Queensland Certificate 3 Guarantee

The Queensland Certificate 3 Guarantee funding can help you undertake training or gain a qualification at a reduced cost.

The Queensland Department of Youth Justice, Employment Small Business and Training (DYJESBT) wants more people to undertake training in areas where skilled workers are needed. To help you do this, the Queensland government provides funding for part of your course through the Certificate 3 Guarantee funding program.

Available Courses

The courses available under our Certificate 3 Guarantee Program funding are:

HLT33115 Certificate III in Health Services Assistant – including specialisation as Operating Theatre Technician
CPP30321 Certification III in Cleaning Operations

Student Eligibility

To be eligible to undertake a course through the Certificate 3 Guarantee Program you must meet the following criteria:

be aged 15 years or older;
be no longer at school (with the exception of school students in Years 10, 11 and 12 undertaking a VET in School (VETiS) program — see the VETiS fact sheet for more information);
permanently reside in Queensland;
be an Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident (includes humanitarian entrant), temporary resident with the necessary visa and work permits on the pathway to permanent residency, or a New Zealand citizen (for more information see Visa eligibility under VET investment programs);
not hold a certificate III or higher-level qualification, not including qualifications completed at school and foundation skills training; and
not be enrolled in another qualification, not including foundation skills training. Current apprentices and trainees are not eligible to undertake training under the Certificate 3 Guarantee without prior written approval by the Department.

Your employment status is irrelevant: you may be employed or unemployed.

Once you have completed the qualification level through the Certificate III Guarantee Funding you will no longer be eligible for a government subsidised training place.

Proof of Eligibility

Accepted proof for funding

Evidence	Requirements
	Date of Birth	Queensland Residency	Nationality
			Australian citizenship	or	New Zealand Citizenship	or	Australian Permanent Resident
Driver’s license	Yes	Yes
18+ ID Card	Yes	Yes
Medicare Card (green)			Yes		Yes		Yes
Rates Bill or Bank Statement		Yes
Heavy Vehicle or Marine license	Yes
Birth Certificate	Yes		Yes		Yes
Passport	Yes		Yes		Yes
Certificate of Residence status Australia/NZ							Yes
Health Card		Yes
Dept. Veterans affairs Pensioner/ concession card		Yes
Commonwealth Seniors Card		Yes

Accepted proof for further concessions

Evidence	Requirements
	Concession Eligibility
Health Card	Yes
Dept. Veterans affairs Pensioner/ concession card	Yes
Commonwealth Seniors Card	yes
Senior Statement or Statement of Results

Course Fees

You will be charged a Co-Contribution fee. The fee amount will depend on whether you hold a valid concession card or not. Student co-contribution fees are the total cost to the student and listed below.

Qualification	Subsidised Fee (non-concession)	Subsidised Fee (with concession)
Certificate III in Cleaning Operations (CPP30321)	$290 ($20.71 x 14 units of competency)	$70 ($5 x 14 units of competency)
Certificate III in Health Services Assistant(HLT33115)	$75 ($5 x 15 units of competency)	$30 ($2 x 15 units of competency)

Under the Certificate 3 Guarantee, concessional participants are defined as follows:

Students (or their partner or guardian) who hold a Health Care or Pensioner Concession Card
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students
School students enrolled in a VET in Schools program
Students with a disability
Students who are adult prisoners.

Where a student is registered with Job Services Australia (JSA) a referral form from the JSA is required. This referral must state whether or not the JSA is contributing to the student fee. Where the JSA is contributing to the course enrolment fee then no concessions are to apply.

Payment of Fees

Payment of course fees should be made prior to the commencement of training. Should a student be able to demonstrate significant hardship the student contribution fee may be broken into multiple payments, payable over 2-3 months.

Where an employer may be paying a student contribution fee the employer shall be invoices prior to commencement of training.

Certificate 3 Guarantee Key Facts

The Certificate 3 Guarantee is a key initiative under the Queensland Government’s five-year reform action plan for the vocational education and training sector – Great skills. Real opportunities.

Eligible participants can only use the Certificate 3 Guarantee funding entitlement once in their lifetime.

Eligible training participants can only access Certificate 3 Guarantee through Registered Training Organisations approved by the Queensland Government to deliver publicly funded training and assessment services.

The primary intent of the Certificate 3 Guarantee is the delivery and completion of certificate level III qualifications which lead to employment or career progression.

Certificate 3 Guarantee Refund Policy

Should a student leave or drop out of a course for any reason they are entitled to a refund for the percentage of the course they did not complete.

To apply for a refund, students must call the enrolment administration office on 1300 783 757 or email us at admin@www.danielsassociates.com.au. Students are required to supply bank account details and refunds will be enacted within 7 days of application.

Queensland Government Certificate 3 Guarantee student factsheet.

This document is available from the Queensland Department of Youth Justice, Employment Small Business and Training (DYJESBT) website:

Student Factsheet (PDF)

For more information:

For more information on our student services you can download a copy of our Student Handbook.

For more information on our courses see our course list or request a course brochure.