Employer Funding

We identify and manage all grants and subsidies available to your business

Identifying grants and subsidies

OZ LEARN is a workplace education and funding consultancy that links employers to vocational education and training provider(s), while also providing guidance on potential government funding available.

Our extensive industry knowledge, networks and associations within the vocational education and training market ensures that our customers receive objective, independent advice and can make quality decisions about their educational requirements.

Incentives for business

At OZ LEARN, we provide employers the support they need to navigate through the Australian Government’s current funding initiatives, including some of the below:

  • Up to 50% off employee wages (up to $28,000* per person)
  • New worker employment incentives (up to $9,000* per person)
  • State government training initiatives and funding (up to the total value of a qualification)
  • Statutory business savings (payroll tax and worker cover exemptions).  Business improvement grants (innovation and efficiency funding)

All the facts regarding business incentives

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FAQ

From 1 July 2022, eligible Australian Apprentices commencing or recommencing a qualification at either Certificate III, IV, Diploma or Advanced Diploma level qualification and an occupation listed on the Priority List can apply for an Australian Apprentice Training Support Payment of:

  • $1,250 every six months over the first two years of the Australian Apprenticeship (up to $5,000 in total) for full-time apprentices.
  • $625 every six months over the first two years of the Australian Apprenticeship (up to a maximum of $2,500) for part-time apprentices.

The final date for new entrants for the Australian Apprentice Training Support Payment is 30 June 2024.

You may be eligible if you:

  • commenced your Australian Apprenticeship between 1 July 2022 and 30 June 2024; and
  • are undertaking a qualification at either Certificate III, IV, Diploma or Advanced Diploma level and an occupation on the Priority List at time of commencement; and
  • have a training contract that is formally approved by the relevant State or Territory Training authority.

These are listed on job network websites in each state. Oz Learn has the latest list available to review here XXXX

A Hiring Incentive will also be available for employers of apprentices undertaking a qualification in an occupation that does not qualify for the Australian Apprenticeships Priority List.

Your business or Group Training Organisation may be eligible for the Hiring Incentive if:

  • you engaged an Australian Apprentice between 1 July 2022 and 30 June 2024 who is not an existing worker (an existing worker has been in an employment relationship with their employer for more than three full-time equivalent months, including approved leave); and
  • the Australian Apprentice is undertaking either a certificate II through to Advanced Diploma level qualifications in occupations not included on the Priority list or a certificate II in any occupation; and
  • the Australian Apprentice has a training contract that is formally approved by the relevant State or Territory Training Authority.

 

A detailed summary of each amount is listed in the link here

Employers can receive the Priority Wage Subsidy or Hiring Incentive for any number of Australian Apprentices, provided they meet the eligibility criteria. Australian Apprentices must commence or recommence between 1 July 2022 and 30 June 2024.

Your business or Group Training Organisation may be eligible for the Priority Wage Subsidy if:

  • you engaged an Australian Apprentice between 1 July 2022 and 30 June 2024; and
  • the Australian Apprentice is undertaking training in a qualification at either Certificate III, IV, Diploma or Advanced Diploma level and an occupational outcome listed on the Priority List at time of commencement; and
  • the Australian Apprentice has a training contract that is formally approved by the relevant State or Territory Training authority.

No, employers of any size, or industry, Australia-wide who commence an Australian Apprentice from 1 July 2022 may be eligible for financial support under the Incentives System.

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