Eligibility

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Eligibility Tables

Training Opportunities Eligibility Table

Code Eligibility description DWI verification required Other verification required
SL18/19 Registered with Work and Income, aged 18 or 19, with low qualifications and have left school in the last 26 weeks Work and Income referral letter

Work and Income Client Basic Details Report showing active status 		Enrolment form that includes school leaving date

Learners National Student Number (NSN)

Proof of age of 18/19 years (e.g. birth certificate, passport or driver's licence)

Evidence of leaving school in the last 26 weeks (e.g. leaving certificate or letter of confirmation from the school)

Evidence of low qualifications, e.g. NZQA Record Of Learning (ROL) showing fewer than 81 credits on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF)

Evidence that NQF credit achievement does not exceed 240 credits (e.g. ROL)

Bank verified account number if the learner is claiming travel
WI 18+ Registered with Work and Income as an unemployed  job seeker for at least 26 weeks and have low qualifications Work and Income referral letter

Work and Income Client Basic Details report showing at least 26 weeks registration 		Enrolment form

Learners NSN

Evidence of low qualifications (e.g. School Certificate results, ROL

showing fewer than 81 credits on the NQF)

Evidence that NQF credit achievement does not exceed 240 credits (e.g. ROL)

Bank verified account number if the learner is claiming travel
ATRSK Registered with Work an Income for fewer than 26 weeks, or a client of Work and Income with low qualifications and assessed by Work and Income as being at risk of long-term unemployment.

This category includes people who have 81 or more credits on the NQF but their ROL shows fewer than 12 credits in literacy and/or numeracy achievement standards. 		Work and Income referral letter, including written verification of ROL sighting if low numeracy or literacy

Work and Income Client Basic Details Report showing a duration of fewer than 26 weeks registration 		Enrolment form

Learners NSN

Evidence of low qualifications (e.g. School Certificate results ROL showing fewer than 81 credits on the NQF)

Evidence of low level literacy and/or numeracy standards (ROL)

Evidence that NQF credit achievement does not exceed 240 credits (e.g. ROL)

Bank verified account number if the learner is claiming travel
FDSKLS Registered with Work and Income as an unemployed job seeker for at least 26 weeks
OR
A Youth client aged 16-20 registered as a job seeker for at least 13 weeks

And has been assessed by Work and Income as lacking foundation skills and meeting one of the following sub-criteria:
  • Obtained School Certificate passes in three or more subjects
  • Holder of 81 credits or more (but fewer than 240 credits) on the NQF
 Work and Income referral letter

Work and Income Client Basic Details Report showing at least 26 weeks registration or Youth Needs status 		Enrolment form

Learners NSN

Evidence of high qualifications

Evidence that NQF credit achievement does not exceed 240 credits (e.g. ROL)

Bank verified account number if the learner is claiming travel
SL 16/17 Registered with Work and Income, aged less than 18 with low qualifications, have left or been exempt from school and granted approval by the TEC

Note:
  • TEC grants approval on a case-by-case basis
  • In most cases the TEC expects learners aged less than 18 to be referred to Youth Training programmes
  • In general this category is for situations where there is a limited range of training within Youth Training and a Training Opportunities programme enables the learner to commence their desired training pathway and achieve a positive labour market result
Work and Income referral letter

Work and Income Client Basic Details Report 		Enrolment form

Learners NSN

Proof of age (e.g. birth certificate, passport or drivers license)

Evidence of leaving school (e.g. leaving certificate or letter of confirmation from the school)

Evidence of low qualifications (e.g. National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) results, ROL)

TEC Authorised Discretionary Approval form

Evidence that NQF credit achievement does not exceed 240 credits (e.g. ROL)

Bank verified account number if the learner is claiming travel
REFUGEE Registered with Work and Income, granted refugee status and hold high qualifications

Note:   Refugees with low qualifications must have their eligibility assessed by Work and Income to gain access under the Foundations Skills or At Risk categories 		Work and Income referral letter

Work and Income Client Basic Details Report 		Enrolment form

Learners NSN

Confirmation they have refugee status (e.g. letter from the Mangere Refugee Centre or documentation from New Zealand Immigration Service)

Evidence of high qualifications

Bank verified account number if the learner is claiming travel
EXPT_YT Youth Training learners who have participated in Youth Training in the last three months and have been granted TEC approval to enter Training Opportunities in order to complete their training

