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Travel and Accommodation Allowance for School-based Apprentices and Trainees

Education Queensland provides financial assistance to subsidise additional expenditure incurred by school-based apprentices and trainees who travel specified distances to attend off-the-job training which is required to be undertaken by them in conjunction with their apprenticeship or traineeship training arrangements. All state school school-based apprentices and trainees registered under the Vocational Training and Employment Act 2000 (Qld) who have to travel more than 100 km return to attend off-the-job training are eligible to claim assistance.

Allowances are provided for attendance at the closest training provider that provides the course of instruction for the particular training program;
Travel assistance only can be claimed for single day attendance;
Subsidy rates for land travel are:
- Zone 1: up to 50 km (one way) - not eligible
- Zone 2: between 51 km and <650km - 15cents per km
- Zone 3: between 650 km and <2000km - 19cents per km
Subsidy rate for accommodation is $50.00 per day;
A ceiling dollar value limit for a twelve month period applies for each school-based apprentice/trainee of up to $1500.00 for Zone 2 and up to $2550.00 for Zone 3. Contact the Senior Phase of Learning Team prior to commencement of any further training if it appears these limits will be exceeded.

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