Skills Assure Supplier
Electro Group Training Queensland Ltd (RTO 30185) is a Skills Assure Supplier approved registered training organisation (RTO) offerring the following funded programs. This training is funded by the Queensland Government through the Department of Trade, Employment and Training.
Career Start
Career Start supports Queensland job seekers to start their career and move into more skilled roles or full-time employment.
You can participate in either a general training pathway, or an employment-based apprenticeship or traineeship pathway. You'll receive reduced-cost entry-level training aligned to the skill outcomes required by industry.
Career Start - General training pathway
You can receive a subsidy towards one Certificate III qualification from a list of subsidised courses. An initiative of the Queensland Government, the amount provided depends on the demand for skilled workers in each industry, and your eligibility.
Eligibility
To be eligible, you must:
- be aged 15 years or older, and no longer in school
- permanently live in Queensland
- be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, Australian permanent resident (includes humanitarian entrants), or a temporary resident with an eligible visa subclass
- not already have a certificate III or higher qualification completed within the last 10 years
- not be enrolled in another qualification, even if it's on hold or deferred, whether funded by us (Department of Trade, Employment and Training) or not (foundation skills qualification don't count).
Along with the eligibility criteria above, specific entry requirements or exemptions may apply to certain funded qualifications and skill sets. These are set by industry or sector requirements, as well as national training package guidelines.
For more information go to https://www.qld.gov.au/education/training/funded/career-start
Apprenticeship and Traineeships
Apprenticeships and traineeships combine work with study – you'll learn practical skills in the workplace with your employer, gain knowledge and skills through training with your training provider, and at the end be awarded with a qualification.
The Queensland Government contributes towards the cost of training for eligible Queensland apprentices and trainees, through:
- school-based apprenticeships and traineeships – for school students
- Career Start – for job seekers to access entry-level and certificate III qualifications in priority and emerging industries – you may access up to 2 funded apprenticeships and traineeships in either a certificate II or III qualification
The program provides flexibility for apprentices, trainees and their employers to select a preferred registered training organisation (RTO) from a list of pre-qualified suppliers (PQS) for the delivery of accredited training to meet their specific needs.
Eligibility
To be eligible for a Queensland government contribution towards the costs of training, an apprentice or trainee must have entered into a training contract for a qualification that is funded by Department of Trade, Employment and Training (DTET). The contract commencement date or recommencement date must be on or after 1 July 2010, and the training provider selected to deliver the training must hold a pre-qualified supplier status for the nominated qualification.
The Queensland government contribution for Apprenticeship and traineeship funding is detailed in the apprentice or trainee’s letter of registration from DTET and is subject to student eligibility and their selection of an eligible PQS as their SRTO.
Under Career Start, you may access up to 2 funded training places through one of the following options:
- a qualification in a certificate III under the general training pathway and an apprenticeship or traineeship. If the apprenticeship or traineeship is completed first, you are not eligible to access a general training pathway qualification under Career Start; or
- two apprenticeships and traineeships in either a certificate II or III
To be eligible, you must:
- be aged 15 years or older, and no longer in school
- permanently live in Queensland
- be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, Australian permanent resident (includes humanitarian entrants), or a temporary resident with an eligible visa subclass
Along with the eligibility criteria above, specific entry requirements or exemptions may apply to certain funded qualifications and skill sets. These are set by industry or sector requirements, as well as national training package guidelines.
For more information go to https://www.qld.gov.au/education/training/funded/career-start
This table sets out Eligibility for the general training pathway and the apprenticeship and traineeships.
Free Apprenticeships for Under 25s
Free Apprenticeships for Under 25s covers the cost of your training when you choose a high priority apprenticeship or traineeship.
The Free Apprenticeships for Under 25s program covers the co-contribution fees for eligible Queensland apprentices or trainees undertaking one of the approved priority apprenticeship or traineeship qualifications. The Department of Trade, Employment and Training covers the co-contribution fee on behalf of the eligible student. Confirm current eligible qualifications via the Queensland Subsidised Training List (QSTL) on the Department's website. Note this program is available for eligible apprentices and trainees who commence or recommence a training contract between 1 January 2021 and 30 June 2027.
