Work Skills Traineeships (Housing Construction Traineeship Fund)

As part of the Construction Workforce Fund, the Housing Construction Traineeship Fund will increase the participation of underrepresented cohorts in the housing and construction sectors by funding additional Work Skills Traineeships projects focused on residential and social housing.

Program overview

In 2024-25, in addition to the $37.35 million available under Work Skills Traineeships, $2 million is available to fund residential and social housing projects providing entry level skills and jobs to unemployed Queenslanders from diverse backgrounds gain skills to enter the housing and construction workforce.

The program assists unemployed people to address barriers to workforce participation, including:

• women re-entering the workforce
• young people
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
• people with disability
• mature age job seekers, veterans
• people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
• recently released prisoners.

Through Work Skills Traineeships, participants are employed as entry level trainees, and undertake paid work while learning in a supported work environment. For projects funded under the Housing Construction Traineeship Fund, trainees complete a Certificate I in Construction qualification and General Construction Induction Card (white card).

Learn more about the Work Skills Traineeships program.

How to apply

Funding under the Housing Construction Traineeship Fund is available to eligible organisations through a one‑off funding round in 2024. Applications for funding opened on Monday 10 June 2024, and will close at 5pm (AEST) on Sunday 28 July 2024.

Applications must be submitted via the Training and Skills Programs portal under the existing Work Skills Traineeships program.

Applicants must demonstrate that the project is a residential and social housing project, with delivery including wrap around support services, Certificate I in Construction and the General Construction Induction Card.

Applications are assessed against set criteria, including your organisation's capacity to manage the proposed project, and the extent to which the project will service community and industry needs.

Learn more about the application process and how to apply.

Program documents

Work Skills Traineeships Guidelines for funding 2024–25 (PDF, 568KB)

Housing Construction Traineeship Fund – frequently asked questions (FAQs) (PDF, 765KB)

Last updated 10 June 2024