Career Boost aims to take a person’s career to the next level, enabling them to grow and apply their skills to existing or new job roles and to support productivity growth and workplace innovation.
The program delivers training to help individuals develop the higher-level skills needed to secure 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.
Under Career Boost, an eligible individual may access:
Note: If the individual has already accessed two apprenticeships/traineeships through a school based apprenticeship or traineeship (SAT) or Career Start within the last 10 years, they are not eligible to undertake an apprenticeship/traineeship under Career Boost.
An individual cannot do two general training pathway qualifications under Career Boost. This is to ensure equitable access for all eligible Queenslanders to a training opportunity.
Qualifications
CHC43015 Certificate IV Ageing Support
CHC43415Â Certificate IV in Leisure and Health
CHC43315 Certificate IV in Mental Health
CHC40221 Certificate IV in School Based Education Support
CHC42021 Certificate IV in Community Services
Delivery Online – Statewide
CHC52021 Diploma of Community Services
CHC62015 Advanced Diploma of Community Sector Management
Delivery Locations
Online – Statewide
Class Based
Skills Sets
CHCSS00070 – Assist Clients with Medication Skill Set
CHCSS00065 Induction to Disability Skill Set
CHCSS0013 Individual Support Disability Skill Set
CHCSS00124 – Disability Work – Behaviour Support
CHCSS00128 – High Support and Complex Care – Disability Support
CHCSS00140 Case Management Skill Set
CHCSS00129 Individual Support Ageing Skill Set
CHCSS00123 – Dementia Support Skill Set
CHCSS00075 Chronic Disease Skill Set
CHCSS00065 Workforce planning skill set
CHCSS00082 Lead and Mentor Skill Set
CHCSS00084 Lead and support colleagues
Delivery Online – Statewide
To be eligible for the Career Boost Program, you must meet the following criteria below:
Along with the eligibility criteria above, specific entry restrictions or exemptions may apply to certain subsidised qualifications and skill sets. These are set by industry or sector requirements, as well as national training package guidelines
For further information and to check your eligibility please refer to the Department of Education and Training website:https://skillsgateway.
Under this program students are required to make a financial contribution towards the cost of the training and assessment services for their selected course. There is a mandatory student contribution fee for all students undertaking a subsidised Certificate Qualification. There are two levels of contributions a general student-non-concession and a concessional student. The total Co -contribution fee payable represents the full out of pocket expenses to the student.
Qualification Name |
Number of Units |
Non-Concession ($3 per unit of competency) |
Concession ($2 per unit of competency) |
CHC43015 Certificate IV Ageing Support | 18 | $54 | $36 |
CHC43121 Certificate IV in Disability | 10 | Â $30 | Â $20 |
CHC43415Â Certificate IV in Leisure and Health | 17 | Â $51 | Â $34 |
CHC43315 Certificate IV in Mental Health | 15 | Â $45 | Â $30 |
CHC40221 Certificate IV in School Based Education Support | 17 | $51 | $34 |
CHC42021 Certificate IV in Community Services | 15 | Â $45 | Â $30 |
CHC52021 Diploma of Community Services | 20 | Â $60 | Â $40 |
Qualification Name |
Number of Units |
Non-Concession ($5 per unit of competency) |
Concession ($3 per unit of competency) |
CHC62015 Advanced Diploma of Community Sector Management | 13 | $65 | $39 |
Qualification Name |
Number of Units |
Non-Concession ($10 per unit of competency) |
Concession ($7 per unit of competency) |
CHCSS00070 Medication Skill Set | Â 2 | Â $20 | Â $14 |
CHCSS00075 Chronic Disease Self-Management |
 2 |  $20 |  $14 |
CHCSS00130 Individual Support Disability | Â 4 | Â $40 | Â $28 |
CHCSS00137 – Palliative Approach |  4 |  $40 |  $28 |
CHCSS00133 Induction to Disability Support Skill Set | Â 5 | Â $50 | Â $35 |
CHCSS00129 Individual Support – Ageing |  5 |  $50 |  $35 |
CHCSS00140 Case Management Skill Set | Â 3 | Â $30 | Â $21 |
CHCSS00128 – High Support and Complex Care – Disability Support |  7 |  $70 |  $49 |
CHCSS00124 – Disability Work – Behaviour Support |  3 |  $30 |  $21 |
A concessional student fee is applicable for the following eligible students:
Once you complete a qualification through this program you will no longer be eligible for further subsidised training under this program.
Please note that pricing and course availability is subject to change without notice. For more information on this program, you can download the Queensland Government Higher Level Skills fact sheet.