Eligibility
If a young person under 25 years is eligible to be employed as an apprentice or trainee in a high priority qualification, they will automatically be eligible to receive their training fee-free.
For apprentices and trainees under 25 years that are still in training in high priority qualifications when the initiative commences, fee-free training will only be available for all units or modules commenced on or after 1 January 2021.
For more information go to https://www.qld.gov.au/education/training/funded/freeapprenticeships
Apprentice Training Costs
Delivery Costs
DTET has provided Career Start funding for new apprenticeships whereby an employer and an apprentice can choose the training provider for the off-the-job elements of the training program providing you as the apprentice have entered into a Training Contract and been deemed eligible for funding. Electro Group Training is registered to deliver the required off-the-job training.
Student Contribution Fees (Apprentices)
Under our SAS Agreement with the DTET Student Contribution Fees under Career Start funding must be charged in advance to students participating in programs under this contract. The student contribution fee is $1.60 per nominal hour for each Unit of Competency or Module delivered and assessed regardless of your final outcome.
Provision exists for partial and full exemptions so not to financially disadvantage students. We will discuss this matter at the time of enrolment. As this is a fee set by the State Government, fees are subject to change.
Co-contribution fees also apply to units assessed through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), subject to the same exemption categories. Note: the Department does not fund 100% RPL completion of a qualification — at least some training must be delivered.
Not competent outcome costs
In the event of an apprentice or fee for service student receiving a not competent outcome, if the unit of competency is re-done, student tuition fees will be payable for completing the training again. The fees for apprentices will be based on the nominal hours for each unit currently $1.60 per nominal hour. Fees payable for fee for service course will be the full course fee.
Partial Exemption - Student Contribution Fees
Electro Group Training will not charge more than 40 per cent of the Student Contribution Fee where the student falls into one or more of the following exemption categories:
- The Participant was or will be under 17 at the end of February in the year in which the Supplier provides training, and the Participant has not completed year 12.
- The Participant holds a health care card or pensioner card issued under Commonwealth law, or is the partner or a dependant of a person who holds a health care card or pensioner concession card, and is named on the card.
- The Participant issues the Supplier with an official form under Commonwealth law confirming that the Participant, his or her partner or the person of whom the Participant is a dependent, is entitled to concessions under a health care card or pensioner concession card.
- The Participant is of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Island descent. Acceptable evidence of this would be any of the criteria listed below:
- a declaration from a local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Group or one expressing self-identification
- self-declaration on the student enrolment form by the student.
Full fee exemption can be given on grounds of extreme hardship or other special circumstances, please advise EGT if this is applicable to you.
- Where payment of the tuition fee would cause the Participant extreme financial hardship, then EGT may exempt students from the fee.
- The exemption process should be in place at the time of the student’s enrolment.
- For (a) of this item, EGT will have a reasonable internal process to manage an appeal from a student about the outcome of the student’s application under financial hardship.
- Where the student is a School-Based Apprentice or Trainee.
Breakdown of Apprentice Fees per Unit
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UEE30820 - Certificate III in Electrotechnology Electrician |
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Unit Code |
Unit Name |
Standard Co-contribution |
Concessional Co-contribution (40% Cost (if eligible)) |
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Term 1A |
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UEECD0007 |
Apply work health and safety regulations, codes and practices in the workplace |
$32.00 |
$12.80 |
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UEECD0019 |
Fabricate, assemble and dismantle utilities industry components |
$64.00 |
$25.60 |
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UEECD0020 |
Fix and secure electrotechnology equipment |
$32.00 |
$12.80 |
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UEECD0044 |
Solve problems in multiple path circuits |
$64.00 |
$25.60 |
| UEECD0046 |
Solve problems in single path circuits |
$64.00 | $25.60 |
| UEERE0001 |
Apply environmentally and sustainable procedures in the energy sector |
$32.00 | $12.80 |
| HLTAID009 |
Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation |
$6.40 | $2.56 |
| UETDRRF004 |
Perform rescue from a live LV panel |
$0 | $0 |
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Term 1B |
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UEECD0016 |
Document and apply measures to control WHS risks associated with electrotechnology work |
$32.00 |
$12.80 |
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UEECD0051 |
Use drawings, diagrams, schedules, standards, codes and specifications |
