training@vic.guild.org.au

IT’S A GREAT TIME TO ACCESS CERTIFICATE TRAINING FOR YOUR PHARMACY ASSISTANTS

Investing in the development of your team provides them with career pathways, increases engagement and improves sales, customer satisfaction and health outcomes.

A Certificate in Community Pharmacy will provide your staff with a formal qualification that is targeted to increase knowledge, skills and confidence.


Skills First Funding – Victorian Subsidised Training

The Victorian Training Guarantee makes vocational training more accessible to pharmacy assistants who do not hold a post-school qualification, or who want to gain a higher level qualification than they already hold.

Government-subsidised training places are available to pharmacy assistants who meet the eligibility criteria.

This includes:

and are any of the following:

Eligibility will be determined by Guild training and other criteria may apply.

Up to $2,200 fee contribution


Commonwealth Trainee Incentives – Traineeships

The Australian Apprenticeships Incentive Program provides a number of incentives to assist employers who take on a Trainee. A traineeship is a training contract between an employer and an employee in which the trainee learns the occupation.

Trainees can be anyone of working age who is suitable for employment in the particular industry.

To qualify for this funding, staff must:

Eligibility is determined by an Australian Apprenticeships Centre (AAC). Guild Training can assist by providing details of your local AAC. (* Qualification exemptions may apply, discuss eligibility with your AAC.)

Up to $4,000 of employer incentives