Higher Qualifications – Building
This funded program is again available due to funding allocated to OHSA by Construction Skills Queensland (CSQ).
The Higher Qualifications program includes Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety training and is designed to help you gain new skills and knowledge. It provides you with access to training in a range of high-level vocational qualifications and is the next step on your path to success.
Applications must be received and approved prior to course registration.
For more information on Certificate IV in WHS, please see below:
Course Name | Normal Price | Funded Price | You Save | Go to Course Page |
Certificate IV Work Health and Safety BSB41419 –
Delivery Method – FACE to FACE |
$1,195 | $0* | $1,195 | [View course here] |
Certificate IV Work Health and Safety BSB41419 –
Delivery Method – Online |
$995 | $0* | $995 | [View course here] |
* Certificate IV Work Health and Safety requires no up-front payment. However, if you do not complete the full program within six (6) months of receiving your online logins or the attendance to the face-to-face course, you will be required to pay the full advertised course price of $1,195 for Face to Face or $995.00 for online courses within 14 days of the date of invoice.
1. To be eligible for this funding, you NEED TO BE:
An Eligible Worker has the same meaning as the Building and Construction Industry (Portable Long Services Leave) Act 1991 (Qld) as amended from time to time.
An Unemployed Eligible Worker is a person who has been unemployed for a period of not greater than 4 years that would otherwise meet the requirements of an eligible worker.
2. You MUST NOT BE:
If you believe you meet these criteria and would like to be considered for funded enrollment, applications MUST be received and approved prior to Registration and Attendance of the course; please contact csqfunding@ohsa.com.au to request application forms or call 1300 647 200
ID Requirements for CSQ Funding 22-23
Applicants MUST submit the following:
(i) One (1) of the following:
(ii) Evidence to verify Participants meet the Existing and Eligible Worker criteria for employment in the Building and Construction Industry in Qld. Evidence provided may include but is not limited to the following:
(iv) Evidence that demonstrates unemployment for an eligible worker (More information is outlined in the application form)
Funded enrollments cannot be assessed until the documentation is provided with your completed application.
Applications must be received and approved prior to course registration. Any shortfall payments will be discussed and arranged through our office.
BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY DEFINITION
Building and Construction Industry has the same meaning as the Building and Construction Industry (Portable Long Services Leave) Act 1991 (Qld) as amended from time to time, currently defined as:
(1) The building and construction industry is the industry of constructing, deconstructing, reconstructing, renovating, altering, demolishing, relocating, maintaining or repairing any of the following –
(a) buildings;
(b) spa pools and swimming pools;
(c) roads, railways, airfields or other works for the passage of anything;
(d) breakwaters, docks, jetties, piers or wharves;
(e) works for solid waste disposal;
(f) works for subdividing or developing land;
(g) works for the improvement or alteration of a harbour, river or watercourse for navigation purposes;
(h) works for the storage or supply of water or for flood mitigation;
(i) works for the irrigation of land;
(j) works for the conveyance, treatment or disposal of sewage or of the effluent from any premises;
(k) works for extracting, refining, processing or treating materials or for producing or extracting products and by-products from materials;
(l) works for conveying products, by-products or materials;
(m) works for the drainage of land;
(n) works for the storage of liquids other than water or gases;
(o) works for the generation, supply or transmission of electric power;
(p) works for telecommunication or for the transmission of radio or television;
(q) bridges, viaducts, aqueducts or tunnels;
(r) chimney stacks, cooling towers, drilling rigs, gas holders or silos;
(s) pipelines;
(t) navigational lights, beacons or markers;
(u) pile driving works;
(v) sporting or recreational facilities;
(w) earthworks, other than for farming;
(x) fences other than fences on farms;
(y) structures, fixtures or other works not included in paragraphs (a) to (x), but not including earthworks for farming or fences on farms.
(2) The building and construction industry also includes land clearing and site preparation, other than for farming.
(3) The building and construction industry also includes the industry of, whether on or off-site –
(a) constructing a thing other than ordinary stock for sale, in accordance with working drawings; or
(b) deconstructing, reconstructing, renovating, altering, demolishing, relocating, maintaining or repairing a thing other than ordinary stock for sale, constructed in accordance with working drawings.
(4) The building and construction industry does not include the industry of performing maintenance or repairs of a minor nature to anything mentioned in subsection (1) or (3) for a person not substantially engaged in an activity mentioned in subsection (1), (2) or (3)