$64.00 |
$25.60 |
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UEEEL0021 |
Solve problems in magnetic and electromagnetic devices |
$48.00 |
$19.20 |
| UEEEL0019 |
Solve problems in direct current (d.c.) machines |
$48.00 | $19.20 |
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UEEEL0023 |
Terminate cables, cords and accessories for low voltage circuits |
$64.00 |
$25.60 |
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Term 2A |
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UEEEL0020 |
Solve problems in low voltage a.c. circuits |
$128.00 |
$51.20 |
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UEEEL0024 |
Test and connect alternating current (a.c.) rotating machines |
$64.00 |
$25.06 |
| UEEEL0025 | Test and connect transformer | $64.00 |
$25.06 |
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Term 2B |
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UEEEL0008 |
Evaluate and modify low voltage heating equipment and controls |
$32.00 |
$12.80 |
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UEEEL0009 |
Evaluate and modify low voltage lighting circuits, equipment and controls |
$32.00 |
$12.80 |
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UEEEL0010 |
Evaluate and modify low voltage socket outlets circuits |
$32.00 |
$12.80 |
| UEEDV0005 |
Install and maintain cabling for multiple access to telecommunication services |
$192.00 | $76.80 |
| UEEDV0008 |
Install, modify and verify coaxial and structured communication copper cabling |
$64.00 | $25.6 |
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Term 3A |
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UEEEL0003 |
Arrange circuits, control and protection for electrical installations |
$64.00 |
$25.60 |
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UEEEL0005 |
Develop and connect electrical control circuits |
$128.00 |
$51.20 |
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UEEEL0047 |
Identify, shut down and restart systems with alternate supplies |
$32.00 |
$12.80 |
| UEECO0023 |
Participate in electrical work and competency development activities |
$32.00 | $12.80 |
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Term 3B |
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UEEEL0018 |
Select wiring systems and select cables for low voltage electrical installations |
$128.00 |
$51.20 |
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UEEEL0012 |
Install low voltage wiring, appliances, switchgear and associated accessories |
$64.00 |
$25.60 |
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UEEEL0014 |
Isolate, test and troubleshoot low voltage electrical circuits |
$128.00 |
$51.20 |
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Term 4 |
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UEEEL0039 |
Design, install and verify compliance and functionality of general electrical installations |
$96.00 |
$38.40 |
* Full exemption: School-based apprentice or trainee and students who completed year 12 in 2013 and beyond and commenced training within the next calendar year[LB1]
* Partial Exemption (40%): Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders, Health Care Card holders, holders of a Veteran Card (or dependants named on such a card)
Please note: Fees shown are co,contribution amounts for eligible students. Eligibility is confirmed before enrolment. If your subsidised training entitlement has already been used, we will explain what that means for you and what options remain.
The totals shown here are the maximum payable; it reduces where units are credited through credit transfer or RPL, since no co-contribution is charged for those units
Funding for UEE30820 - Certificate III in Electrotechnology Electrician
The training fee is paid by the Department directly to Registered Training Organisations on behalf of apprentices in the building and construction industry who meet eligibility criteria.
This program aims to minimise the financial impact of training costs for eligible building and construction apprentices, trainees and their employers. Therefore RTOs should not bill eligible apprentices, trainees or employers for any costs that are covered by the fee.
Travel and Accommodation Allowance
Apprentices who have to travel to attend courses in relation to their training program may be eligible for a travel and accommodation allowance. This allowance is paid to the apprentice after each period of course instruction.
WHO CAN APPLY?
Registered Queensland apprentices who live more than 50 km one-way from where the supervising registered training organisation (training organisation) provides the training may be eligible for an allowance.
The apprentice will only be entitled to allowances if they attend training at the closest training organisation that delivers the course of instruction for the particular training program.
This distance is measured from the apprentice’s usual place of residence. This may not be a home address if he or she usually lives away from home to attend work.
HOW TO APPLY
Applicants should fill out the following application form:
- Apprentice and trainee land travel and accommodation claim form - https://www.publications.qld.gov.au/ckan-publications-attachments-prod/resources/4d46fe22-5f7c-40a2-bc56-bf981b7dfa21/atf-022-travel-and-accommodation-claim-form.pdf?ETag=c7ccc4bcaab2827ff9a50348d2b606a2
Apprentices should use the ‘Apprentice and trainee land travel and accommodation claim form’ to claim travel and accommodation subsidies when attending off-the-job training with their training organisation. To be eligible, the distance travelled must be more than 100 km round-trip.
