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Document # = D16/84955 – Version 04, 23/6/2016

Training and Work Pathway Programs 2017

Application Form

Please read the program guidelines before filling out your application. You can find the document at http://www.skills.tas.gov.au/funding/trainingandworkpathways.

Instructions for filling out this form

This form must be filled out electronically, saved and e-mailed to [email protected] prior to the closure time and date. Please complete all the required fields. When submitting the form, please do so only as a Word document (PDF format will not be accepted). You are required to use the naming conventions identified in the guidelines.

Questions regarding this form or the application process itself should be directed to the Contact Officer, Kris McCracken at [email protected] or (03) 6165 6037.

Applications must be submitted to no later than 5 pm (AEST) Tuesday, 16 August 2016.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE GROWTH OFFICE USE ONLY

Project Code Project Title

RM # Lead Applicant

PY@R? Choose an item. Partner (s)

Buy Local Choose an item. NAT Training? Choose an item. RTO

Funding Click here to enter text. Choose an item.

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http://www.skills.tas.gov.au/funding/trainingandworkpathways

Please read before completing this form

Assessment Process

This application will be assessed in its entirety against the criteria provided in Attachment A. All content will be evaluated against the assessment criteria, and considers the scope and relevance of the whole proposal. This includes (but is not limited to), the following considerations:

• A clear sense of need.• The appropriateness and opportunity in relation to geographic location.• Strategies that address barriers and access to VET.• Clarity of pathways into further training and/ or employment.• Value for money.• Measurable outputs.• Depth of collaboration and partnerships likely to improve outcomes.• Industry and market need.

Where assessors rank multiple applications equally, the Department of State Growth, Skills Tasmania, will – where applicable – consider past performance to develop a final ranking of applications. This will be achieved by analysis of progress and project closure reports and previous contestable funding outcomes.

Offer of Contract

Please note that this application form will become an attached schedule of activity to a grant deed.

All projects must be fully acquitted against the budget provided, and any unspent funds in excess of $5,000 at the project completion date are to be returned to the funder. Applicants are reminded that the deed will include clawback and termination clauses in the event that activities fail to be delivered as proposed.

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PART A – APPLICANT DETAILS

Project Owner (the organisation responsible for the project)

Legal name Click here to enter text.

ABN Click here to enter text.

GST status Choose an item.

Postal address

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Contact (please include name, title, e-mail address and phone number)


KEY PARTNER(S)

Please indicate any key partners to this project (i.e. those partners with a significant role in achieving your objectives).

Organisation Click here to enter text.

Key contact (and contact details)











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PART B – PROPOSED FOCUS

B1. What will you call your project?


B2. What are the MAIN barriers/ disadvantages that the proposed wrap around support services address? You may select a maximum of three.Note: This should be addressed in Parts C and D of this application.

Disconnect from education ☐ Long-term unemployment ☐ Geographical remoteness ☐Experience of family violence ☐ Language, Literacy and

Numeracy (LLN) barriers ☐ Low digital literacy and IT skills ☐

Cross-generational under/ unemployment ☐ Perception of VET ☐ A history of offending and/ or

imprisonment ☐Lack of English language

fluency ☐ Lack of transport options ☐ A minority culture background ☐

Economic downturn and/ or industry restructure ☐ Systems funding gaps ☐ Low motivation ☐

Social isolation ☐ Lack of social/ family support ☐ Caring responsibilities (children) ☐

Caring responsibilities (other) ☐ Physical health ☐ Training fatigue ☐

B3. Who will MAINLY benefit from this project? You may select a maximum of two.Note: This should be addressed in Parts C and D of this application.

Young people (15 – 24 years) ☐ Older people (55+) ☐ People with disability ☐Migrants and humanitarian

entrants ☐ Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander communities ☐ People with mental health

issues ☐

Long-term unemployed ☐ Geographically isolated communities ☐ Prisoners/ offenders ☐

Homeless ☐ Women ☐ Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender community ☐

B4. In what Local Government Area will the project manager be based? Please identify one.

Choose an item.

B5. What locality(ies)/ suburb(s)/ town(s) will project activities happen? Please list all that apply. Note: If activity is to occur in multiple sites, where they occur outside the LGA of the project manager, you MUST address the how the project will be effectively achieved in EACH identified area, including any budget implications.


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PART C – PROJECT DETAILS

This section is an essential part of your application. It is your opportunity to describe the project, its aims and activities. The application form in its entirety will be assessed using the selection criteria in Attachment A. When preparing your responses, please consider these criteria in relation to the program goals in order to maximise your chance of success. If your application is successful, the information provided will form the Approved Services component of a Grant Deed.

NOTE: Please ensure that details below are reflected in your project plan template, risk management table and budget. Inconsistencies and unaddressed risk will result in a lower score against the criteria.

C1. WHAT will the project achieve?

