ACPET Breakfast Seminar

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ACPET Breakfast Seminar

• Victorian Government Funding Opportunities for
  Private RTOs
• Fred Ritman
• Portfolio Manager
• Training Purchasing
• Office of Training and Tertiary Education

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ACPET Breakfast Seminar

• Funding available
• Tender processes
• Government funding directions

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Victorian Government Funding to Private RTOs

• Government Funded Training Program (GFTP)
• Apprenticeship Traineeship Training Program
  (ATTP)
• Priority Education and Training Program (PETP)
• Currently contract approximately 240 Private RTOs

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Government Funded Training Program (GFTP)

• Each annual contracted period is discrete
• in policy directions
• purchasing requirements
• prices and
• RTO eligibility to apply (eg. open tender or
  targeted expressions of interest)

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Government Funded Training Program (GFTP)

• Government funding totals 74m in 2006 made up
  of
• 61m Apprenticeship Traineeship Training Program
  (ATTP)
• 13m Priority Education and Training Program
  (PETP)
• Category One equity
• Category Two industry
• Category Three innovation
• Category Four additional funding (0.5m) to
  purchase pre-apprenticeships.

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Government Funded Training Program (GFTP)

• Prices paid per ATTP Student Contact Hour (SCH)
  may be found on our website.
• Prices range from approx 5.50 - 13.50 per SCH
  (average 2,900 per apprentice/traineeship pa).
• Prices paid per PETP SCH are provided via a
  Purchase Schedule.
• RTOs must also charge student fees of 1.31 per
  SCH
• minimum fee of 51 (based on 40 hrs tuition rate)
• maximum fee of 839 (based on 640 hrs tuition
  rate)
• concessions for students with concession cards of
  51 or nil (in exceptional circumstances)

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2006 Funding Opportunities

• 2006 tender for government funding closed in
  November 2005.
• Applications for ATTP funding were invited from
  non funded RTOs with scope and experience in
  delivering to apprentices / trainees in skill
  shortage areas.
• Non currently PETP funded RTOs were not eligible
  to apply for PETP in 2006.
• Expression of Interest for funding for Existing
  Employee Apprentices open until December 2006.
• All RTOs need to demonstrate business viability
  (including financial) and compliance with the
  AQTF.

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2007 Tender

• Planning process has commenced regarding
  appropriate purchasing models for ATTP, PETP,
  pre-apprenticeships and for other initiatives
  from the Skills Statement.
• RTO eligibility criteria and mode of purchasing
  will reflect Governments purchasing priorities.
• Usually tender opens in September.

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Web Resources

• Victorian Learning and Employment Skills
  Commissions priority work
• www.otte.vic.gov.au/vetoutputs.asp
• ATTP, PETP and pre-apprenticeship programs
• http//gftp.otte.vic.gov.au/gftp
• Maintaining the Advantage Skilled Victorians
  www.otte.vic.gov.au/maintaining.asp
• For any general queries
• gftpinquiryline_at_edumail.vic.gov.au

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• Questions?