Subsidised Training and Skillsets for Tasmanians 2026

29 Sep, 2026

Highly subsidised Agricultural training for Tasmanians

Expressions of interest close Tuesday 6th October 2026.

This is an incredible opportunity for you to enhance your farm production and management skills with flexible, online study that is based on your own farm or workplace.

Expressions of interest are open for agricultural workers and self-employed farmers to enrol in the following qualifications or skillsets and enjoy a course fee subsidy of up to 90%. Employers (or self-employed) will need to pay the remaining course fee contribution.

Courses and skillsets available include the following:

• Certificate IV in Agriculture

• Certificate IV in Agribusiness

• AHC50122 Diploma of Agriculture

• AHC51422 Diploma of Agribusiness Management

• AHC50324 Diploma of Production Horticulture

• AHC51920 Diploma of Applied Agronomy

• Technology Skillset - AHCAGB521 Select and use agricultural technology and AHCAGB405 Analyse and interpret production data

• Horticulture Skillset - AHCPCM406 Develop a soil health and plant nutrition program and AHCPHT511 Develop a horticultural production plan

• Climate and Risk Management Skillset - AHCPCM406 Develop a soil health and plant nutrition program
  AHCPHT511 Develop a horticultural production plan

• Livestock Breeding Skillset - AHCLSK422 Identify and select animals for breeding and AHCLSK509 Develop and implement a breeding strategy

• Family Business and Succession Planning Skillset - AHCBUS512 Develop and implement family business structures and relationships and AHCAGB607 Manage succession planning
  
  

To express your interest, please complete the following form before Friday 10 October 2025:

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Address Region - Please select - Break o’Day Brighton Burnie Central Coast Central Highlands Circular Head Clarence Derwent Valley Devonport Dorset Flinders George Town Glamorgan-Spring Bay Glenorchy Hobart Huon Valley Kentish King Island Kingborough Latrobe Launceston Meander Valley Northern Midlands Sorell Southern Midlands Tasman Waratah-Wynyard West Coast West Tamar

Course/skillset of interest - Please select - AHC40122 Certificate IV in Agriculture AHC40424 Certificate IV in Agribusiness AHC40422 Certificate IV in Horticulture AHC50122 Diploma of Agriculture AHC51422 Diploma of Agribusiness Management AHC50324 Diploma of Production Horticulture AHC51920 Diploma of Applied Agronomy Technology Skillset Horticulture Skillset Climate and Risk Management Skillset Livestock Breeding Skillset Family Business and Succession Planning Skillset

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Hurry! Places are strictly limited. Expressions of interest close on Tuesday 6th October 2026. 
Study will commence from early 2027.

The fine print: 

To be eligible for a training place, students must be employed by the employer that is co-contributing to the cost of training (including self-employed) at the time of application, and throughout the training period. The employment arrangement can be casual, part-time, or full-time. Funding is subject to availability, eligibility and approval. Building a Skilled Workforce - Existing Worker Fund is the Fund that subsidises the training.

Eligible learners:

• can undertake training in more than one qualification, course or skill set per round
• will be eligible for a training place regardless of their prior qualifications.
• will also need to meet any course specific essential entry requirements
• Learners must meet the course entry requirements including having access to a farm or agricultural business that operates on a commercial scale. Learners will base their assessments on this enterprise and will develop their knowledge of the business in the process of completing their course.
• Learners must be a Tasmanian resident with work and study rights - such as being an Australian citizen, permanent resident or approved visa holders (visa holders should contact us for confirmation of eligibility).
• The learners employer must pay the specified contribution - for businesses with less than 20 full-time equivalent employees the contribution is 10%.  Larger businesses should contact us to discuss.

• Subsidised by the Department of State Growth, Tasmania to approved applicants. Successful applications will be notified and training is expected to commence in early 2027.

Learners are not eligible for a place under the Fund if they are: 

• not a Tasmanian resident
• currently funded for the same training by another funding source, or
• apprentices and trainees with a current training contract
• Australian State or Federal Government employees
• employees of a Tasmanian government agency as defined in the Skills Tasmania Policy Statement - Employer Eligibility - Subsidising Employees of Government Organisations.