Funded Courses

Funded Courses

2025 – 2026 SHORT COURSES CIVIL AND BUILDING SPECIFIC

Construction Skills Queensland (CSQ) is an independent, not-for-profit, industry-funded body supporting employers, workers, apprentices, trainees and career seekers in the building and construction industry. CSQ provides funding to reduce the financial obstacle to training, making upskilling an affordable option for many more individuals in the construction industry.

Are you actively working in the construction industry? The short courses are designed to get you up-skilled fast with nationally recognised training.

The funding of the service is available to eligible participants that are hands on in Construction in Queensland and will be provided to the successful participant upon completion of each approved short course.

Training Services are proud to be offered a 2025 – 2026 CSQ funded Short Courses Civil and Building Specific contract for the Mackay, Far North and Northern regions.

There are numerous courses on offer under the 2025 – 2026 CSQ Training Program. Please contact us for further information.

Funding is limited to the maximum funding amount under the contract. For the current program, which runs from 1st Oct 2025 to 30th Sept 2026, each eligible participant is able to access up to eight CSQ funded Civil and Building Specific Short Courses. Funding is not available for any courses previously completed by a participant or for a Verification of Competency. If the chosen course has been issued or funded previously the student will have to pay all costs incurred by Training Services QLD.

Participant Eligibility Criteria

1.Eligible Participant means:

That you reside in Queensland and are:

(a) an Australian or New Zealand Citizen; or Permanent Resident of Australia; or

(b) a Participant who has the right to work in Australia on a valid VISA and has been employed in the Building and Construction Industry for a period of 6 months or more, and is

(d) an Eligible Worker in Queensland, or is

(e) an unemployed Eligible Worker who has been unemployed for a period not greater than 6 months in Queensland

And NOT be:

(a) be undertaking the training as part of an apprenticeship or traineeship;

(b) an Employee of an Authority;

(d) a contracted trainer or assessor or existing worker of an RTO;

(e) funded by an Authority or such other source for delivery of the same Training being undertaken as part of this Program;

(f) funded for more than eight (8) Short Courses under this Program (either in Building Specific and/or Civil Specific) in the same program period;

(g) funded for more than three (3) high risk work (HRW) Units of Competency (excluding Asbestos Units of Competency) in the same program period;

(h) a Participant seeking verification of Competency

An Eligible Worker is someone who is an employee or self-employed worker, substantially engaged in the following industry priorities:

The Queensland Building and Construction Industry doing:
- Construction, significant renovations and extensions of, residential and commercial buildings
- Installation services for interiors of residential and commercial buildings in associated trades; electrical, plumbing, flooring etc.
- Works on a CSQ designated Major Project – construction of infrastructure
The Queensland Civil Construction Industry doing:
- Land development and site preparation for the purpose of construction
- Works for civil infrastructure
- Works on a CSQ designated Major Project – Construction of infrastructure

An Unemployed Eligible Worker is someone who has been unemployed for a period not greater than 6 months in Queensland.

Please contact Training Services today for more information on eligibility details and applicable fees.

PPS Training Pty Ltd trading as

Training Services QLD

ABN: 47 167 112 254

RTO Code: 41551

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