Services and opportunities
What is Skilling Solutions Queensland?
How can Skilling Solutions Queensland help you?
Your previous skills and experiences are valuable!
What are the benefits of gaining a formal qualification?
Are you seeking information on your career options?
Skilling Solutions Queensland Partnerships
Have you recently migrated to Australia?
Vumi ePortfolio
Frequently asked questions
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What is Skilling Solutions Queensland?
Skilling Solutions Queensland is the Queensland Government's free training and career information service. Our face-to-face service will provide you with important information on:
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formal skills recognition,
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career pathways,
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training options,
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apprenticeships and traineeships.
It works like this. Our specially trained consultants can work with you to identify opportunities to turn your workplace experience into a formal qualification through recognition of prior learning (RPL). Or, if you are seeking a career change or wish to re-enter the workforce, we can work with you to explore career and up-skilling options.
And, our service is free!
Skilling Solutions Queensland is the one-stop-shop for all of your training and career solutions!
Contact Skilling Solutions Queensland today!
How can Skilling Solutions Queensland help you?
Our aim is to assist you to open up your career and employment options!
Skilling Solutions Queensland can help you open new doors:
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If you're working and have no formal qualifications.
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If you're ready to re-enter the workforce.
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If you've been retrenched or made redundant.
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If you need a qualification for legislative requirements.
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If you want to change careers.
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If you are seeking a promotion.
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If you're planning to move from volunteer or community work to paid employment.
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If you want to undertake formal study.
Our consultants will take into account your specific skills, background and circumstances and work with you to provide information on possible career and training choices.
Your previous skills and experience are valuable!
Did you know that if you have current work or volunteer experience you could gain a formal qualification through recognition of prior learning (RPL)?
RPL is a way that you can achieve recognition of your skills and experience you have gained in the workplace towards a nationally recognised qualification.
Skilling Solutions Queensland can work with you to identify the qualification that best matches your skills and experience and provide you with an indication of the recognition of prior learning you could achieve.
We can then refer you onto our network of training organisations across Queensland who are contracted to provide the formal recognition of prior learning process to referred Skilling Solutions Queensland customers.
The training organisation will work with you to gather evidence of your skill level and assess your work experience against the formal qualification. The recognition of prior learning process will also identify if you are required to undertake any gap training to gain the entire qualification.
And, subsidies of up to $1000 are available towards the cost of the formal assessment for eligible Skilling Solutions Queensland customers, depending on the qualification.
This means you could gain a nationally recognised qualification as evidence of your skill level in less time and at a reduced cost!
Undertake Skilling Solutions Queensland's Skills Survey now!
What are the benefits of gaining a formal qualification?
There are numerous benefits to gaining formal recognition of your skills towards a qualification. You could:
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save study time and money
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formalise your workplace skills through a nationally recognised qualification
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have evidence of your skill level to enhance your resume
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move from volunteer work to paid employment
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gain a job promotion
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change careers.
And did you know that gaining a formal qualification can:
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On average can increase your earnings by up to 14%*
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Improve your appeal to potential future employers!
So, you've got the skills, you've got the experience, contact Skilling Solutions Queensland today to discuss how you could obtain that formal qualification!
Read our customer's success stories...
Are you seeking information on your career options?
If you are seeking a career change and are unsure of your options - Skilling Solutions Queensland can help. We can work with you through our career pathway planning service - My Future to provide you with a list of occupations that best match your preferred working conditions, interests and knowledge.
A major enhancement has been made to the My Future tool, increasing the program's capability, allowing greater personalisation of your career pathway results.
We can then provide specific Smart Job Info about these industries to assist you to identify the training requirements and employment trends for each of your career options.
Finally, we can identify how you could use your current experience and skills to pursue these career options and any further training you may need to undertake. We will also explore your local training opportunities to further support your career change.
Contact Skilling Solutions Queensland today to explore your career options!
Skilling Solutions Queensland Partnerships:
Skilling Solutions Queensland has partnerships with a number of organisations to provide specialist services, tailored to a range of industry sectors.
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Construction Skills Queensland
Through the partnership with Construction Skills Queensland, Skilling Solutions Queensland is able to better assist Queenslanders working within this industry to gain formal recognition of their skills towards a variety of trade qualifications. Customers can access the Skilling Solutions Queensland service to identify how their skills match against a relevant construction qualification. Eligible customers are then referred to Construction Skills Queensland to commence the formal recognition process with a specialist training organisation. -
Energy Skills Solutions
The Energy Skills Solutions service is the result of a partnership between Skilling Solutions Queensland and Energy Skills Queensland. Launched in 2009, this service was established to provide a tailored Skilling Solutions Queensland service to the Energy sector. The service can be provided in the workplace to assist employees gain formal recognition of their skills towards electrotechnology qualifications. www.energyskillsqld.com.au -
Department of Transport and Main Roads
The partnership between Skilling Solutions Queensland and Department of Transport and Main Roads has been established to provide increased recognition of prior learning opportunities to the Transport and Logistics industry. The partnership is being piloted through the Skilling Solutions Queensland centres in Loganlea and Townsville. These centres can provide a specialist service to employees within the Transport and Logistics sector. www.tmr.qld.gov.au -
Queensland Primary Industries and Fisheries - Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation
The partnership is being piloted in the Central Queensland region to increase access to the Skilling Solutions Queensland service and RPL opportunities for workers within all facets of the primary industry sector. Recognition of prior learning opportunities are available for a wide variety of qualifications including Rural Business Management, Land Conservation, Business, Horticulture and Agriculture. www.deedi.qld.gov.au
Have you recently migrated to Australia?
If you have migrated to Australia, in addition to the services listed above, our trained Consultants can provide you with tailored local information relating to:
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Obtaining recognition of an Academic Qualification gained overseas,
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Working, living and playing in the different regions in Queensland,
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Ethnic community organisations, ethnic media, schools, migrant service organisations, as well as government and non-government services throughout Queensland.
To find out more about these services visit the Skills Recognition Unit
VUMI ePortfolio
VUMI is your new cutting edge, flexible online ePortfolio and evidence collection tool to manage your career development and training.
You'll find it useful when you are compiling an application for recognition of prior learning as this tool can capture information about all of your work experience and on the job development. You may also use this tool to assist you in the on-going management of your life long learning.
All your multimedia files and documents are held in a secure repository for life, easily found when you need them.
VUMI is easy to use, professional, and can be set up in a matter of minutes. You can upload your files, store them for life, have your files verified, and track your VUMI ePortfolios to see when they where opened by the recipients.
VUMI is a vital tool to give your career the edge it deserves. http://www.vumi.com.au/
Frequently asked questions
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