Plastic Welding - 2011/12
Construction Skills Queensland supports the upskilling of existing workers, enabling them to meet new and emerging industry practices, licensing requirements and environmental considerations. CSQ provides reimbursement to individuals and employers towards some of the costs of training and assessment associated with acquiring a license.
Claims Process:
- Due to an extremely high volume of claims at present, it may take up to 6 weeks for your claim to be processed.
- Please allow for up to 3 working days when requesting a status update on the progress of your application.
- The CSQ Funding Application Office will be closed over the Christmas period, re-opening on the 9th of January 2012
Which qualifications are available?
| Eligible Qualifications - Plastic Welding Unit Code from PMB07 | UNIT TITLE | Nominal Hours | Max amount payable on completion |
| PMBWELD301B | Butt weld polyethylene plastic pipelines | 20 | $160 |
| PMBWELD302B | Electro-fusion weld polyethylene pipelines | 20 | $160 |
| PMBWELD303B | Install polyethylene (non-pressure) drainage pipelines | 20 | $160 |
| PMBWELD304B | Design polyethylene (non-pressure) drainage pipelines | 15 | $120 |
| PMBWELD305B | Install polyethylene plastic pressure drainage pipelines | 20 | $160 |
| PMBWELD306B | Design polyethylene plastic pressure pipelines | 20 | $160 |
| PMBWELD307B | Install high temperature plastic pressure pipelines | 25 | $200 |
| PMBWELD308B | Install PVC plastic pressure pipelines | 20 | $160 |
| PMBWELD309B | Weld plastics using extrusion and injection techniques | 20 | $160 |
| PMBWELD310B | Design PVC plastic pressure pipelines | 20 | $160 |
| PMBWELD311B | Design high temperature polyethylene plastic pressure pipelines | 20 | $160 |
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must meet the following funding eligibility criteria:
- The applicant must be working full-time or part-time or genuinely seeking work in the Queensland building and construction industry and must meet the residency criteria below; AND
- The applicant must not be an employee of a Local, State or Commonwealth government department or statutory body; AND
- The applicant must have undertaken a qualification or course as outlined by Construction Skills Queensland to be funded under this program
- The training and/or assessment must have been delivered by a Registered Training Organisation (RTO); AND
- The RTO must not be funded by Construction Skills Queensland or any other entity for the delivery of the training and/or assessment for which a reimbursement is being sought.
- The training must be delivered in Queensland.
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.
- The applicant must be enrolled in an eligible qualification as defined below at the time of payment.
- Payment must be made (and receipt dated) after 1 July 2011 and before 30 June 2012 to be eligible under this initiative for the 2011-12 financial year.
- Training must be completed and a reimbursement claim made by 30 September 2012 to be eligible under this initiative for the 2011-12 financial year.
- Licensing and prescribed occupation funding is accessed through reimbursement upon receipt of:
- Copy of statement of attainment or certificate of completion
- Copy of associated reciept of payment
- Submissions should be made using the appropriate form from www.csq.org.au.
- Reimbursement will be based upon the cost of the training delivery and not for any associated costs such as meals, travel or accommodation.
- A maximum funding rate per participant is set according to the qualification undertaken.
- Construction Skills Queensland will not reimburse more than the cost of the fees paid.
- Construction Skills Queensland may not reimburse the full cost of the fees paid.
Only one License from the below list will be available for reimbursement per person per financial year.
How To Apply
- Download the form here
- Print & complete the form
- Scan & email the completed form to reimbursement@csq.org.au
