised training for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. 

Please click the below links for more information regarding our enrolment procedure and consumer protection policy.

SMART AND SKILLED NOTIFICATION OF ENROLMENT PROCEDURE

CONSUMER PROTECTION POLICY