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Skills Tasmania

Train Now Fund

Program name:

Train Now Fund

Program open to:

Skills Tasmania endorsed registered training organisations

Program open date:

31 August 2023

Program close date:

Applications can be submitted at any time before 30 June 2024, or until funds are fully allocated.

Program purpose:

The Train Now Fund provides grants for nationally-recognised training in skill sets that meet:

  • an immediate or unexpected industry or enterprise training need, and/or
  • an immediate or unexpected learner training need in a particular region or for a particular cohort.

The Train Now Fund is intended to fund training responses to rapidly changing needs and to complement the strategic, longer-term funding provided under Skills Tasmania’s Building a Skilled Workforce program.

It will support nationally recognised training and assessment services to deliver single unit and multi-unit skill sets to existing workers and/or jobseekers. Training must commence within three months of the start of the funding agreement and training providers must aim to complete learners within six months.

The Fund is aligned with Skills Tasmania’s Industry Partnerships Program and encourages partnerships, collaboration and innovation between RTOs and Tasmanian employers and industry groups to deliver:

  • better quality training experiences for Tasmanian learners, and
  • improved responsiveness of the training system to meet industry and business needs.

The Grant Program Guidelines contain more detail about eligible and ineligible activities.

1Eligibility Criteria and Grant Conditions

RTO Eligibility

Skills Tasmania endorsed registered training organisations are eligible to apply.

Eligible applicants must meet each of the following criteria both at the time of applying, and for the duration of any subsequent funding agreement:

  • be a Skills Tasmania endorsed registered training organisation
  • be financially viable, and
  • have the qualification(s) and/or unit(s) of competency included on their scope of registration for delivery in Tasmania.

TasTAFE is ineligible for funding under the Train Now Fund.

Learner Eligibility

Eligible learners include:

  • Existing workers (employed on a self-employed, casual, part-time or full-time basis) and/or
  • Job seekers (individual out of work and individuals who are underemployed, which is defined as employed people who would prefer, and are available for, more hours of work than they currently have, including part-time workers)

Grant Conditions

The following conditions apply to the Train Now Fund:

  • training in all places must commence within three months of signing of the grant agreement.
  • training must be completed within six months of commencement.
  • applicants must be financially viable for the duration of any grant made under the Fund.
  • RTOs with a Department of State Growth (Skills Tasmania) Agreement for all Programs are required to report training activity data to Skills Tasmania monthly

2How to make an application

Grant Program Guidelines

Applicants must read the Grant Program Guidelines prior to applying.

How to apply

Applications must be submitted online using the SmartyGrants online grant management system prior to the closing time. The application process requires applicants to address selection criteria and attach supporting evidence.

The SmartyGrants application form can be found here.

Questions in relation to the use of the online application form or SmartyGrants may be answered via the online Help Guide or on the SmartyGrants’ Applicant FAQ page. Applicants can also email service@smartygrants.com.au or call 03 9320 6888. (Support Desk hours are 9 am – 5 pm (AEST), Monday through Friday).

Need more information

Contact the Grant Program Manager phone (03) 6165 6060 or trainnowfund@skills.tas.gov.au