Application portal terms of use

Glossary

'applicant organisation' means the organisation applying for funding.

'application' means an application to the department for funding to deliver programs under the Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative, Indigenous Workforce and Skills Development Grant or other identified training and skills programs as they become available.

'authorised contacts' means anyone authorised to access or complete information on behalf of the applicant organisation.

'closing time' for an application means the time specified by the department by which the application must be lodged through the Training and Skills Programs Portal in order to be considered by the department.

'department' means State of Queensland (represented by Department of Employment, Small Business and Training).

'funding round period' refers to the current funding round for the identified training and skills funded program.

'you' and related parts of speech or other grammatical forms means:

• you as an individual, and;
• the organisation you act on behalf of.

'Training and Skills Programs Portal' means the department's online application portal for Skilling Queenslanders for Work, Indigenous Workforce and Skills Development Grant or other identified training and skills program applications for funding.

Terms of use

• By using the Training and Skills Programs Portal, and in consideration of the department permitting you and the applicant organisation to use the Training and Skills Programs Portal, you and the applicant organisation agree to and accept these terms of use.
• You certify that you are authorised to accept the terms of use on behalf of the applicant organisation, and that the information you provide in your registration for access to the Training and Skills Programs Portal is current, true and correct.
• You must keep information you submit to the department up to date and you acknowledge that the department may rely on information submitted until it receives notice from you of updates or changes to the information submitted.
• You must keep the applicant organisation's username and password secure by ensuring it is only shared with authorised contacts.
• The applicant organisation is responsible for all activities that occur through use of its password and username.
• You acknowledge that information in your registration for access to the Training and Skills Programs Portal, and in applications, becomes and remains the property of the department and information received from you through the Training and Skills Programs Portal will be a public record under the Public Records Act 2002 (Qld) and may be subject to disclosure under the Right to Information Act 2009 (RTI Act) and Information Privacy Act 2009.
• You acknowledge that you may be required to submit information and documentation in addition to that contained in your application, as required by the department.
• You acknowledge that applications must conform with the requirements of the specific funding program(s) applied for through the Training and Skills Programs Portal.
• If your application does not conform with the requirements of the system, on-screen messages or messages displayed in the Training and Skills Programs Portal as validation issues will alert you to non-conforming sections of your application.
• The lodgement of your application will be confirmed via an email to the email addresses provided in the registration process. You acknowledge that if you do not receive an email you will not have successfully lodged your application.
• You acknowledge that you are required to keep a hardcopy of your application as evidence of lodgement.
• The department will not be responsible for, and you release the department from any liability for, system delays, failures or outages. You acknowledge that this may include any failure of hardware, software or services related to the Training and Skills Programs Portal.
• The department may monitor and analyse the Training and Skills Programs Portal usage for evidence of misuse and attempted or actual security breaches.
• You must comply with other terms specified by the department in relation to the use of the Training and Skills Programs Portal or use of any information, graphics or materials on relevant funding program webpages on the department's website, imposed by the department from time to time.
• You must comply with and submit to the laws and jurisdiction of the State of Queensland in relation to your use of the Training and Skills Programs Portal.
• When using the Training and Skillls Programs Portal you must not:
  • impersonate or pretend to be another person or pretend to act on behalf of an organisation from which you do not have authority to act
  • submit information that is false or misleading or defamatory towards others
  • infringe others intellectual property or moral rights
  • misuse the Training and Skills Programs Portal, including through tampering with the website, circumventing security measures, denial-of-service attacks, harmful destruction of data or injection of computer viruses.
• You acknowledge that the department may remove, restrict or edit any information or material on the Training and Skills Programs Portal that is contrary to the terms of use or to satisfy compliance with any law, regulation or authorised government direction
• The department may, in its absolute discretion, suspend or terminate at any time you and/or the applicant organisation's access to the Training and Skills Programs Portal.
• You will be liable for any loss or damage suffered by the department arising from your unlawful conduct, negligence, omissions or failure to adhere to these terms of use. You release and indemnify the department from and against all actions, proceedings, claims and demands which may be brought or made against it by any person arising from:
  • your unlawful conduct, negligence, omissions or failure to comply with these terms of use
  • any damages (including incidental and consequential damages, lost profits or damages resulting from lost data or business interruption) resulting from your use of or inability to use the Training and Skills Programs Portal
  • all losses, including legal costs, damages and consequential loss directly or indirectly caused by your acts or omissions—or acts or omissions of your officers, employees, agents or related bodies—regarding your use or misuse of the information on the Training and Skills Programs Portal.
• You acknowledge that information on the Training and Skills Programs Portal is subject to change without notice.
• You acknowledge that the department makes no warranties that the Training and Skills Programs Portal is free from infection by computer viruses or other malware.
• You acknowledge that the accessibility and operation of the Training and Skills Programs Portal relies on internet technologies outside of the department's control and that internet communications may be susceptible to interference or interception by third parties. The department does not guarantee continuous accessibility or uninterrupted operation of the Training and Skills Programs Portal, or the security, authenticity, integrity or confidentiality of any transactions and other communications made through the Training and Skills Programs Portal.
• You must immediately report to the department any suspected security breaches, including the use of your information submitted to the Training and Skills Programs Portal by unauthorised people.
• The department may vary these terms of use. The variations will take effect from the date they are posted on the relevant funding program webpage and your continued use of the Training and Skills Programs Portal will constitute your acceptance of the varied terms of use.
• You acknowledge that the department is subject to the RTI Act, which provides members of the public with certain rights to access documents held by Queensland government agencies. The department cannot guarantee that the information provided will be protected from disclosure under the RTI Act.
• The use of the Training and Skills Programs Portal and these terms of use are governed by the laws of the State of Queensland, and you submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of Queensland.
• For applications with an advertised closing time, you acknowledge that:
  • applications must be submitted within the specified funding round period
  • an application cannot be lodged on the Training and Skills Programs Portal after the closing time
  • you can only make changes to an application after it has been submitted, and before the closing time, by making a request in writing to the department.

Last updated 26 October 2023