Are you aged over 45 and looking to re-skill?

The Australian Government, through its Skills and Training Incentive, is providing up to $2,200 (GST inclusive) to fund training to help mature age Australians to update their skills and remain in the workforce longer.

You are eligible for the Incentive if you:

• are aged 45–70
  • are an Australian citizen or permanent resident
  • are currently employed OR recently unemployed (within nine months) and not   registered with an Australian Government employment services provider
  • have completed a Skills Checkpoint assessment that identified training opportunities through the Skills Checkpoint for Older Workers Program (Program).

You can find out more information about the Incentive and the Program by:

• visiting www.skillscheck.com.au

• visiting the Department of Education, Skills and Employment’s website at https://www.dese.gov.au/skills-checkpoint-older-workers-program and https://www.dese.gov.au/skills-and-training-incentive; and
  
• contacting Watto Training. We are your local Program Provider, and can help you apply for the Program and potentially access the Incentive, using the details below:

Organisation	States/territories in which the organisation delivers the program	Contact details
The BUSY Group Ltd	Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory	13 BUSY (13 28 79) https://www.busyatwork.com.au/skills-checkpoint-program/
VERTO Ltd	New South Wales, Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory	1300 4 VERTO (1300 483 786) https://www.verto.org.au/our-services/skills-checkpoint