You MUST meet all of the following:

• 15 years old and over; AND

• No longer at school; AND

• Live OR work in NSW; AND

• Australian OR New Zealand Citizen, Australian Permanent Resident OR a Humanitarian Visa Holder (International Students are not eligible).

AND meet ONE of the following:

• Aged between 17-24 years old (regardless of employment status); OR

• Centrelink benefit recipient; OR

• Unemployed (you DO NOT have to be in receipt of any Commonwealth benefits or registered with Centrelink); OR

• At risk of unemployment or expected to be unemployed** (see below definition).

**Definition of “at risk of unemployment”

• Stood down/Jobkeeper/furloughed employee: employee who has been stood down or employee for whom employer has Jobkeeper arrangement in place and at risk of becoming unemployed.

• Person returning to work (employed for 6 months or less): employed on condition of receiving training to build capacity and capability for the job role. This would be within the first 6 months of employment.

• Low skilled/unskilled employee: existing employee, with or without relevant skills or previous qualification up to Certificate III, that requires training to upskill to secure ongoing employment or future employment.

• Workers in declining industries: workers at any company in an agreed declining industry who require upskilling/reskilling for redeployment.