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QLD FUNDING
CSQ FUNDING
Construction Skills Queensland (CSQ) is providing funding for Dickens Assessment and Training Services (DATS) to deliver the below program, between 1st October 2025 and the 30th September 2026. This funding aims to provide a pathway for eligible individuals in the Queensland Building and Construction industry.
Courses available include:
Concrete boom is also available in a variety of other regions including Central QLD, Mackay/Whitsundays, Northern QLD, Sunshine Coast and Wide Bay.
Application Forms:
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CSQ Short Course Funding Application - Greater Brisbane area Online form or Download form
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CSQ Short Course Funding Application - Gold Coast area Online form or Download form
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CSQ Short Course Funding Application - Darling Downs / Toowoomba area Online form or Download form
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CSQ Short Course Funding Application - Concrete Placing Boom Online form or Download form
For more information, click the links below:
CAREER START
For information on Career Start Apprenticeships DATS offers please click here
BERT Training Fund (BTF) provides training grants and other assistance for workers in the Queensland building and construction industry to learn new skills or develop existing qualifications and knowledge. The organisation is based in Brisbane, Queensland and is a joint union and employer initiative set up in 1991. BTF was previously known as the Queensland Construction Training Fund (QCTF).
Through BERT training grants and other forms of funding, BTF aims to increase the number of skilled workers in the construction industry and help the industry to take responsibility for the funding of its training needs. BTF offers a range of different training grants, awards and advice about training and up-skilling.
BTF provides training grants to employees and employers who are Building Employees Redundancy Trust (BERT) members within the building and construction industry in Queensland and/or the Northern Territory. BTF will provide assistance in both trade and non-trade callings and in the building, civil and engineering construction sectors of the industry.
Through skills training, workers covered by the Building Employees Redundancy Trust (BERT) can increase their skills knowledge and expertise. This leads to better employment options, higher wages and a more productive industry.
BTF provides training grants for accredited training at Registered Training Organisation’s (RTO) in Queensland. The courses below are examples only and are indicative of the types of training we fund. Other training outcomes may also be approved provided the training is relevant to your work in the construction industry. If you have any doubts about the course you are interested in getting a training grant for, please contact us OR or complete an online application and you will be advised in writing within 10-14 days whether or not funding is approved.
The courses below are indicative of the types of training that can be funded.
Crane Operations
Dogger
Elevated Work Platforms (boom lift)
Hoist Operator
Plant Operating (bobcat, forklift, roller etc)
Course Code | Course Title | Greater Brisbane | Gold Coast | Darling Downs / Toowoomba |
|---|---|---|---|---|
RIIMPO337E | Conduct articulated haul truck operations | Yes | No | No |
RIIMPO326E | Conduct water vehicle operations | Yes | No | Yes |
RIIMPO325E | Conduct civil construction scraper operations
| Yes | No | No |
RIIMPO324F | Conduct civil construction grader operations | Yes | Yes | Yes |
RIIMPO323E | Conduct civil construction dozer operations | Yes | Yes | Yes |
RIIMPO322E | Conduct civil construction tracked front end loader operations | Yes | No | No |
RIIMPO321F | Conduct civil construction wheeled front end loader operations | Yes | Yes | Yes |
RIIMPO320F | Conduct civil construction excavator operations | Yes | Yes | Yes |
RIIMPO319E | Conduct backhoe/loader operations | Yes | Yes | No |
RIIMPO318F | Conduct civil construction skid steer loader operations | Yes | Yes | No |
RIIMPO317F | Conduct roller operations | Yes | Yes | No |
RIIMPO316E | Conduct self-propelled compactor operations | Yes | No | No |
RIIHAN309F | Conduct telescopic materials handler operations | Yes | Yes | Yes |
RIIHAN308E | Load & unload plant | Yes | No | Yes |
RIIHAN301E | Operate elevating work platform | Yes | No | No |
RIICCM202E | Identify, locate and protect underground services
| Yes | No | No |
TLILIC0020 | Licence to operate a slewing mobile crane (over 100 tonnes) - C0 | Yes | No | No |
TLILIC0021 | Licence to operate a slewing mobile crane (up to 100 tonnes) - C1 | Yes | No | No |
TLILIC0023 | Licence to operate a slewing mobile crane (up to 60 tonnes) - C6 | Yes | No | No |
TLILIC0022 | Licence to operate a slewing mobile crane (up to 20 tonnes) - C2 | Yes | No | No |
TLILIC0040 | Licence to operate a non-slewing mobile crane (greater than 3 tonnes capacity) - CN | Yes | No | No |
CPCCLBM3001 | Licence to operate a concrete placing boom | Yes | Yes | Yes |
CPCCLDG3001 | Licence to perform dogging | Yes | No | No |
CPCCLHS3001 | Licence to operate a personnel and materials hoist | Yes | No | No |
TLILIC0005 | Licence to operate a boom-type elevating work platform (boom-length 11 metres or more) | Yes | No | No |
TLILIC0024 | Licence to operate a vehicle loading crane (capacity 10 metre tonnes and above) - CV | Yes | No | No |
