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Skills Tasmania

Skills Fund

Program name:Skills Fund
Program open to:Endorsed RTOs
Program open date:14 May 2022
Program close date:THIS GRANT IS CURRENTLY CLOSED

Program purpose:

The Skills Fund supports industries and businesses in Tasmania to grow and develop a skilled workforce.  This is achieved by funding RTOs to deliver training to existing workers so they can develop new skills through nationally recognised training.

Contact:Grant Program Manager on (03) 6165 6012 or theskillsfund@skills.tas.gov.au

The Skills Fund supports industries and businesses in Tasmania to grow and develop a skilled workforce by providing subsidies for training for existing workers to develop new skills through nationally recognised training.

It is open to Endorsed RTOs working in partnership with an employer or industry association to deliver the training.

There are generally two Skills Fund grant rounds per year.

1Eligibility for the Skills fund

Any Endorsed RTO can apply for a Skills Fund grant round in partnership with an employer or an industry association. Each Fund grant round has a range of eligibility, application and grant conditions that the applicant and partners must meet, including:

  • The Endorsed RTO must have the qualifications/skill sets/units of competency on their scope of registration.
  • The Endorsed RTO must be financially viable at the time of applying for and for the duration of any subsequent funding agreement.
  • The applicant must provide evidence of the partnership with the employer or industry association.
  • The employer/s must be willing to pay a financial co-contribution.
  • The existing workers who undertake the training must not be eligible for an apprenticeship or traineeship.

Further details are provided in the Fund Guide for each grant round, which will be available on this page when the grant round opens.

Details of approaching Skills Tasmania program rounds is available in the Program Release Schedule I PDF 81KB.

3Applying for the Skills fund

The Program Guidelines detail the eligibility and grant conditions for this program and should be read before drafting an application.

4Training previously funded under the Skills fund

Endorsed RTOs previously funded under the Skills Fund Program

Publication Date

Financial Year

Successful Contracts

July 20222021-2022ST058 ... PDF 57KB
February 20222021-2022ST057 ... PDF 105KB

August 2021

2020-2021


ST055 ... PDF 103KB

December 2020

2020-21

ST054 ... PDF 254KB

July 2020

2019-20

ST051 ... PDF 614KB

Jan 2020 2019-20

ST049 ... PDF 632KB

Jun 2019

2018-19

ST048 ... PDF 659KB

Jobseeker Information ... PDF 1.2MB

Jan 2019

2017-18

ST047 ... PDF 574KB

Oct 2018

2017-18

ST046 ... PDF 355KB

Jul 2018

2017-18

ST045 ... PDF 403KB

Dec 2017

2017-18

ST044 ... PDF 267KB

Jun 2017

2016-17

ST043 ... PDF 186KB

Dec 2016

2016-17

ST042 ... PDF 173KB

Jul 2016

2015-16

ST041 ... PDF 159KB

6Can I vary my existing Skills fund agreement?

RTOs with a current Skills Fund grant agreement can email a request to vary an agreement to theskillsfund@skills.tas.gov.au

The program manager may require more information and/or evidence to support the request.

Need more information?

Contact Grant Program Manager on (03) 6165 6012 or by email at theskillsfund@skills.tas.gov.au