JobTrainer at CIT

JobTrainer is a jointly funded initiative of the Commonwealth, state and territory governments.

JobTrainer offers free vocational education and training to young people (17 to 24 years, who are no longer at school), and job seekers across Canberra, in areas of employment growth. Places are limited and you must meet the eligibility requirements.

JobTrainer courses have varied eligibility requirements based on the announcement of the JobTrainer extension focus areas.

Open eligibility: Eligibility for aged care, early childhood education and care, disability care and digital skills courses are open to all students regardless of age or employment status, however you must live or work in the ACT, be at least 17 years of age who have left school, be an Australian citizen, permanent resident, or New Zealand passport holder resident for more than 6 months, or an eligible visa holder.

Restricted eligibility: To be eligible for courses with restricted eligibility, you must live or work in the ACT, be at least 17 years of age, be an Australian citizen, permanent resident, or New Zealand passport holder resident for more than 6 months, or an eligible visa holder, and be a JobSeeker (who is out of work and/or in receipt of income support payments); or be 17-24 years old.

Current available courses

To apply, click on the course you are interested in from the list below.

QUALIFICATIONS

Course Name	Course Commencement	Number of Places	Eligibility
Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing) CHC33015 Certificate III in Individual Support (Disability) CHC33015 Certificate III in Individual Support (Home and Community) CHC33015	Term 4, 2022 Semester 1, 2023	60	Open Focus area: aged care Open Focus area: aged care
Certificate IV in Ageing Support CHC43015	Semester 1, 2023	8	Open Focus area: aged care Open Focus area: aged care
Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care CHC50121	TBC	10	Open Focus area: childcare Open Focus area: childcare

SKILL SETS

Course Name	Course Commencement	Number of Places	Eligibility
Cyber JobTrainer Short Courses coming soon. Register your interest here	TBC	TBC	Open Focus area: digital skills Open Focus area: digital skills
Statement of Attainment - Assist Clients with Medication Skill Set CHCSS00070	TBC Course information and timetable	15	Open Focus area: aged care Open Focus area: aged care
Statement of Attainment - Cyber Security Threat Assessment and Risk Management Skill Set BSBSS00093
Statement of Attainment - Team Leader CHCSS00091	Tuesday 14 February to 28 March 2023 and Monday 8 May to 19 June 2023 Course information and timetable	10	Restricted Restricted

Setting you up to succeed!

In addition to the services provided by the CIT Student Support team, there is specific student support funded as part of Job Trainer. As a JobTrainer student you will have access to a dedicated Online Learning Success team (including technical support), counselling services, disability support and tailored library support services. In addition, mentors and tutors, optional weekly drop-in Language, Literacy, Numeracy and Digital (LLND) tutorial sessions and access to a very willing and committed CIT community focused on your success and achievement.

JobTrainer Eligibility Criteria

As a minimum a student must, for the duration of the enrolment, be:

an Australian citizen, permanent resident, or New Zealand passport holder resident for more than six (6) months, or
a person who holds a visa that is identified as being eligible, and
living or working in the ACT, and is:
1. a person aged 17 to 24 years of age, regardless of employment status, who is not enrolled in or attending a school or college, or another program leading to the completion of year 12; or
2. a year 12 student aged between 17 to 24 who has fulfilled the requirements of the ACT Senior Secondary Certificate, including all assessments; or
3. a job seeker who is:
  1. out of work, and/or in receipt of income support payments; or
  2. in receipt of income support payments; or
4. a person who is enrolling in:
  1. an aged care, childcare or disability qualification, regardless of age or employment status; or
  2. a digital skills qualification, regardless of age or employment status.

Please note

Students cannot be enrolled into a course they have completed in the past 7 years.
Students cannot be enrolled into more than 1 JobTrainer course at a time.