Skilling for Recovery will over additional fee- free training places for eligible students, including funding around 10,000 new full qualification training places for students commencing in the 2020-21 Activity Period. It will also allow eligible students to access fee free places under existing Smart and Skilled funding in 2020-21.
Fee- free training in Skilling for Recover priority qualifications will support these most affected by current economic conditions to gain skills in priority and growth industry areas, so they can take advantage of future job opportunities as the economy recovers from the effects of COVID -19.
Eligibility for Skilling for Recovery fee- fee training includes:
>meet the eligibility criteria for Smart and Skilled Training
>be 17- 24 years of age, including 2020 Year 12 School Leavers ( regardless of employment status)
>unemployed (whether in receipt of Commonwealth benefits of not) or
>at risk of unemployment ( as specified by the Department of Education TS NSW)
For more information including a list of eligible qualifications and candidates on this please visit: www.smartandskilled.nsw.gov.au update no: 112
