Funding for skills development and training in the defence industry sector

Provides grants to businesses and industry associations servicing the defence sector to fund upskilling and training activities that build skills capacity and capability to meet current or future Defence needs.

Grants support development of training plans and human resources practices over a multi-year period.

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) that currently have a Defence contract, are tendering for one, are a subcontractor to a defence prime or contracted through the Prime's supply chain to deliver on defence projects.

Defence Industry Associations training their own staff or facilitating training to businesses they are representing.

Defence Industry Associations applying for funding for eligible activities for the eligible businesses they are representing.

Funding is capped at $500,000 in a six-year period from 2020–21 to 2025–26 for each eligible business and each industry association which is applying for funding to train their own staff.