NSW PPP Funding

Places for the NSW Productivity Places Program are currently filled. Please check back here periodically as we are hoping to secure more places.

The Productivity Places Program (PPP) is part of a national agreement between the Commonwealth and New South Wales Governments. The Program supports employment in New South Wales by funding additional qualifications for existing workers and job seekers within identified priority industries. This training is funded by the NSW Government in partnership with the Commonwealth Government.

There are a variety of courses that attract funding under the Program across many fields of study. The Australian Institute of Management NSW & ACT has been awarded funded positions in the fields of business, government and project management at Certificate IV, Diploma and Advanced Diploma level for existing workers. These courses provide participants with practical skills and knowledge as well as a nationally recognised qualification.

Qualification	Duration (Years)	Available 2009	Available 2010
Certificate IV in Project Management  (PDF Document - 38kb)	1	Y	N
Diploma of Project Management  (PDF Document - 45kb)	1-2	N	Y
Advanced Diploma in Project Management  (PDF Document - 43kb)	2-3	Y	Y
Diploma of Government  (PDF Document - 54kb)	1-2	Y	Y
Diploma of Government (Management)  (PDF Document - 49kb)	1-2	Y	Y
Diploma of Management  (PDF Document - 42kb)	1-2	N	Y
Advanced Diploma of Management  (PDF Document - 47kb)	2-3	Y	Y

ELIGIBILITY FOR NSW PRODUCTIVITY PLACES PROGRAM

To be eligible to enrol in training under the PPP with AIM, participants:
• Must be Australian Citizens, a permanent Australian Resident or Humanitarian Refugee
• Must be a NSW resident and/or work in NSW
• Must be existing workers in priority industries to support NSW economic growth
• May have previously undertaken or completed other training programs, as long as they are not currently involved in those programs, and continue to meet all other participant eligibility requirements
• Cannot be enrolled in secondary or other tertiary education and training

An existing worker means someone who is a NSW resident and works in NSW and is:
• A person 20 years of age or older who has been in paid employment for more than one hour in the week prior to commencement of training, or
• A person 15-19 years of age who is not formally enrolled in school and has been in paid employment for more than 15 hours in the week prior to commencement of training
Note: An existing worker cannot be an apprentice or trainee.
 

Within these broad eligibility requirements, Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) are required to give priority for enrolment in PPP courses to certain categories of participant.

Priorities are in relation to:
• The Youth Compact, which provides an education or training entitlement to 15 to 24 year olds, and
• The Compact with Retrenched Workers which provides a training entitlement for retrenched workers
• Training for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander students.

RTOs will give priority to placements in a PPP course for existing workers where:
• A National Industry Skills Council or State Industry Training Advisory Body has brokered the training, or
• State Training Services of the NSW Department of Education and Training is the referral agency

Participants undertaking training will be charged by AIM NSW & ACT the equivalent to the TAFE NSW fee for each year of study outlined in the table below. The current and up to date NSW TAFE fees and exemption policy can be found on their website at  www.tafensw.edu.au/about/money.htm.  (Fees for 2011 will be published on the TAFE NSW website in late 2010)

Fees can be met by the employer or the participant or by a combination of both.

2009

2010

Qualification Level		AIM Standard Fee	PPP Fee	Saving $	Saving %		AIM Standard Fee	PPP Fee	Saving $	Saving %
Certificate IV		$4,500	$912	$3,588	80%		$4,500	$934	$3,566	79%
Diploma		$9,000	$1214	$7,786	87%		$9,000	$1242	$7,758	86%
Advanced Diploma		$9,000	$1456	$7,544	84%		$9,000	$1490	$7,510	83%

It is anticipated that payment of a proportion of the fees for this course will be made by the NSW Government under the NSW Productivity Places Program (PPP). In the event that any part of that payment is not received due to a participant’s withdrawal from or non-completion of the qualification, the participant’s employer will be liable to pay the difference between AIM’s published price for the course and any sums received from the NSW Government by AIM to that point. In those circumstances AIM’s normal payment terms, in the attached Terms and Conditions, will apply.

Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander students are exempt from paying the TAFE NSW fee and therefore the AIM NSW & ACT fee. Students in receipt of a Disability Support Pension and students with a disability are entitled to one full fee exemption for one course per year and are eligible for the $50 Concession fee for the subsequent enrolments in that year.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

If you would like more information on the program or on how to secure a place, please have the appropriate person within your organisation contact AIM's PPP Project Manager, Lesley Mitchell on (02) 9956 3038 or via email.
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