Greenskills Training - 2011/12
Construction Skills Queensland, in conjunction with the Queensland Department of Education and Training and the Office of Climate Change, is administering the implementation of ‘Green’ skills training to construction industry workers under the Green Building Skills Fund. Delivered by contracted Registered Training Organisations, this program will assist the building and construction industry’s transition to a more sustainable, low carbon industry and encourage the development of a culture of environmental sustainability.
From July 2009 to July 2013, this funding is expected to create 3,500 training places in green skills for workers and apprentices across the building and construction industry including architects, builders, engineers, interior designers and quantity surveyors. Importantly the program will help employers train staff to meet the growing needs for the building and construction industry to offer sustainable practices.
GreenSkills courses cover sustainable practices for areas such as painting and building; introductory and professional GreenSmart programs and courses specific to key green industry areas such as solar and heat pump installation and treatment plant disposal systems.
GreenSkills is suitable for anyone working in the construction industry including:
• Architects,
• Contractors/Builders,
• Cost Planners,
• Engineers,
• Interior Designers,
• Landscape Architects,
• Project Managers,
• Quantity Surveyors,
• Apprentices and trainees in the building and construction industry,
• Students in a related building and construction program
Places for the GreenSkills initiative are limited.
How To Apply
For more information and to apply for Greenskills Training Funding, contact Construction Skills Queensland on 1800 798 488.
Eligibility Criteria
Participant Eligibility
- Training must be conducted in Queensland
- Funding is allowable for one outcome per participant in a financial year
- Participants must meet the Construction Skills Queensland Australian and Queensland Residency criteria as at Appendix 6
Applicants must meet Construction Skills Queensland’s Australian and Queensland residency criteria:
- be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, OR
- have permanent Australian residency visa, OR
- hold a Temporary Protection visa, OR
- hold a Temporary visa subclass 309 or 820, OR
- hold a Business Skills (Provisional) visa subclass 457, OR
- hold a Skilled Independent Regional (SIR) visa subclass 495.
Evidence of this must be supplied in the form of a copy of your Australian or New Zealand birth certificate or passport or visa or citizenship certificate or a copy of your temporary visa detailing the type/ subclass.
Students must meet the following Queensland Residential Criteria:
- be a permanent resident of Queensland, OR
- be permanently employed in Queensland.
Evidence of this must be supplied in the form of a Queensland Drivers’ Licence or telephone account or bank statement or statement from a real estate agent or any other formal documentation stating your full name and current residential address.
Which qualifications are available?
| 22002VIC Course in Sustainable Painting Practices |
| GreenSmart Introduction (Apprentices and Trainees) |
| GreenSmart Professional (Existing Workers) |
| Solar and Heat Pump (SHP) Water System Endorsement for Plumbers course - incorporating subjects from 39272QLD |
| Introductory Program for Sustainable Building Practices |
| 39272QLD - Course in Evaluating and Planning the Installation of Solar and Heat Pump Water Systems |
| CPCPDR4003A - Plan size and layout domestic treatment plant disposal systems |
