Career Boost

Martyr Training Services is an authorised provider of approved Career Boost program qualifications.

Choose a higher-level qualification with Martyr Training Services and access Queensland Government funding through the Career Boost program to take your career to the next level.

The Career Boost program is one of the Queensland Government’s core vocational education and training (VET) initiatives. The program provides training to assist individuals to develop the higher-level skills needed to obtain employment, advance their careers, or progress to further education and training to undertake university or tertiary qualifications.

Career Boost offers either a general training pathway or employment-based apprenticeship or traineeship pathway.

You’ll pay a reduced amount for your training, making it more accessible and affordable to advance your career.

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There are 2 pathways to access a subsidised training place under Career Boost:

General Training Pathway

To access a subsidised training place under Career Boost, a student must meet the following criteria:

aged 15 years or older
not be a school student
permanently reside in Queensland
be an Australian citizen, or Australian permanent resident (includes humanitarian entrant), or a temporary resident with the right visa and work permits on the pathway to permanent residency, or a New Zealand citizen
not already have a Certificate IV or higher qualification (including tertiary qualification) completed within the last 10 years (qualifications completed as a school student and foundation skills qualifications do not count)
Note: This eligibility requirement does not apply to individuals seeking to enrol in a skill set
not be enrolled in another qualification, even if it is on hold or deferred, whether funded by DTET or not (foundation skills qualifications do not count)

Apprenticeship/Traineeship Pathway

To be eligible to receive government subsidised training, the apprentice or trainee must:

have entered into a Contract (training contract) for a qualification that is funded by DTET and be registered on DTET’s systems
if from overseas, have a visa allowing them to work in Australia
not have already completed two apprenticeship/traineeship qualifications (including SATs) within the last 10 years.

Under the Career Boost program, eligible individuals may access one subsidised training place in either a Certificate IV, Diploma or Advanced Diploma qualification through the general training pathway, or in a higher-level apprenticeship or traineeship at Certificate IV level or above. In addition, individuals may access up to tw osubsidised skills sets. Once these entitlements are accessed, the individual’s Career Boost funding will be considered fully used.