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So far over 82,000 Queenslanders have benefitted from Free TAFE through around 200 courses that offer cost of living support to receive the skills needed for good jobs.
Free TAFE makes vocational education and training more accessible and affordable, providing you with opportunities to upskill, reskill or kick start your career in high-demand industries, including construction, nursing, early childhood education, plumbing, carpentry and more.
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Use our eligibility checker to see if you're eligible for free or subsidised training in Queensland.
Training providers step through the details to confirm your eligibility, but this checker gives you a good idea of what to expect.
Use the Queensland Skills Gateway to find a free or subsidised course for you.
Filter your course search by subsidy, based on the subsidy programs show in your eligibility checker results.
To get started, you'll need to choose a training provider approved to deliver the funded course you want to do. In Queensland, these providers are known as Skills Assure suppliers.
Find training providers in course search results on the Queensland Skills Gateway, or YourCareer.
The Queensland Government pays all or part of your course fees for you.
Funds go straight to your training provider, so you can focus on your training.
Subsidies are for priority qualifications and other courses, and can be found across a wide range of industry areas.
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Learn more about training subsidies for your employees, including:
Apprenticeships and traineeships combine work with study. Individuals benefit from earning while they learn and employers benefit from passing their valuable skills on.
Learn more about apprenticeships and traineeships.
Only training providers that meet certain standards can deliver subsidised training in Queensland. Look out for the Skills Assure identifier.Use the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS National) for information in languages other than English.
