Skills First Funding
Victorian Government Skills First Funding
Now is the ideal time to make a start on gaining new skills, or upgrading your existing skills, to help you get the job you want. The Victorian Government’s Skills First Funding is a program that provides eligible individuals with access to government-subsidized vocational education and training (VET) in Victoria. The program aims to provide high-quality, industry-relevant training that leads to employment outcomes and supports the state’s economic growth.
Under the Skills First Funding program, eligible students can receive government-subsidized training in a range of vocational education and training courses, including certificate and diploma level qualifications, as well as apprenticeships and traineeships.
Overall, the Skills First Funding program is an important initiative that helps to ensure that Victorians have access to high-quality vocational education and training that can lead to meaningful employment opportunities and contribute to the state’s economic growth.
If you are a Victorian Government subsidised student, you may be entitled to a concession on your tuition fee if you meet additional eligibility criteria. If you are studying for a Diploma or above qualification you are not eligible to have a concession applied to your tuition fees. Under the Indigenous Completions Initiative, Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander students pay only the concession tuition fee (20% of the tuition fee for the course) for government subsidised training at all qualification levels (including at Diploma and above).