Digital Jobs for Manufacturing Victoria Grants (Australia)

The Digital Jobs for Manufacturing Program assists Victorian manufacturing businesses adapt to a digital operating environment by providing nominated employees with fully subsidised digital skills training.

The program is open to businesses with a manufacturing presence in Victoria which are on a growth trajectory and are seeking to utilise their existing workforce to apply digital technology to their operations.

Focus Areas

• This program provides funding to enrol a nominated employee in a 12-week online, part-time industry endorsed digital skills course in one of the following streams:
  • artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning
  • cloud computing
  • customer relationship management (CRM)
  • cybersecurity
  • data analytics
  • digital marketing
  • enterprise resource planning (ERP)
  • IT operations and support
  • product management
  • programming/software development
  • project management (agile)
  • user experience design (UX)/user interface (UI)
  • web and application development.

Funding Information

• The grant amount will be calculated based on the course selected, up to a maximum amount of $5,000 per employee.
• Eligible businesses can receive funding for up to five (5) employees to undertake training throughout the life of the program.
• Successful applicants are not required to co-contribute cash towards training but must commit to ensuring their nominated employee is provided an opportunity to earn and learn.
• This includes incorporating a digital element into the employee’s position description upon completion of the training, and ensuring the employee of assigned relevant work activities and tasks to apply and embed their learning.

Eligibility Criteria

• The program is open to businesses with an existing manufacturing presence in Victoria which are on a growth trajectory and are seeking to utilise their existing workforce to apply digital technology to their operations.
• To be eligible, you must:
  • be a legal entity with an operating business presence in Victoria.
  • have a current Australian business number (ABN) and have held that ABN on and from 1 October 2022.
  • have been registered for goods and services tax (GST) on and from 1 October 2022.
  • meet all industrial relations obligations as an employer in accordance with the National Employment Standards (NES).
  • make your nominated employee/s available for training in the selected training round.
  • participate in any future program evaluation activities.

Ineligibility Criteria

• The following are not eligible to apply:
  • individuals
  • partnerships
  • Commonwealth, state and local government agencies or bodies
  • publicly funded research institutions
  • industry associations or business chambers
  • not-for-profit organisations
  • community-based organisations

For more information, visit Australian Government.