Policy document and templates
This policy is designed to ensure that expenditure on government-funded building and construction projects helps to maintain skills in the industry.
Contractors and sub-contractors on building and construction projects are required to utilise apprentices and trainees for a minimum of 20% of the labour required on-site and off-site for work undertaken on Tasmanian Government contracts.
Contractors and sub-contractors on civil construction projects are required to allocate a minimum of 10% of the labour required on-site and off-site for work undertaken on Tasmanian Government contracts to apprentices, trainees and other workplace training.
The Policy
Tasmanian Government Building and Construction Training Policy - 1 July 2022 (PDF 391.0 KB)
See also:
Government Building and Construction Training Policy - Treasurer’s Instructions PF-4 (PDF 461.3 KB)
Provides instructions on the processes that agencies must follow when a Building and Construction procurement is affected by the Government Building and Construction Training Policy.
Definitions and Interpretation - Treasurer’s Instructions PF-6 (PDF 271.7 KB)
Provides the definitions and interpretations that apply to the Treasurer’s Instructions.
Compliance / Reporting Forms
| Compliance Declaration (DOC 19.0 KB) | revised Oct 2019 | The Compliance Declaration accompanies your tender submissions and is a declaration that you will adhere to the Government Building and Construction Training Policy |
BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION - Compliance Plan (XLSX 36.3 KB) | revised November 2022 CIVIL CONSTRUCTION - Compliance Plan (XLSX 35.6 KB) | revised November 2022 | Compliance plans to calculate the training hours required on projects |
| Compliance Report (DOCX 99.9 KB) | revised Dec 2021 | Compliance Reports (interim and final) detail the apprentices employed on the project |
| Statutory Declaration (DOCX 52.3 KB) | revised Jul 2015 | A statutory declaration must accompany interim and final compliance reports |