Smart and Skilled Application Form (further funding)

Who should use this form?

This form is for students who may be eligible to access Smart & Skilled funding (in addition to other funding such as VET Student Loans.)

Smart and Skilled is a NSW Government funding incentive that provides eligible students who wish to gain new skills to find a job or advance their careers with an entitlement to subsidised training.

You may be eligible for Smart and Skilled funding if you are:
• Aged 15 years or older;
• No longer at school;
• Live or work in NSW; and
• An Australian citizen, permanent resident, humanitarian visa holder or New Zealand citizen.

If you wish to be assessed for a Smart and Skilled government subsidy, please complete and submit this form. For more information about Smart and Skilled, please refer to the Smart and Skilled website: https://smartandskilled.nsw.gov.au/

Smart & Skilled Questions

Upload of Documents

Examples of suitable evidence

Proof of Receiving Welfare
• A letter from Centrelink confirming receipt of the benefit. The letter should clearly show the Centrelink Reference Number (CRN) and benefit or allowance category, OR
• A current concession card that shows the CRN and clearly shows the benefit or allowance category, OR
• A current Centrelink income statement that clearly shows the CRN and the benefit allowance category, OR
• Any other evidence that clearly shows the CRN and the benefit allowance category, OR
• Documentary evidence from the Department of Veterans Affairs stating their pension/benefit status, OR
• For people applying for Austudy or Youth Allowance, an approval letter from Centrelink that shows the CRN and indicates that the commencement date of their benefit is within two weeks of their enrolment or two weeks with the date of the first class attendance or participation in training.

For more information, please visit https://smartandskilled.nsw.gov.au/for-students/students-with-additional-needs/commonwealth-welfare-recipients

Proof of Disability Status

• A letter from a medical practitioner, school counsellor or special education coordinator, Disability Service Provider or Job Capacity Assessor, or specialist allied health professional (Including rehabilitation counsellor, psychologist, speech pathologist or occupational therapist) stating that, at time of enrolment, you are a person with a disability and a current client of this specialist professional.
• Department of Veterans’ Affairs Gold Repatriation Health Card indicating that you are in receipt of an Extreme Disablement Adjustment (EDA) or Total and Permanent Incapacity (T&PI) payment
• A current Department or Human Services (Centrelink) Income statement.
• Evidence that the benefit provider currently accepts you as the dependent child, spouse or partner of a beneficiary receiving a benefit or allowance.

For more information, please visit https://smartandskilled.nsw.gov.au/for-students/students-with-additional-needs/students-with-a-disability

Declaration and signature

Student Declaration and Consent to Use and Disclose Personal Information to the Department of Education and Communities and other Government Agencies

• I declare that all the information I have given is true, correct and complete, and is not false or misleading.
• I understand giving false or misleading information is a serious offence.
• I also acknowledge I have been informed of and read the relevant Student Information which is found on the UOW College website.
• I understand and agree that personal information (information or an opinion about me), collected from me, my parent or guardian, such as my name, Unique Student Identifier, date of birth, contact details, training outcomes and performance, or sensitive personal information (including my ethnicity or health information) (collectively referred to as Personal Information) collected by UOW College may be disclosed to the Department of Education and the Department of Industry(the Department).
• The Department may disclose my personal information to other Australian government agencies, including those located in States and Territories outside New South Wales.
• The above government agencies may use my Personal Information for any purpose relating to the exercise of their government functions, including but not limited to the evaluation and assessment of my training, the determination of my eligibility to receive subsided training or for any Fee Exemption or Concessions. My Personal Information may also be disclosed to other third parties if required by law.
• I consent to the collection, use and disclosure of my Personal Information in the manner outlined above.
• I also acknowledge and agree that the Department may contact me by telephone, email or post during or after I have ceased subsidised training with UOW College Australia for the purposes of evaluating and assessing my subsided training.

Note: If under 18 years of age at the time of signing, consent of the legal guardian is required.