Other rebates and allowances may apply. For further information go to www.apprenticeshipsinfo.qld.gov.au
Other Charges
Lost certificates
On successful completion of your apprenticeship, Electro Group Training will issue you with a nationally recognised Certificate indicating your course and units of study free of charge. Should you require another certificate for any reason (e.g., duplicate, lost, destroyed) there will be a $25.00 administration fee charged for each certificate.
Apprentice Textbooks
During your studies, you will be using a range of textbooks including but not limited to:
- Electrotechnology Practice 6th Edition - Jeffrey Hampson I Steven Hanssen
- Electrical Trade Principles 6th Edition - Jeffrey Hampson I Steven Hanssen
https://www.mheducation.com.au/
- Electrical Principles for the Electrical Trades 8th Edition – Jenneson / Harper / Moore / David / Jones / Scott
- Electrical Wiring Practice 9th Edition – Pethebridge / Neeson / Lowe / Dand / Jones / Newman / Wickstead
- Electrical Wiring Practice (Rule Book) - AS/NZS 3000:2018
- Electrical Installations - Selection of cables, Part1:1 Cables for voltages up to and including 0.6/1 kV a.c. and up to and including 1500 V d.c. - Typical Australian installation conditions - AS/NZ3008. 1.1:2025
- Electrical installations - Verification by inspection and testing - AS/NZS3017:2022
- Queensland Electricity Connection Manual
Other helpful resources
- https://www.worksafe.qld.gov.au/
- https://www.worksafe.qld.gov.au/about/who-we-are/electrical-safety-office
- https://www.worksafe.qld.gov.au/your-industry/electrical
- https://www.worksafe.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/20780/supervising-electrical-apprentices.pdf
Students in conjunction with their employer are strongly encouraged to purchase these texts as an investment in your career.
Electro Group Training can provide the texts for sale to students at a cost significantly less than retail. Please contact Administration for current pricing.
VET in Schools (VETis)
Vocational Education and Training in Schools (VETiS) is a program that enables students to gain nationally recognised qualifications while at school. Students learn skills and knowledge required for specific industries.
VETiS can be undertaken in years 10, 11 and 12, and can count towards the Queensland Certificate of Education.
Students undertaking VETiS, which is funded by the VET investment budget, can choose from a range of certificate I and II level qualifications which have been identified in consultation with industry as leading to employment outcomes and are based on skills shortages and Queensland Government priorities.
Students undertaking VETiS, are only funded for 1 VETiS qualification at the certificate I or II level funded under the VET investment budget.
You can undertake a qualification at school:
- as part of your school studies – delivered and resourced by a school that is also a registered training organisation
- by enrolling with an external training provider
- as a school-based apprentice or trainee.
The Department of Trade, Employment and Training funds some training providers—known as Skills Assure Suppliers—to deliver free training and assessment services to school students in Years 10, 11 and 12 through:
- certificate training
- school-based apprenticeships and traineeships.
Through participating schools, you can experience different industries through:
To explore the training that is right for you, talk to your school's guidance officer, career counsellor, vocational education coordinator or head of senior schooling.
For more information go to https://www.qld.gov.au/education/training/funded/vetis
Career Boost
Career Boost helps Queenslanders to level-up at work, enabling them to grow and apply their skills to existing or new roles, and support productivity growth and workplace innovation.
The program delivers training to help individuals develop the higher-level skills needed to secure employment, advance their careers, or progress to further education and training.
Eligibility
Under Career Boost, you may access either:
- one funded training place in either a certificate IV, diploma of advanced diploma qualification under the general training pathway
or
- a higher-level apprenticeship or traineeship in certificate IV or above.
In addition, under Career Boost, you may access up to 2 funded skill sets in priority industries or sectors.
If you have already accessed 2 apprenticeships or traineeships through a school-based apprenticeship or traineeship or Career Start within the last 10 years, you are not eligible to undertake an apprenticeship or traineeship under Career Boost.
You cannot do 2 general training pathway qualifications under Career Boost.
