VET Circle Update July 2025
Certificate III and IV Permaculture qualifications are on the way to becoming recognised as important vocational qualifications, and eligible for the same kind of subsidies and recognition as other trades.
The Certificate III is now on the federal government’s Australian Apprenticeships Priority List. Importantly, it is also on the Clean Energy Sector list within it. This means that if you are a permaculture business, and you employ a young person as a trainee, they can get a qualification for doing practical work-based training, while being paid a traineeship wage, and you as the employer are eligible for a host of subsidies that together nearly cover the cost of employing them. It works just like employing an apprentice. They can be full or part time and even shared between several businesses.
In NSW, the Certificate III is also on the state training traineeships and apprenticeships list which makes an employer eligible for a set of state government subsidies too. Other states may be catching up, but it is worth making enquiries and registering your interest so that next time your state updates its list, permaculture qualifications are included.
In NSW, Certificate III and Certificate IV are also on the Smart and Skilled Priority List, which means the NSW government will pay the fees for class-based training. If a Training Organisation knows there are enough enrolments to make up a class, they can offer the course free to students.
For more information, get in touch at: vet@permacultureaustralia.org.au
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