CSQ Funding
Construction Skills Queensland (CSQ) is an independent industry-funded body supporting employers, workers, apprentices and career seekers in the building and construction industry.
If you are currently working in the Queensland building and construction industry you may be eligible for CSQ funded training to advance or expand your skills under one of the CSQ programs listed below.
Funded by industry for industry…
Short Courses
Are you an existing worker in the building and construction industry looking to learn new and important skills that will help you to further your career in construction?
The Short Courses program could be for you.
This program aims to provide existing workers, industry workers currently out of work or between jobs, and business owners with flexible solutions to update their skills and knowledge, meet licensing, safety and regulatory requirements and adapt to changing job requirements.
The Short Courses program provides funding to assist with upskilling and cross skilling existing workers in the building and construction industry.
Short Courses are individual competencies designed to provide flexible solutions to workers wanting to update their skills and knowledge in specific and targeted areas.
Are You Eligible?
Participants must meet the CSQ eligibility criteria to access the funding.
Please refer to the table below to check your eligibility.
CSQ Short Courses Program Comparisons
Elegibility & Program Details
General Construction
Civil Construction
Citizenship / Nationality
- An Australian or New Zealand Citizen
- A permanent resident of Australia
- A holder of a refugee or humanitarian visa
Residence
- Permanently reside in Queensland or
- Be permanently employed in Queensland
Employment
- Employed minimum one (1) month full time (equivalent)
- Unemployed under six (6) months
- Eligible worker as per job role
Employee of an authority
(Excluding employees of an Indigenous Council that is a principle contractor)
Maximum short courses in funding period
8
3
Apprentice or Trainee
Currently enrolled and participating in secondary school
Contracted trainer or assessor or existing RTO worker
Prevoiusly funded under this program for the maximum number of short courses
Funded by another Authority for the same training
Participants seeking VOC or refresher training
Funding
A co-contribution fee may be payable as a contribution towards the cost of training. The fee may be paid by the student, employer or third party. Please contact Pro-Lift Training & Assessments Services for more information on fees, eligibility and course details.
Short courses attract various funding amounts. Please refer to the tables below.
CSQ Short Course Civil Construction
Course
Short Course Code
Funding Per Course
Operate Elevating Work Platform
RIIHAN301E
$180
Conduct Telescopic Materials Handler Operations
RIIHAN309E
$540
Conduct Roller Operations
RIIMPO317E
$500
Conduct Civil Construction Skid Steer Loader Operations
RIIMPO318E
$500
Conduct Backhoe/Loader Operations
RIIMPO319D
$500
Conduct Civil Construction Excavator Operations
RIIMPO320E
$500
Conduct Civil Construction Wheeled Front End Loader Operations
RIIMPO321E
$500
Conduct Civil Construction Tracked Front End Loader Operations
RIIMPO322D
$500
Conduct Civil Construction Dozer Operations
RIIMPO323D
$500
Conduct Civil Construction Grader Operations
RIIMPO324E
$500
Conduct Civil Construction Scraper Operations
RIIMPO325D
$500
Conduct Civil Construction Water Truck Operations
RIIMPO326D
$300
Conduct Articulated Haul Truck Operations
RIIMPO337D
$300
Conduct Rigid Haul Truck Operations
RIIMPO338D
$300
Enter and Work in Confined Spaces
RIIWHS202D
$300
Work Safely at Heights
RIWHS204D
$225
Funding Locations
Central, Far North, Mackay Whitsundays, North West, Northern
CSQ Short Course General Construction
Course
Short Course Code
Funding Per Course
Licence to Perform Dogging
CPCCLDG3001A
$600
Licence to Perform Rigging Basic Level
CPCCLRG3001A
$600
Licence to Perform Rigging Intermediate Level
CPCCLRG3002A
$225
Licence to Erect, Alter and Dismantle Scaffolding Basic Level
CPCCLSF2001A
$300
Licence to Operate a Vehicle Loading Crane (capacity 10 metre tonnes and above)
TLILIC0012
$938
Licence to Operate Boom-Type Elevating Work Platform (boom length 11 meters or more)
TLILIC0005
$225
Licence to Operate Non-Slewing Mobile Crane (greater than 3 tonnes capacity)
TLILIC3006
$938
Licence to Operate a Slewing Mobile Crane (up to 20 tonnes)
TLILIC3008
$938
Licence to Operate a Slewing Mobile Crane (up to 60 tonnes)
TLILIC4009
$938
Licence to Operate a Slewing Mobile Crane (up to 100 tonnes)
TLILIC4010
$938
Licence to Operate a Slewing Mobile Crane (over 100 tonnes)
TLILIC4011
$938
Funding Locations
Central, Far North, Mackay Whitsundays, North West, Northern
Skills Assessment & Gap Training (SAGT)
Are you working in the Queensland building and construction industry but don’t hold a formal qualification?
This program aims to provide a pathway for workers to have their skills recognised (where they have not previously been formally recognised) and receive the gap training required to achieve a nationally recognised qualification within the construction industry.
Under this funding program, the nominated assessor can identify the skills you already have, and provide the gap training you need to attain a nationally recognised qualification.
A co-contribution fee may be payable as a contribution towards the cost of training. The fee may be paid by the student, employer or third party.
Please contact Pro-Lift Training & Assessments Services for further information on the qualification, eligibility, training locations, program details and any applicable fees.
Under the CSQ Skills Assessment Gap Training (SAGT) Civil Construction Program, CSQ provides eligible individuals with funding up to a maximum of $4375 towards the following qualifications:
- RII30815 Certificate III in Civil Construction Plant Operations
- RII30915 Certificate III in Civil Construction (Pipe Laying)