For more information go to https://www.qld.gov.au/education/training/funded/career-boost
Skilling Queenslanders for Work
The Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative assists disadvantaged Queenslanders to gain skills, qualifications, and experience to enter and stay in the workforce.
The initiative funds community organisations to deliver training and support programs to up to 15,000 unemployed or underemployed Queenslanders, focusing on:
- young people (including those in and transitioned from out-of-home care)
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- people with disability
- mature age job seekers
- women re-entering the workforce
- veterans and ex-Australian Defence Force (ADF) members and their families
- people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
- recently released prisoners.
For more information go to https://desbt.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0021/7833/sqw-fact-sheet.pdf and https://www.qld.gov.au/education/training/funded/skilling-queenslanders-for-work
Funded Training Programs and Initiatives for Eligible Workers
Career Start Construction Skills Queensland Funding
If you are currently or recently employed in the Queensland building, and construction industry you may be eligible for CSQ funded training to advance or expand your skills under one of the CSQ programs. Eligibility requirements apply.
Short Courses
The Short Courses program provides funding to assist with upskilling and cross skilling existing workers in the building and construction industry. Short Courses are individual competencies and skills sets designed to deliver flexible solutions to workers wanting to update their skills and knowledge in specific and targeted areas.
During the Contract Term (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026), eligible participants can only undertake eight units of competency in total under the Short Courses Program (which includes both Building and Civil).
CSQ funding is currently available to eligible applicants at Electro Group Training in the following training products (subject to availability)
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Unit Code |
Unit Name |
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BSBESB402 |
Establish legal and risk management requirements of new business ventures |
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CWP |
Construction Wiring Program |
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ICTCBL247 |
Install, maintain and modify customer premises communications cabling: ACMA Open Rule |
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ICTCBL301 |
Install, terminate and certify structured cabling installation |
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ICTCBL322 |
Install, test and terminate optical fibre cable on customer premises |
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UEECD0007 |
Apply work health and safety regulations, codes and practices in the workplace |
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UEEEL0002 |
Apply currency of safe working practices and compliance verification of electrical installations |
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UEEEL0029 |
Conduct compliance inspection of LV electrical installations with demand exceeding 100 A per phase |
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UEEEL0030 |
Conduct compliance inspection of single phase LV electrical installations |
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UEEEL0040 |
Develop compliance policies and plans to conduct an electrical contracting business |
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UEERE0060 |
Design grid-connected battery storage systems |
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UEERE0061 |
Design grid connected photovoltaic power supply systems |
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UEERE0077 |
Install battery storage equipment power conversion equipment to grid |
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UEERE0078 |
Install battery storage to power conversion equipment |
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UEERE0081 |
Install photovoltaic systems to power conversion equipment |
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RIIWHS204E |
Work safely at heights |
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RIIHAN301E |
Operate elevating work platform |
Eligibility
To be eligible for CSQ funding you MUST BE:
An Australian or New Zealand Citizen or Permanent Resident (or a Participant who has the right to work and study in Australia) and have been employed in the Building and Construction Industry for a period of 6 months or more, and be considered an Eligible Worker in Queensland, or an unemployed Eligible Worker who has been unemployed for a period not greater than 6 months in Queensland. If you are in Australia on a visa your visa number must be listed on the CSQ Prescribed List of Visas.
AND MUST NOT BE:
- an Employee of an Authority;
- currently enrolled and participating in a Queensland secondary school program;
- a contracted trainer or assessor or existing worker of an RTO;
- funded by an Authority or such other source for delivery of the same training being undertaken as part of this Program;
- funded for more than eight (8) Short Courses under this Program (either in Building Specific and/or Civil Specific) in the same program period;
An eligible worker is someone who is an employee or self-employed worker that has been substantially engaged in the following industries:
1) The Queensland Building and Construction Industry doing:
- Construction, significant renovations and extensions of, residential and commercial building; and/or
- Installation services for interiors of residential and commercial buildings in associated trades - electrical, plumbing, flooring etc. and/or
- works on a CSQ designated Major Projects - construction of infrastructure
2) the Queensland Civil Construction Industry doing:
- land development and site preparation for the purpose of construction; and/or
- works for civil infrastructure; and/or
- works on a CSQ designated Major Project - construction of infrastructure