Skills NT
Skills NT’s role is to build a skilled and capable workforce through vocational education and training (VET) that meets the needs of Territorians, industry and community.
We partner with industry, community groups, schools and registered training organisations to ensure Territorians have access to quality VET training that leads to jobs and fulfills workforce demand.
The policies and procedures below detail the eligibility criteria and guidelines for:
- apprenticeships, traineeships, including school-based apprenticeships and traineeships
- support programs for VET training
- VET for secondary students
- industry placements for secondary school students .
For more information, refer to:
- Apprentice and trainee hosting policy
Information about apprentice and trainee hosting guidelines in the Northern Territory. - Apprenticeship and traineeship policy
Regulations in the Northern Territory for employing apprentices and trainees. - Apprenticeship and traineeship travel and accommodation subsidy scheme policy
Allowances for apprentices and trainees for work travel and accommodation. - Group training organisation policy
Regulations for group training organisations in the Northern Territory. - Indigenous tutorial assistance scheme policy
Information on funding for supplementary tuition to support eligible Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students undertaking VET courses or apprenticeships. - Learner support policy
Breaking language barriers and providing support to students enrolled in skill based vocational training. - National training plan principles policy
Information to support employers, apprentices, trainees and registered training organisations in the development of a training plan and its role in the successful completion of the apprenticeship or traineeship. - Recognition of prior learning policy
A mechanism for recognising skills and knowledge (competence) that a person already has, regardless of how, when or where the learning occurred. - School based apprenticeships and traineeships policy
Information on school-based apprenticeships and traineeships. - Skills NT grant
Information on grant in Northern Territory. - Student eligibility VET policy
Policy for Northern Territory students and apprentices / trainees undertaking vocational education and training in a Northern Territory Government supported place. - Supplementary recurrent assistance policy
Information on how assistance will be allocated to public vocational education providers based on their Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander student numbers. - User choice funding policy
Information for employers, apprentices and trainees on their choices of registered training organisation and their ability to negotiate key aspects of the training such as where, how and when it will be provided.