Affordable, Flexible and Sustainable Training

Careerforce is committed to assisting you to train your staff in a sustainable, flexible and embedded way. This is evidenced by our qualification fees, assessment rebate and learning resource rebate detailed below.

	NZQA Level	Fee	Employer Assessment Rebate per completed  qualification	Timeframe qualification must be completed within to gain assessment rebate	Employer Learning Resource Rebate per qualification
Foundation Skills NC	2	$150	Nil	na	$100
Core Competencies NC	3	$200	$100	24 months	$100
Residential (aged care) NC	3	$200	$100	18 months	$100
Human Services NC	3	$200	$100	18 months	$100
Intellectual Disability NC	3	$200	$100	18 months	$100
Vision and Hearing Screening  NC (to be launched Nov 09)	3	$800	$500	12 months	na
Dementia LCP	4	$80	na	na	na
Diversional Therapy NC	4	$800	$500	36 months	$100
Disability Information Provision NC	4	$800	$500	24 months	na
Disability Support Assessment, Planning and Coordination NC	5	$1,100	$750	24 months	na

Please note all prices are GST inclusive

Assessment Rebate Programme

Careerforce will support the costs incurred by the employer or individual who is paying for the workplace based assessment. This is usually done by making an annual payment to the workplace for qualifications that have been completed within the designated timeframe. Larger rebates may be split to recognise who has paid for the assessment. There is no rebate or part rebate on occasions when Careerforce has paid for the mobile assessor.  Talk to us about this programme and how this could work for you and your staff.

In November of each year Careerforce will send to each workplace/health and disability provider a report identifying all trainees who have completed qualifications between November 1 of the previous year and October 31st of the year the payment will be made in), who are eligible for the assessment rebate.  This report will specify the qualification in which the trainee has enrolled, and the timeframe in which it has been completed.

For the provider to receive the rebate, the trainee must have completed his/her qualification with that provider.  This provision also applies to trainees who have joined the provider after having started their qualification elsewhere.

To access the rebate, the provider must send an invoice to Careerforce (Accounts Department) which covers each trainee on the report, their qualification and their related rebate as shown in the “Assessment rebate per completed qualification” column in the table above. If the report is incorrect please make the correction and send in a corresponding invoice. Providers with any questions about their report should contact their Careerforce Workplace Advisor in the first instance.

Careerforce will pay on the invoice in accordance with our standard payment terms (all invoices must be received by Careerforce by 5 December for payment on 20 December).

The assessment rebate programme is due for review in October 2012.

Careerforce will support the costs incurred by the employer or individual who is paying for the workplace based assessment. This is usually done by making an annual payment to the workplace for qualifications that have been completed within the designated timeframe. Larger rebates may be split to recognise who has paid for the assessment. There is no rebate or part rebate on occasions when Careerforce has paid for the mobile assessor.  Talk to us about this programme and how this could work for you and your staff.

Learning Resource Rebate Programme

The learning resource support payment programme acknowledges that some organisations within the sector have developed or purchased learning resources that support assessments within Careerforce workplace based national qualifications.  Talk to us about this programme and how this could work for you and your staff.

To assist with the process of maximising the opportunity for training to occur, Careerforce will make a retrospective, quarterly rebate to the owner of the learning resources.  For the purposes of this programme the owner includes an organisation or agency that asserts intellectual property ownership rights over the resources, as well as someone who has purchased the resources and has full rights to use these resources.

This rebate is dependent upon the owner wanting to be part of the programme and on the learning resources meeting Careerforce standards of quality and relevancy. A benchmarking process will be undertaken by Careerforce in conjunction with the owner of the materials to identify whether the resources meet the quality and relevancy requirements. Meeting the requirements will ensure that the learning content supports the assessments and the role of the workplace educator.

Where applicable (see the “ Learning resource rebate per qualification” column in the table above), the rebate of $100 (GST incl.) per staff member enrolled in a workplace based national qualification, will be paid in two equal parts. The signing of a valid training agreement will generate a $50 payment to the organisation, and a further $50 will be paid to the organisation on the trainee’s completion of the qualification within the stated timeframes.

This programme will be reviewed annually and backdated to 1 September 2008, or to the date on which the learning resources for strand qualifications become available to the sector.

Owners including health and disability providers using quality and comprehensive learning resources who wish to be considered for this programme should contact Careerforce for further information.

Withdrawing and Refund of Qualification Fee

If Careerforce is notified that a trainee’s qualification is to be terminated within 10 working days of the Training Agreement being activated, then a 75% refund of the cost will be made.  If the trainee has paid by automatic payment, there will be no refund of the first instalment.

Activation of the Training Agreement, for the purpose of a refund, is defined as the completed Training Agreement being received by Careerforce with all requirements met and being inputted into the Careerforce database.

 

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For more information on these initiatives, including the special conditions that may apply - please contact your local CWA or email Careerforce

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