Definitions

Aboriginal Territorians

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are permanent residents of the NT

Core business

• The business activity that is main source   of a company's profits and success, usually the activity that the company was   originally set up to carry out

Employment outcomes

• Newly employed after training
• Change in job, for example promotion
• Increase in pay
• Links to community projects in remote areas   or identified employment opportunities

Equity group

• People with a disability - includes people   with a recognised disability, injury or health condition that impacts on   their ability to get and keep a job
• Long-term unemployed migrant - a migrant   who is a permanent resident of the NT; and since gaining their residency has   been involuntarily unemployed for a period greater than 52 weeks
• Refugees - a person who has been forced to   leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster
• Mature aged - a person over the age of 45
• Very long-term unemployed people - a person   who has been involuntarily unemployed for a period of more than 2 years

Expertise

• Delivery experience with cohort or location
• Relative duration of operation as an RTO
• Scope to deliver training

Recurrent programs

Programs will be considered recurrent where the same or substantively similar program has been funded within the calendar year or 12 months, whichever is longer

Registered Training Organisation (RTO)

Australian Skills Quality Authority approved organisations that deliver nationally recognised training in the VET sector.

Skilling pathways

Initiatives that give Territorians practical skills to help them obtain a job, apprenticeship or traineeship

Skills building

Initiatives that assist Territorians to upskill or reskilling existing workers in occupations or industries in high demand or affected by change

Value for the Territory

Value for the Territory can be defined by:

• cost per participant compared to similar   programs
• program outcomes
• proportion of VET to support funding
• Buy Local – for example permanent   operations in the NT and employing NT residents
• relative need of the location
• existing fee for service market impacts
• not benefitting a single business or   organisation
• local market capability