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Skills Tasmania

Training and Work Pathways Program

Program name:

Training and Work Pathways Program (TWPP)

Program open to:

STREAM ONE - community service or not-for-profit organisations, club or community-based association, charities, trusts, business/employers (includes Group Training Organisation), regional Jobs Hubs

STREAM TWO - Skills Tasmania endorsed registered training organisations (ERTO)

Program open date:

2 June 2023

Program close date:

THIS GRANT IS CURRENTLY CLOSED

Program purpose:

The Training and Work Pathways Program is aimed at supporting better job and training outcomes for Tasmanians facing disadvantage. It will support targeted job-readiness projects and build the capacity of Skills Tasmania endorsed registered training organisations (RTOs) to support disadvantaged learners to a successful training or employment outcome.

Contact:

Grant Program Manager on (03) 6165 6056 or TWPP@skills.tas.gov.au

The Training and Work Pathways Program is a Skills Tasmania, Department of State Growth (the Department) grant program aimed at supporting better job and training outcomes for Tasmanians facing disadvantage. It will support targeted job-readiness projects and build the capacity of Skills Tasmania endorsed registered training organisations (RTOs) to support disadvantaged learners to a successful training or employment outcome.

Skills Tasmania is expanding the scope of the Training and Work Pathways Program in 2023 to include a new sector support stream that will fund projects that build the training sector’s capacity to address systemic barriers impacting on people accessing and completing training and securing employment.

The Training and Work Pathways Program now has two application streams:

  • STREAM ONE – the individual support stream, provides grants to community and not-for-profit organisations, businesses, Group Training Organisations (GTOs) and regional Jobs Hubs to undertake targeted activities that address specific barriers or disadvantage that impact on people accessing and participating in training and/or employment. This stream will focus on non-nationally recognised training and other wrap-around support services.
  • STREAM TWO - the sector support stream, provides grants to Skills Tasmania endorsed registered training organisations (ERTOs) for a period of up to 24 months to address structural or systemic barriers within the training system that may make it difficult for people to access and complete training, and to trial solutions that build long-term system capabilities to support learners who face these barriers

The Training and Work Pathways Program is offered in grant rounds and aims to provide an equitable spread of grants across regions, target groups and disadvantages.

1Program objectives

STREAM ONE – the individual support stream projects must undertake targeted activities that address specific barriers or disadvantage impacting people accessing and participating in training and/or employment that:

  • increases participation in training and leads to better labour force participation, work-readiness or employment outcomes for Tasmanians facing disadvantage, and/or
  • supports collaborative relationships between community organisations, training providers and employers to increase access to and supported participation in training and/or employment for Tasmanians facing disadvantage.

STREAM TWO - the sector support stream projects must build the training sector’s capacity at an organisation, enterprise or sector level to address systemic barriers to people accessing and completing nationally recognised training, and gaining employment that:

  • provide targeted solutions to enhance the training outcomes and employment potential of Tasmanians facing disadvantage
  • create tailored training opportunities for Tasmanians facing disadvantage that address the learning needs of the target group/s and leads to increased participation in further training and in employment
  • improve the quality of training experiences, retention and outcomes by developing and promoting training in new and flexible ways, especially with regard to location, training methods and the involvement of employers and/or industry bodies to support the specific needs of Tasmanians facing disadvantage.

2Eligibility criteria

STREAM ONE – the individual support stream

  • community service or not-for-profit organisations
  • a club, community-based association
  • a charity registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC)
  • a trust that is an incorporated body, under a formal auspice arrangement with a community service organisation that is incorporated
  • business/employer (includes Group Training Organisation)
  • regional Jobs Hubs.

STREAM TWO - the sector support stream

  • Skills Tasmania endorsed registered training organisation (ERTO)

Further details are provided in the Grant Program Guidelines.

3How to make an application

Grant Program Guidelines

The Grant Program Guidelines detail the eligibility and application requirements for this round and should be read before drafting an application.

Make an application via SmartyGrants

The application process requires you to address four selection criteria and attach supporting evidence.

Application templates

Applicants are also required to complete and attach three completed templates with their application:

Information webinars

Skills Tasmania will facilitate two webinars to provide applicants with information on the Training and Work Pathways Program and answer questions.

The webinars will be hosted on Microsoft Teams on Wednesday 7 June 2023 at 10:30AM and Thursday 15 June 2023 at 2:00PM (AEST)

Applications are assessed and scored by a selection panel.

Successful applicants will be required to enter a grant deed with Skills Tasmania, which will set out the terms and conditions for receiving the funding.

4Reporting requirements

Grant recipients are required to report project activity and progress through the life of the project.

Staged grant payments are dependent on the lodgement of reports and evidence of activity and progress showing that the project deliverables are being achieved.

A closure report must be submitted within 20 days of project completion. A detailed acquittal of grant funds must be provided as an attachment within the closure report using the Acquittal of Grant Funds template provided below.

Reporting is submitted online via the grant recipient’s user profile on SmartyGrants. The report template is also accessible within the grant recipient’s SmartyGrants user profile.

5Projects previously funded under the Training and Work Pathways Program

View details of projects previously funded under the Training and Work Pathways Program.

Need more information?

Contact the Grant Program Manager on (03) 6165 6056 or by email at TWPP@skills.tas.gov.au