Note:   Usually clients aged less than 18 are referred to Youth Training 		None Enrolment form

Learners NSN

Evidence of New Zealand Citizenship or Permanent Residence status

Evidence of leaving Youth Training within the last three months

Evidence that NQF credit achievement does not exceed 240 credits (e.g. ROL)

TEC Authorised Discretionary Approval form

Bank verified account number if the learner is claiming travel
ASSESTP Learners re-entering the Training Opportunities programme within six months retain eligibility if they have fewer than 240 credits None Enrolment form

Learners NSN

Evidence of leaving Training Opportunities within last six months

Evidence of New Zealand Citizenship or Permanent Residence status

Confirmation of citizenship or permanent residency (e.g. birth certificate or passport)

Evidence that NQF credit achievement does not exceed 240 credits (e.g. ROL)

Bank verified account number if the learner is claiming travel

 

 

Youth Training Eligibility Table

Code Eligibility description DWI verification required Other verification required
LQ 16/17 Aged less than 18 years with low qualifications and have left or been exempted from school None Enrolment form

Learners NSN

Proof of age (e.g. birth certificate, passport or driver's licence)

Evidence of leaving school (e.g. leaving certificate or letter of confirmation from the school)

Evidence of low qualifications (e.g. NCEA results, ROL

MOE exemption letter for learners less than 16 years years of age

Bank verified account number if the learner is claiming travel
SL 18+ Aged 18 or over and have left school within the last 26 weeks with low qualifications None Enrolment form

Learners NSN

Evidence of New Zealand Citizenship or Permanent Residence status

Evidence of leaving school within the last 26 weeks (e.g. leaving certificate or letter of confirmation from the school)

Evidence of low qualifications (e.g. ROL)

Bank verified account number if the learner is claiming travel
WBR_YT Aged less than 18 years, enrolled with WorkBridge and referred after an in-depth interview None Enrolment form

Learners NSN

Evidence of New Zealand Citizenship or Permanent Residence status

Proof of age (e.g. birth certificate, passport or driver's licence)

Letter of referral from WorkBridge

Evidence that NQF credit achievement does not exceed 240 credits (e.g. ROL)

Bank verified account number if the learner is claiming travel
REF_YT Aged less than 18 and a refugee who has left the Mangere Refugee Centre or entered the country within the last year Work and Income Client Basic Details report (if registered) Enrolment form

Learners NSN

Proof of age (e.g. birth certificate, passport or driver's licence)

Confirmation refugee status e.g. letter from the Mangere Refugee Centre or documentation from New Zealand Immigration Service

Evidence that NQF credit achievement does not exceed 240 credits (e.g. ROL)

Bank verified account number if the learner is claiming travel
YN_YOUTH Aged less than 18, referred by Work and Income as a Youth client or registered unemployed for 13 weeks or more, with no tertiary qualifications

The TEC applies an upper limit of 15% regionally for learners with higher qualifications entering under this criterion 		Work and Income referral letter

Work and Income Client Basic Details Report confirming a need category of Youth or minimum of a 13 week duration and showing active status 		Enrolment form

Learners NSN

Proof of age being less than 18, e.g. birth certificate, passport or driver's licence

Evidence that qualifications are under degree/diploma/level five of NQF

Evidence that NQF credit achievement does not exceed 240 credits (e.g. ROL.)

Bank verified account number if the learner is claiming travel
YT_FDS Aged less than 18, have left or been exempt from school with 81 or more credits at level one on the NQF but have NCEA results that show fewer than 12 credits in literacy and/or numeracy None Enrolment form

Learners NSN

Evidence of New Zealand Citizenship or Permanent Residence status

Proof of age (e.g. birth certificate, passport or driver's licence)

Evidence of leaving school (e.g. leaving certificate or letter of confirmation from the school

NCEA results that show fewer than 12 credits in literacy and/or numeracy

Evidence that NQF credit achievement does not exceed 240 credits (e.g. ROL.)

Bank verified account number if the learner is claiming travel
ASSESSYT Learners re-entering the programme within six months retain eligibility if they have fewer than 240 credits None Enrolment form

Learners NSN

Evidence of New Zealand Citizenship or Permanent Residence status

Evidence of leaving Youth Training within the last six months

Evidence that NQF credit achievement does not exceed 240 credits (e.g. ROL)

Bank verified account number if the learner is claiming travel