Please provide a brief synopsis of what this project will achieve. Goals should align with the program objectives and assist in a pathway into training and/ or employment opportunities. How with the project outcomes assist those targeted? If training is to be delivered, how will it help empower participants? Your response should identify the specific pathway, any linkages to technical training or employment, participant capacity building, research findings and any other relevant information. Please refer to any evidence (data or research) where appropriate (this can be done via attachments if necessary).


C2. WHY do you want to do this project?

Describe the rationale for your approach. In what way does this project respond to identified local needs? What evidence of need – existing disadvantage and barriers – have you found? Who will this project benefit, and in what way? If you are delivering training, state your logic, including why you are confident it will help and articulate the role that pathway planning will play.


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C3. HOW will you carry out this project?

Please provide a brief overview of the key strategies that will achieve the identified project goals. Include specific delivery methodology, timing, support services, innovative assessment et cetera where appropriate. Where activities (including training) occur outside of the project owner’s LGA, please explain how this will be take place. How will the project maximise any outcomes (i.e. the completion of higher qualifications or transition to employment)?


C4. WHO will be involved in this project?

Please provide a brief overview of who will manage the project and list any other partner organisations that will be involved. Consider the role of your partners and the impact on the project should they cease involvement. If there are any participants, what will determine eligibility and how will you screen, attract and work with them to address disadvantage?

Evidence of relationships – including MoUs, letters of support, written agreements etc. – should be provided as attachments to this application.


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C5. Target Outcomes and Outputs

Outcomes are the benefits that are sought from the project. They are achieved as a result if a project’s outputs. Target Outcomes should have a measurable benefit and are used to gauge the success of the project. At project conclusion, these measures will help answer such questions as ‘what have we achieved?’ and ‘how do we know?

Framing your target outcomes so that they are clearly linked to activities and outputs will make it easier to evaluate your project, and score more highly with assessors. Vague outcomes or those not linked to outputs or are difficult to measure, are likely to score less highly against the selection criteria.

For example, if your project will involve participants, how many do you expect to engage? What percentage do you expect to complete the program? What percentage to engage in further training? What percentage to gain employment? Your target outcomes should be realistic and unique to your proposed activity and target cohort. Describe how you will measure and report upon ‘success’ in this project, as successful applicants will be required to report against their identified target outcomes. They will become your project “KPIs”.


C6. In what way does this project differ from your core business? What is innovative in your approach?

Training and Work Pathways is intended to support new and innovative responses to identified problems. It is not designed to provide core or ongoing funding, so if your intention is to replicate an earlier project, you will need to articulate what adjustments or improvements you have made in your approach that demonstrates an enhancement on earlier delivery. If your project involves nationally recognised training that could be funded via another source (e.g. Career Start or Skills Fund Jobseeker), why have you chosen to fund through TWPP?


NOTE: If your project will involve the delivery of nationally recognised training, please remember to complete PART C (b).

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This project plan template is a statement of activities you expect to undertake. This plan will assist the assessment of the application, and can be amended during the life of a project. If your application is successful, it will be used in the development of your funding agreement.

C7. Project Plan Template

What needs to be doneList items in the order they will be done

How you will do itAdd individual steps as required

Who will be responsible?

What will show that you have done it?

Completion Date

Example: (this row should be deleted. You may add or delete rows as required.)

Establish a Steering Committee

- Identify skills required

- Consult with key stakeholders and community

- Draft proposed Terms of Reference

- Approach potential committee members

- Schedule 1st meeting

Joe Bloggs, Project Manager

Members appointed, 1st meeting held,

Terms of Reference formally agreed and noted in minutes.

30 September 2016

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C8. Risk Management

Please list what you consider to be the top FIVE potential risks to the viability and completion of this training program

Contingency/mitigation action(s) Organisation/ person responsible

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PART C (b) – TRAINING COMPONENT

If a component of your project’s outputs include the delivery of nationally recognised qualifications, the organisation to deliver training must have the proposed units in their scope of registration for delivery in Tasmania at the time of lodging their application. You can find this information at http://training.gov.au/Home/Tga. Information on nationally agreed nominal hours is found at http://tinyurl.com/NCVRhours. Please identify the qualifications or units you propose to deliver, including numbers of learners and cost. You may add attachments that include greater detail on delivery.

Please note: if you are intending to deliver such qualifications, your RTO deliverer must be a Skills Tasmania endorsed provider. More information on endorsement is available at http://www.skills.tas.gov.au/providers/rtos/endorsedrtosystem.

Type (full qualification or single unit)

Qualification/ unit code and title # of Learners

Nominal Hours

$ per learner

Total cost

Full qualification or

Unit

AHC10210 – Certificate I in AgriFood Operations or

FSKRDG03 - Read and respond to basic workplace instructions

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275

10

$1,250

$30

$15,000

$360

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http://www.skills.tas.gov.au/providers/rtos/endorsedrtosystem

http://tinyurl.com/NCVRhours

http://training.gov.au/Home/Tga

PART D – BUDGET AND VALUE STATEMENT

Please note: large unspecified costs will likely result in a reduced score. Assessors will be looking for details of co-investment (including in-kind contributions). It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that the budget is correct, fully completed and that the budget (income and expenditure) adds up. The Department of State Growth reserves the right to reject an application that contains insufficient financial information or budgetary information that is incorrect.

