traineeships
Do you qualify to become a Trainee?
See below to check the latest Queensland Government funded subsidies for the Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care.
Free traineeship for under 25s
If you are under 25, this funding covers the full cost of training for trainees who commence or undertake the Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care qualification.
This means you pay $0 to complete your qualification as a trainee, if you are under 25 years of age at contract commencement.
Note: Trainees must be employed, as a minimum, on part-time contract for 15 hours per week.
Traineeships for over 25s
If you are over 25 years of age, student contribution fees are charged at $1.60 per nominal hour for each unit in the CHC30125 Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care qualification.
The total course cost for 17 units is $1,980.80.
- These fees are able to be paid by a monthly payment plan or as agreed at enrolment in your arranged fee payment plan.
- The employer is able to pay these fees on the trainee’s behalf by completing a fees payment agreement form.
- 40% concessional student contribution fees apply to eligible trainees, with total course cost: $792.32
Fee free school-based trainee
If you are in year 10 – 12 you can study the CHC30125 Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care fee free and with $0 in course costs. School-based trainees usually work 7.5 hours per week in paid employment in a licensed early childhood service.
- These hours may be averaged over a 3 month period. Over the period of a year, the employer must provide at a minimum the equivalent of 375 hours (50 days) of paid employment.
- They must have met the minimum paid employment requirement, over 24 months nominal completion duration – 100 days minimum (750 hours) to complete this traineeship.
Section 120 of the National Regulations requires the approved provider of a centre-based service must ensure that any educator at the service who is under 18 years of age does not work alone at the service; and is adequately supervised at all times by an educator who has attained the age of 18 years.
Payment options | Enrolment fee | Monthly payments | Total cost |
|---|---|---|---|
Free Traineeship for Under 25s | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Traineeship Contract for over 25 years of age: Student Contribution fee | $32 | 14 x $139.20 | $1,980.80 |
Traineeship Contract: partial fee exemption for CHC30125 Cert III in ECEC course Concessional fee charged at 40% for e.g. Healthcare card, or for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person | $12.80 | 14 x $55.68 | $792.32 |
Full fee paying for CHC30125 Cert III course | $175 Enrolment fee + | 14 x $246.43 | $3,855 |
Who else is involved in a traineeship?
First Door
First Door is a Skills Assure Supplier, approved through the Queensland Government Department of Trade, Employment and Training (DTET) to provide subsidised Traineeship training in the Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care
Your employer and workplace supervisor
Your employer needs to agree to your part-time or full-time employment; and, to provide the workplace resources, experiences and supervision for your ‘on-the-job training’. Your workplace supervisor will support First Door in developing your practical skills at work. A Diploma qualified workplace supervisor must be able to support and observe your related skills in the workplace then provide evidence of your practical skills in your Workplace Training Record.
Apprentice Connect Australia Provider (ACAP)
An ACAP is your first point of contact for all queries about traineeships and apprenticeships (e.g. MAS, MEGT, or Busy at Work). They are contracted businesses by the Australian Government and arrange your traineeship contract, with you, your employer and First Door. The ACAP also checks your traineeship progress.
Department of Trade, Employment and Training (DTET)
DTET fund the Traineeship and Apprenticeship programs and ensure all regulations are met in your training experience.