Programme Details

The Certificate 3 Guarantee program supports eligible individuals to complete their first post-school certificate qualification and increase their skills to move into employment, re-enter the workforce or advance their career.

It also supports school students to access training and Queensland’s Year 12 graduates to transition to employment by providing fee-free training in high priority qualifications.

What qualification/s do Educare College offer under Certificate 3 Guarantee?

• CHC33021 Certificate III in Individual Support (15 units / $100 co contribution | $50 concession)
• CHC30121 Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care (17 units / $100 co contribution | $50 concession)

Critical Notes:

• Course fees include all resources and materials.
• Pricing is the same for both classroom delivery and external study. Class timetables subject to numbers.
• The co-contribution fee may be paid on behalf of the student by the employer or another third party.
• Students who do not meet the eligibility criteria for Higher Level Skills Funding, fees will be calculated at the Fee-For-Service rates.
• Participants will no longer be eligible for further subsidised training under the Program once they complete.
• Participants will be required to complete the Training and Employment Survey within three months after training.
• Participants undertaking some Qualifications are required to undertake vocational placement as it forms part of your assessment. This will require you to work (unpaid) in a live working environment. Duration of vocational placement will depend on your specific course requirements.

You are eligible for Certificate 3 Guarantee program if:

• You are 15 years of age or older
• Have finished or left secondary school
• Are a Queensland resident
• Australian citizen or Australian permanent resident (including humanitarian entrant) or temporary resident with the necessary visa and work permit on the pathway to permanent residency or a New Zealand citizen
• You do not hold or are not currently enrolled in a certificate 3 or higher level qualification (certificate 3 qualifications completed prior to 1995 or at school do not apply)
• You are currently employed. Employment status does not matter, nor is there any minimum education requirement, except the standard entry requirements for the course

Concessional Participants Definition

• the Participant holds a Health Care concession card or Pensioner concession card issued under Commonwealth law, or is the partner or a dependant of a person who holds a Health Care concession card or Pensioner concession card, and is named on the card; or
• the Participant can provide an official form under Commonwealth law confirming that the Participant, his or her partner or the person of whom the Participant is a dependant, is entitled to concessions under a Health Care or Pensioner concession card; or
• the Participant is an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander person.