D1. Project Budget

PROJECT COST $ DetailsPlease amend, delete or add categories as required. This should include all project costs and investments (including in-kind contributions).

Salary and on-costs $0

Facility/ room hire $0

Training costs $0 Learner numbers x individual cost per learner

Insurance $0

Transport and vehicle costs (Staff) $0

Transport and vehicle costs (project participants) $0

Administration costs $0 Administration costs cannot exceed 10% of total budget

Materials and equipment $0

Participant support (specify) $0 Note support service costs as identified in project plan, i.e. childcare, counselling, career coaching etc.



Other (specify) $0

Other (specify) $0

OTHER INVESTMENT What other investments are there in this project. This can include in-kind contributions.

(specify) $0

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A1. TOTAL PROJECT COST $0

Funding Request $ Commentary

TOTAL PROJECT COST [A1] $0

OTHER INVESTMENT [A2] (including in-kind contributions) $0

A3 [= A1 minus A2] $0

REQUESTED GRANT AMOUNT

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D2. VALUE proposition This will be read in conjunction with your project budget

This is your opportunity to explain the value for money offered by this project. If there is training involved, please identify the wrap-around support, innovative delivery and assessment process and tools used to support learners and increase retention and completion rates. Use succinct bullet points where possible.

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PART E – MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS CHECKLIST

Final Checklist

I have read and understand the Training and Work Pathway Program 2017 Guidelines. ☐The application form has been checked and I have responded to all sections. ☐The budget template and value proposition statement have been completed. ☐This application has been saved as a Word Document using the naming convention specified on the cover page. ☐

The proposed project will take place in Tasmania. If nationally recognised training is to be delivered, the RTO used is a Skills Tasmania Endorsed Provider and has the qualifications on scope for delivery and assessment in Tasmania.

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Any documentation illustrating capacity/ partnership/ letters of support are attached to my e-mail. ☐I understand that the Department of State Growth may use historical reports, ASQA reports and AVETMISS data to confirm completion performance and service delivery standards as part of its assessment.

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A copy of this application has been retained for record purposes. ☐I am aware that if this application is successful I will be required to provide Skills Tasmania with all reporting requirements outlined in the Guidelines. ☐

I can confirm that each item in this checklist has been met. ☐

Declaration

I state that I have read the program guidelines and that the information in this application is to the best of my knowledge true and correct. I will notify the Department of State Growth of any changes to this information and any circumstances that may affect this application. I understand that this is an application only and may not necessarily result in funding approval.

Name: Click here to enter text. Position: Click here to enter text. Date: Click here to enter a date.

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ATTACHMENT A – SELECTION CRITERIA

There are five criteria of equal weight. Responses that include examples, evidence or demonstrate deeper understanding of an issue will result in higher scores. Responses do not include such detail, or where the information is unclear, invalidated or incomplete will score lower.

The entirety of the content of this document is considered against each of the selection criteria, which are synergistic in nature. That is, activities and responses rely upon another to be successful. Assessors will note any inconsistencies or unaddressed linkages (e.g. proposed activities that do not appear in the budget or potential risks that unaddressed in the risk management table).

1. What will the project achieve?

The application must have clearly articulated outcomes that are consistent with TWPP goals. Applicants must identify their anticipated outcomes and record how their anticipated outputs will contribute to achieving project goals. If successful, project managers will be required to report against their identified target outcomes. Where training is an output, applications must provide detail as to activities, outputs and costs.

2. Why is this project needed?

The application must identify and provide evidence of need, including the identification of existing disadvantage and barriers to access and participation to further education and employment pathways. Similarly, evidence of demand and opportunity in those identified pathways is required.

There must be a clear sense of a targeted cohort who will benefit, including their needs and those barriers that are preventing access to and participation in training and employment.

3. How will you carry out this activity?

The application must demonstrate that it has appropriate strategies to achieve identified project goals. Assessors will be looking for detail around timing, duration, tasks and – if participants will be actively involved or training delivered – type and level of support. As a key program goal is employment pathways, workplace exposure and industry awareness activities are critical.

Project owners must consider the risks and costs of project activities, and ensure that these are reflected in the application and provide supporting documentation where relevant.

4. Who will be involved in this activity?

The application must demonstrate the capacity to implement and administer the project effectively. If there is direct participation or training, recruitment and selection methods should be detailed, including the relationships necessary to achieve success. As TWPP targets disadvantage, demonstrable relationships or capacity to support learners is required, supported by documentation.

5. What is the value for money in implementing this project?

TWPP is ‘quality sensitive’ rather than ‘price sensitive’. Value is assessed not solely on the costs of activities, but how projects address identified barriers and disadvantage. If participants are involved, value reflects the nature and type of support offered to learners, the relevance of activities to achieve project outcomes and overall costs compared to other applications.

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