Skills Ready

FEE FREE

Exciting news for 2024!

Selected full qualifications will be 100% course fee-free and all Job Ready short course skill sets will be fully fee-free from 1 January 2024! And in even better news, the eligibility criteria for this free training is being expanded so that more people living in Western Australia can access the free courses.

This free training will focus on priority industry areas to help build WA's skilled workforce, support our employers and businesses, and create employment and career opportunities for all Western Australians.

FEE FREE courses available here! 

Please note that some eligibility criteria will apply for FEE FREE training, and other fees may apply for the FEE FREE qualifications.

Frequently asked questions

Please visit the Jobs and Skills WA Frequently Asked Questions(opens in a new tab) for further details.

Whether you are looking for a job, thinking about a career change, or upskilling for your own development, now is the time to get skills ready!

We’re making training affordable and accessible so you can boost your skills and be job ready.

How about a free training course — yes... free! You can also choose from up to 60 qualifications here at North Regional TAFE with course fees slashed by half or more, or new skill sets — fast track training to get you job ready. Select one of the options below to find out more.

This program is funded by JobTrainer - a joint initiative of the Western Australian and Commonwealth Governments.

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How would you like to get a nationally recognised and accredited qualification but pay only half-price course fees? From tourism and hospitality to commercial cookery, aged care to automotive and engineering, business and IT, healthcare and childhood education, electrical to heavy vehicle mechanical technology — to name just a few — there really is something here for everyone under the Lower fees, local skills program, and this is where the jobs are!

These qualifications are matched up with the skills employers are looking for, so you'll be job ready!

We have worked closely with WA industries, businesses and employers to find out the types of skills needed right now and for future jobs. Free skill sets developed from nationally recognised vocational training are now available at North Regional TAFE — some are also available online. Don't miss this fantastic opportunity to fast track your training and get skills ready!

The free training focuses on the following two options:

• Infection control skill sets to get you skills ready and job ready for COVID-19 safe workplace requirements — free for everyone
• Skill sets to get you skills ready for current job opportunities as WA's economy recovers — some are free for everyone, and others are free for eligible students including displaced workers, concession students and youth up to 25 not at school.

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Fast track your skills with our free infection control skill sets to get you job ready - 100% free for everyone!

These infection control skill sets have been developed specifically to get you job ready to safely manage infection control in the workplace. They match up with the skills employers are looking for, to support WA businesses in key areas such as aged care, disability support, retail, hospitality, transport and logistics. 

The skill sets contain selected units of competency from nationally accredited and recognised vocational qualifications that target specific skill areas.

Check out the list of free infection control skill sets

Not all jobs need a full qualification, and maybe you don't either — skill sets are the perfect solution. Skill sets can help you get ready for your first job, or re-skill quickly for jobs that are available as WA's economy recovers.

These new job ready skill sets have been developed in consultation with businesses and employers to deliver fast track training that will get you skills ready for jobs in areas including hospitality, health care, retail, business, cyber security, agriculture and construction.. and many more.    

Our job ready skill sets are 100% free for the below eligible students. Fees apply for non-eligible students. All enquiries regarding eligibility for free courses should be made directly to our Client Services Team.

Eligible students

• Persons aged 15—24 years at the time of enrolment (excluding students enrolled at school)
• Persons receiving JobSeeker payment
• Persons and dependents of persons receiving the Youth Allowance, AUSTUDY or ABSTUDY
• Persons and dependents of persons holding:
  • a pensioner concession card or  Health Care Card; or
  • a Repatriation Health Benefits Card issued by the Department of Veterans' Affairs
• Dependents of persons who are inmates of a custodial institution

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