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Eligibility: HQCP
Axxis IQ (Axxis Industry Qualifications) is proud to work in conjunction with Construction Skills Queensland in the provision of heavily subsidised qualifications. Eligibility requirements apply.
Eligibility rules can be quite confusing and most find it productive to contact Axxis IQ on 07 3142 0610 to discuss their personal situation.
For the purposes of eligibility under the CSQ Program Agreement, ALL participants MUST meet the following criteria:
Eligibility: Higher Qualifications Civil Program
Eligible participants must provide evidence they are currently employed and substantially engaged OR been unemployed for less than 6 months, in a role that would meet the requirements of an Eligible Worker in the Construction Industry, OR be Self Employed and substantially engaged in the Qld Building & Construction Industry, who work the majority of their time in one or more of the following:
• renovations and extensions of residential and/or commercial buildings
• installation services for interiors of residential and commercial buildings and associated trades; electrical, plumbing, flooring etc.
• Work on a CSQ designated Major Project – construction of infrastructure.
Employed and Self-employed workers in the Queensland civil construction industry doing:
• land development and site preparation for the purposes of construction
• works for civil infrastructure
• work on a CSQ designated Major Project – construction of infrastructure.
Working on a CSQ designated Major Project and nominated for training by the authorised representative.
The right to work in Australia means holding one or more of the following:
1. A current green Medicare Card (or providing a current MyGov Medicare snapshot)
2. An Australian or New Zealand Birth Certificate or extract (not a commemorative certificate)
3. Visa Holder (not including International Student Visas) with relevant permission to work/study and who has been working in the Qld Building and Construction Industry for 6 months or more
4. An Australian or New Zealand Passport (up to 6-months after expiry)
5. An Australian Citizenship Certificate
Eligible Participants MUST:
(a) have the right to work in Australia and be an Eligible Worker or Unemployed Eligible Worker in Queensland and
(b) Eligible Participants must be enrolled into the HQC program on or before 31/07/2025, and be completed by 28/02/2026, and should prioritise training progression under the training contract before undertaking any further subsidised training and must be at least 50% through this training to be eligible for enrolment into the HQC program.
(Note: for this program, an Eligible Worker may include relevant administration staff, employed in a Building and Construction business. It may also include a participant undertaking a Certificate IV in Civil Construction as part of a traineeship.)
and MUST NOT:
• be currently enrolled and participating in a school program (excludes school-based apprentices/trainees registered in Queensland and undertaking an approved CSQ apprenticeship/traineeship and Skilling Queenslanders For Work Trainees)
• be currently enrolled and participating in another CSQ Higher Qualifications Civil or SAGTC Program in same contract term of 19/08/2024 – 28/02/2026. The total number of HQ that I can enrol in between this term is one (1) Building or (1) Civil.
• not be signed into a traineeship for the same qualification either prior to, or during the contract term, with the exception of the Certificate IV in Civil Construction (Supervision)
• I must be enrolled into the HQC program on or before 31/07/2025 and completed by 28/02/2026.
• not be a contracted trainer and assessor or an existing worker with a Registered Training Organisation
• not already funded by an Authority (or other such source) for the delivery of the same training: which includes ‘Fee-Free TAFE’ and Federal, State and Local Government funding
not be seeking a Determination or Verification of Competency
• not a Consultant
• not a Supply Chain Worker
• not a Council Worker or if I am, must be engaged in Building and Construction work outlined above
• not an International Student
• not a Trainee or Apprentice
Workers employed by the following Government Entities or Corporations are NOT eligible for CSQ programs.
State or Territory Government Departments (excluding local councils)
• Energy & Public Works – Qbuild, Transport & Main Roads – Roadtek
Government owned Corporations including but not limited to:
- CS Energy Ltd, Stanwell Corporation Ltd, CleanCo Queensland Powerlink Queensland, Energy Queensland – Ergon; Energex, QIC Ltd, Far North Queensland Ports Corporation Ltd (Ports North) Gladstone Ports Corporation Ltd, Port of Townsville Ltd, North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation Ltd
Statutory bodies including but not limited to:
Queensland Rail; Jobs Queensland, Urban Utilities, Unity Water, SEQ Water
Commonwealth Government Departments and agencies including but not limited to:
- Australian Army, Royal Australian Air Force, Royal Australian Navy
Commonwealth Companies (including but not limited to)
- Australian Naval Infrastructure Pty Ltd, Australian Rail Track Corporation Ltd, NBN Co Ltd, Australian Universities, Mt Isa Mines
Corporate Commonwealth Entities (including but not limited to)
- Australia Post, Defence Housing Australia
Acknowledgement
Axxis IQ acknowledges the traditional owners of the lands upon which we work and pays respect to elders past, present and emerging.
Axxis Project Training Pty. Ltd.
Accredited Provider No. 41392
Office Hours: (07) 3142 0610
After Hours: 0421 072 276