Williams Business College delivers government subsidised training, including the NSW Government training under the Smart and Skilled program.


Smart and Skilled student eligibility - Short Courses

A person is eligible to receive Smart and Skilled subsidised training if, at the time of enrolment the person:

(a) lives or works in NSW (determined by postcode of the usual place of residence or place of work); or

(b) an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander student who does not live or work in NSW but lives in specific defined interstate NSW border area eligible for government-subsidised training under Smart and Skilled; and

(c) is:

(i) an Australian citizen; or

(ii) a permanent Australian resident; or

(iii) a New Zealand citizen; or

(iv) a humanitarian visa holder or a partner visa holder whose sponsor is a humanitarian visa holder; and

(d) is aged 15 years or older; and

(e) is no longer in secondary education - except for registered home school students.


Smart and Skilled student eligibility - Traineeships Program

A person who is eligible to receive Subsidised Training in the Smart and Skilled Entitlement Apprenticeships and Traineeships Program is a person who:

(a) at the time of Commencement is a NSW Apprentice or New Entrant Trainee and has an approved Training Contract in NSW; and

(b) the qualification that is being undertaken is on the NSW Skills List; and

(c) the qualification that is being undertaken is shown on their Training Contract.