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Please view our Courses page for more information.
Please go to our Courses page and enrol online or download the brochure and forward the registration form for the training you wish to complete. Alternatively, you can contact us, and we can help you through the process.
Please note that your position on a course can only be secured if we receive full payment of course fees*, and have recieved your enrolment via our online portal. Please visit the course registration section for further details.
*This may not be the case in fee-free courses. Please call Equip-Safe to discuss should you have any questions.
CTF subsidised course fees may be available to persons currently working in the building and construction industry, or unemployed persons who have worked in that trade in the previous six months. However, it is not available on all courses.
The fee subsidy does not apply to persons working in the security and mining industries or Government employees.
Please refer to the CTF website for further details
Yes, course fees do not apply as Skill Sets are 100% free-free for all* students and do not incur resource or course fees.
* some eligibility conditions apply for the free training. All enquiries regarding eligibility, should be made to admin@equipsafe.com.au or refer below.
You must have left school*, have your primary place of residence in Western Australia, and are either:
Year 12 school students who are leaving school can access a subsidised training place from 23 October 2024.
First Nations people, young people, people out of work or receiving income support, unpaid carers, people with disability, and women facing economic insecurity are particularly encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity for fee free training.
Please note that existing worker trainees are not eligible for the fee-free arrangements.
The Department of Training and Workforce Development’s VET Fees and Charges Policy- external site outlines eligibility for subsidised training in WA.
All enquiries regarding eligibility and/or course fees should be made to Equip-Safe, which you can do via our contact page.
You are still able to undertake the Skill Set training if you already hold one or more of the units of competency that form the Skill Set.
Please contact admin@equipsafe.com.au for assistance in enrolment with existing unit of competency, and our Skills Recognition Policy at our Terms and Conditions page for full details.
We require at least one form of ID for all our courses. However, the below courses have additional ID requirements prescribed by Regulations including WorkSafe WA.
We will need to see the originals of: one form of primary documentation (such as your driver’s licence or passport); OR at least three forms of secondary ID, with at least one of these documents showing your full name and date of birth.
To see the acceptable forms of ID, see the WorkSafe Applicant guide: Application for high risk work licence.
In Australia, all learners who enrol in nationally recognised training must have a Unique Student Identifier (USI). We are unable to issue any qualifications or statements of attainment without one. Additionally, you will not be able to access any government or industry funding unless we have received it.
You can easily find or obtain your USI by searching or applying online.
The seven pre-apprenticeship courses added to the fee free list are:
*Denotes course previously subsidised under Lower fees, local skills.
All Australian citizens, permanent visa holders and some temporary visa holders, whose primary residence is in Western Australia are eligible to access free training through fee free courses. This includes new and continuing students.
First Nations people, young people, people out of work or receiving income support, unpaid carers, people with disability, and women facing economic insecurity are particularly encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity for fee free training.
Existing worker trainees are not eligible for the fee free arrangements.
The fee free courses will be available at WA TAFE colleges and Department of Training and Workforce Development approved private training providers.
These courses will become fee free from 1 January 2025 until the end of 2026.
All students who enrol in one of the fee free building and construction courses in 2025 and 2026 at a TAFE college or approved private training provider will be able to complete their course under the fee free arrangement.
All enquiries regarding eligibility, course and resource fees should be made to the TAFE college or private training provider.
There are no course fees for fee free courses.
TAFE colleges or approved training providers will be able to provide details of any additional fees that apply to the course students are interested in.
*Some eligibility conditions apply for the free training. All enquiries regarding eligibility, course and resource fees should be made to the TAFE college or private training provider.
For more information on fee free courses, contact your local Jobs and Skills Centre on 13 64 64.
