trainees and apprentices
Learn and develop skills in partnership with your employer and First Door
A traineeship or apprenticeship is an employer-supported experience to build your capability with on-the-job training, paid employment, and paid study time.
Traineeship
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 | Course starter 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 (does not include fee for unit HLTAID012) | $195 Enrolment fee + | 14 x $294.65 | $4,595 |
Apprenticeships
Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care
Free Apprenticeships for under 25s
If you are under 25, this funding covers the full cost of training for apprentices who undertake the Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care qualification.
This means you pay $0 to complete your qualification, if you are under 25 years of age at your apprenticeship contract commencement.
Apprenticeships 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 CHC50125 Diploma of ECEC qualification.
The total course cost for 15 units is $2,044.80.
- 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 apprentices, with total course cost: $817.92.
Payment options | Course starter fee | Monthly payments | Total cost |
|---|---|---|---|
Free Apprenticeships for Under 25s | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Apprenticeship Contract for over 25 years of age: Student Contribution fee | $96 | 14 x $139.20 | $2,044.80 |
Apprenticeship Contract: partial fee exemption for CHC50125 Diploma course Concessional fee charged at 40% for e.g. Healthcare card, or for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person | $38.40 | 14 x $55.68 | $817.92 |
Full fee paying for CHC50125 Diploma course | $195 Enrolment fee + | 14 x $295 | $4,620 |
Who else is involved?
First Door
First Door is a Skills Assure Supplier, approved through the Queensland Government Department of Employment, Small Business and Training (DESBT) to provide subsidised Traineeship and Apprenticeship training.
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 workplace supervisor must be qualified to Diploma level, and be able to observe your related skills in the workplace before they are able to provide evidence of your practical skills in your Workplace Training Record.
Apprentice Connect Provider
An Apprentice Connect Provider is your first point of contact for all queries about apprenticeships. They are contracted businesses by the Department of Education, Skill and Employment (e.g. MEGT, MAS, and Busy at Work) and arrange your traineeship or apprenticeship contract, with you, First Door, and your employer. The Apprentice Connect Provider also monitors your traineeship and apprenticeship 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.