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Targeted training funds

Learner eligibility for the Training Opportunities and Youth Training programmes

The eligibility criteria for learners in Training Opportunities or Youth Training programmes is set out below.

Download the Targeted Training Handbook (PDF, 549 Kb) for more information.

Rule ENR134: To be eligible to enrol in Training Opportunities or Youth Training programmes, learners must be aged 16 years or older and meet one of the following criteria:

  • New Zealand citizens or permanent residents, currently resident in New Zealand
  • Australian citizens and Australian permanent residents, currently resident in New Zealand
  • Refugees with refugee status who are directed to study as part of residence requirements.

Training Opportunities

Changes to Learner Eligibility

The Ministry of Social Development (MSD) and the TEC have made some changes to the learner eligibility criteria for Training Opportunities.  These changes substantially simplify the criteria, and come into effect from 9 March 2009.

Youth Training

The eligibility criteria for learners in Youth Training is:

Rule ENR137 : Learners must meet any one of the following criteria to enrol in a Youth Training programme:

  • Be aged less than 18 with low qualifications and have left school or been exempted from school attendance
  • Be aged 18 or older and have left school within the last 26 weeks with low qualifications
  • Be aged less than 18, enrolled with Workbridge, and referred after an in-depth interview
  • Be aged less than 18 and a refugee who has left the Mangere Refugee Centre or entered the country within the last year
  • Be aged less than 18, referred by Work and Income as a youth client, referred by a Youth Transitions Service or registered unemployed for 13 weeks or more, with no tertiary qualifications.
    Note:
    • The Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) applies an upper limit of 15% regionally for learners with higher qualifications entering under this criterion
    • The TEC grants approval on a case-by-case basis for learners without low qualifications
    • A letter from the Youth Transitions Service is sufficient evidence for this code
  • Be aged less than 18, have left or been exempt from school with 81 or more credits on the National Qualifications Framework but have National Certificate of Achievement (NCEA) results that show fewer than a total of 12 credits in English (literacy) and/or mathematics (numeracy).

Learners re-entering the Youth Training programme within six months retain eligibility if they have fewer than 240 credits.

 
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