Check your eligibility for a government subsidised place in a vocational education program.
To be eligible for a government subsidised place, you must meet the Victorian State Government eligibility criteria.
Please read more information on each component below, or check your eligibility online.
When checking your eligibility, please note:
The Language, Literacy and Numeracy (LLN) assessment and Pre-Training Review (PTR) are two important parts of the RMIT enrolment process. If you are applying for a government subsidised place in a Vocational Education (VE) program, you will need to complete an LLN assessment and a PTR.
As part of the enrolment process with RMIT, you will complete an Evidence of Student Eligibility (ESE) declaration online. For more information on ESE criteria, please explore the drop-downs below.
To be eligible for a government subsidised place, you must meet the Victorian State Government eligibility criteria, which includes location, citizenship and education history, as outlined below. The program you have applied for must also be offering government subsidised places.
You must be physically present in Victoria for all of your studies. This includes attending training/classes that are delivered face-to-face on campus, and also being physically present in Victoria when accessing and studying course materials delivered by distance or online.
You must also be either:
You will be required to provide evidence of your citizenship or residency status before you can enrol, so make sure you can obtain original documents (or certified copies) that prove your citizenship or residency status.
To be eligible you:
An apprentice is defined as a person who has entered into a registered training contract to study a qualification defined as an apprenticeship in a relevant Victorian Approved Training Scheme.
An apprentice does not include a person who:
If you are an apprentice you will need to provide proof that you meet the location, citizenship, and education history criteria in order to be eligible for a government subsidised place. Also refer to the note below.
Note: If you are commencing an apprenticeship and have already started or are scheduled to start qualifications on the Victorian Government's list of Approved Pre-Apprenticeship and Pathway Qualifications, you may still be eligible to enrol in two other vocational education programs in a government subsidised place.
To be eligible for a government subsidised place in an approved Foundation Skills program, you must:
You are not eligible for a government subsidised place in a Foundation Skills program if you:
Free TAFE for Priority Courses is a government initiative that covers tuition fees for priority courses/programs for commencing students who are eligible for a government subsidised place.
Students must first meet the Victorian State Government eligibility criteria which include location, citizenship and education history, as outlined above. If you are eligible, Free TAFE for Priority Courses will pay the tuition fees for your whole program.
You can only access one Free TAFE for Priority Course in your lifetime, even if you don't finish the course (exceptions apply).
Students who enrol in Free TAFE pathway courses, can access more than one Free TAFE place if they have previously completed a Free TAFE course that is part of the same Free TAFE pathway.
Students will still be required to pay for other fees, such as the Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF), graduation fees and material fees.
Please visit Free TAFE for Priority Courses for more information and a list of Free TAFE programs offered at RMIT.
If you are referred to training under a special initiative, you may not need to meet particular criteria to be eligible for a Victorian government subsidised place.
To be eligible for training under the Asylum Seeker VET program, you must meet all eligibility criteria for a government subsidised place, except the citizenship/residency requirement.
Individuals must hold one of the following valid visa types:
Evidence of visa entitlement includes your Passport, Immicard, Visa Grant Notice or your current Visa Entitlement Verification Online (VEVO) entitlement statement.
Victorian State Government legislation states that the following individuals are not eligible to apply for a government subsidised place in a vocational education program.
These exclusions do not apply to individuals on community based orders made under the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 (Vic), or those who are held in Judy Lazarus Transition Centres and able to physically access training outside of a custodial setting without supervision.
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Acknowledgement of Country
RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.