Traineeships hold enormous benefits for the organisation and the candidate if applied in a way that makes business sense and that meets the learning and business improvement needs of the organisation.

Typically, funding is only available when ‘up-skilling' is occurring. That is, if a worker has previously attended training in a similar area funding may not be available for this training.

- Only nationally recognised qualifications are considered as prior qualifications. For example, a   candidate who holds a ‘Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer' qualification may still be eligible   for funding, as this qualification is not nationally recognised.

- Certain nationally recognised qualifications (such as Certificates II, III or IV) completed more    than seven years ago may still be eligible.

Vanessa is a Dental Assistant and completed a Certificate III in Dental Assisting in 2000.She would like to complete a Certificate IV in Business. Vanessa may be eligible because her qualification was completed more than seven years ago.

Craig is a Security Guard and completed a Certificate IV in Security Operations in 2009.He now would like to complete a Diploma of Management and may be eligible for funding because Diploma’s are now funded if you already hold a Certificate II, III or IV qualification.