User choice

• User Choice - A National Initiative
• Funding for Existing Workers in Traditional Trades Initiative
• Policies and Strategies for Tasmania
• Applying for funding
• Invoice Kit
• Support for Apprentices & Trainees
• Application for funding of an Apprenticeship or Traineeship
• Purchasing Contacts
• Lists of Apprenticeships and Traineeships
• History (purchasing arrangements for 2007)

User Choice - A National Initiative

• What is User Choice?
• Choices for Employers and Apprentices/Trainees
• The Role of Training Providers
• Links to other relevant websites

Provison of Training for Trades Apprentices Request for Tender - closes 25 September 2009

The Tasmanian Government has decided to the progressive withdrawal of the restriction on access to public funding for the delivery of certain qualifications under User Choice arrangements.  Skills Tasmania is therefore inviting tenders from suitably experienced registered training providers to apply for contracts to deliver these qualifications under User Choice arrangements to apprentices employed in Tasmania during 2010.

Training Organisations can submit applications only for qualifications specified in the Purchase Schedule which forms part of this tender and are included in their scope of registration at the time of lodging their tender.

Funding for Existing Workers in Traditional Trades Initiative

Existing workers, who may be employed at work sites in labouring, trade assistant or similar occupations, represent a potential pool of skilled labour. In many cases they already possess many of the trade skills required and could be recognised as qualified tradespeople through tailored recognition and gap training programs.

Existing workers wishing to undertake an apprenticeship in a traditional trade are now eligible to have their training funded under existing User Choice arrangements.

Qualifications which are eligible, valid at 14 December 2007, to attract User Choice payments under the initiative can be viewed on the Funded Apprenticeships & Traineeships List  and are marked "Funding for Existing Workers in Traditional Trades Initiative".

Note: Funding for a number of the qualifications is restricted to the Tasmanian Skills Institute.

• Funding List [Word 95KB]

Policies and Strategies for Tasmania - 2008/09

• Tasmanian User Choice Policy [Word 28KB]
• Funding Criteria for Apprenticeships and Traineeships [Word 106KB] (Revised January 2007)
• How Registered Training Organisations can obtain funding
• User Choice Quick Reference Guide [Word 223.5KB]

 Applying for funding

Registered Training Organisations may apply to deliver apprenticeships and traineeships in Tasmania year round, if they have appropriate scope, by completing the User Choice Purchasing Agreement/Contract below:

• Memorandum 2008/09 User Choice Purchasing Agreement/Contract (version 5.2 - dated 1 July 2008) [Word 181KB]
  This document contains instructions on completing the Agreement.
• Standard Terms and Conditions for the Purchase of Vocational Education and Training (version 6.1 - dated 30 September 2007) [Word 107KB]
• Schedule 1: User Choice Purchasing Arrangements (version 4.4.2 - dated 18 November 2008) [Word 70KB]
• Schedule 2: User Choice Service Standards (version 3.2 - dated 27 November 2008) [Word 101KB]

 RTOs currently holding User Choice contracts

• List of Registered Training Organisations holding User Choice Purchasing Agreements (Contracts) for 2008/09 [Excel]
  

 Purchasing contacts

• Contact List

 Invoice Kit

• How to invoice [Word 30KB]
• Apprentice and Trainee Invoice Template [Excel 40KB]

 Support for Apprentices & Trainees

• Support for Apprentices & Trainees
• Student Service Fee Exemption Categories 2008 [Word 34KB]

 Application for funded qualifications to be added

• Application for a qualification to be included in the Funded Apprenticeships and Traineeships List (look under Downloads)

 Lists of Apprenticeships and Traineeships

• Apprenticeships & Traineeships List - list of all available traineeship and apprenticeship qualifications in Tasmania
• Funded Apprenticeships & Traineeships List - list of all government funded traineeship and apprenticeship qualifications in Tasmania:
• Listing by Industry
• Alphabetical Listing
• History of changes to the Funded Apprenticeships and Traineeships List School Based Apprenticeships/Traineeships

 History

• User Choice Purchasing Agreement/Contract 2007

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