POL/2011/00012

PERSONAL DETAILS Please complete using blue or black ink.

Student number Date of birth (DD/MM/YY)

Family name Given names/s

Program name Program code

2011 Application for TAFE

concession, minimum fee School Student contact number
and exemption

Academic career: Prep TAFE

Important: Students must submit an application for each TAFE program for which they are seeking a fee concession, minimum
fee or exemption. Please ensure you retain a copy of this form when you submit it to the Hub.
Eligibility
This form is to be used by students enrolled in a government subsidised place who are eligible to apply for a concession, a minimum
fee or exemption of TAFE tuition fees.
Australian full-fee and international students are not eligible for a concession, minimum fee or exemption of TAFE tuition fees.
Holders of one of the following concession cards are eligible to apply for concession: Commonwealth Health Care Card, Pensioner
Concession Card, Veteran’s Gold Card.
In addition to the above criteria, diploma and advanced diploma students must be aged under the age of 25 as at 1 January 2011 and
have their first class scheduled on or after 1 February 2011.
To be eligible for a TAFE concession the valid card start date must be on or before the scheduled commencement of the first unit of
study in the term of enrolment in which the student is seeking concession.
Concession fees apply to the dependent spouse or child in the case of the Commonwealth Health Care Card and Pension Card
(providing they are listed on the card).
To receive the exemption/concession the appropriate card must be provided, with the form, at the Hub on your campus by:
• 30 June 2011 for Semester 1 commencement • 30 November 2011 for Semester 2 commencement
No application will be considered after these dates.
More information about TAFE fee and concession and eligibility is available at www.rmit.edu.au/programs/fees/tafe/concession

Please refer to the important information on page 2 of this form.

1. CONCESSION CATEGORIES FOR TUITION FEES (Please tick appropriate box)
Certificate and preparatory (pre-university) students Diploma and advanced diploma students
RMIT Concession category RMIT Concession category
code code
Health Care Card holder (or dependent spouse or child Health Care Card holder (or dependent spouse or child
HC of the holder) HD of the holder)
Pensioner Card holder (or dependent spouse or child Pensioner Card holder (or dependent spouse or child
PC PD
of the holder) of the holder)
VC Veteran’s Gold Card holder Veteran’s Gold Card holder (or dependent spouse or
VD
child of the holder)
OT University discretion
OT University discretion

2. MINIMUM FEE CATEGORY CONTRIBUTION CATEGORY 3. EXEMPTION FROM RMIT TAFE TUITION
RMIT Concession category RMIT Concession category
code code
AT Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander PR Prisoner
JJ Job seeker with concession
JK Job seeker without concession

STUDENT DECLARATION I declare I am eligible for any exemption/concession of my TAFE fees according
to the category claimed above.

Student signature Date (DD/MM/YY)

OFFICE USE ONLY: RECEIPT OF APPLICATION

Health Care Card/Pensioner Concession Card
Hub date stamp
customer reference number (CRN):
(If no CRN, attach copy of proof of eligibility)
Card start date:
(DD/MM/YY)

Staff member’s name (please print):

Signature: Date received:

(DD/MM/YY)
Stamp when data entry complete

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 Students who enrol in a program which commenced Submission of this form does not mean that a
before 1 July 2009 and who meet the concession concession, minimum fee or exemption will be applied. If
eligibility criteria for Semester 1 are eligible for a you have submitted an application you will be notified by
concession fee of $57. the University if you are not eligible for a concession in a
TAFE program.
Students who enrol in a program commencing after
1 July 2009 and who meet the concession eligibility
criteria will pay the following concession or minimum Census dates
fee depending on their program level: The census date is the official deadline for changes to
Concession MINIMUM your enrolment.
program level RATE RATE courses starting in Census date
Foundation $50 $50 January 28 February 2011
Certificate I, II, VCE and $105 $105 February 31 March 2011
preparatory programs March 30 April 2011
Apprenticeship $58 $58 April 31 May 2011
Traineeship $188 $188 May 31 May 2011
Certificate III and IV $188 $188 June 30 June 2011
Diploma and advanced $100 $375* July 31 August 2011
diploma
August 30 September 2011
Vocational graduate N/A $375*
September 31 October 2011
certificate and
Vocational graduate October 30 November 2011
diploma November 31 December 2011

* Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander students not eligible for December 31 December 2011
a concession will pay the minimum rate of $375. Cross year 1* 30 September 2011
Cross year 2** 31 March 2012
An applicable Health Care Card, Pension Card or
Full year*** 31 July 2011
Veteran’s Gold Card must be provided with this form at
the point of submission. You can apply for these cards Aviation 31 May 2011
through Centrelink. See www.centrelink.gov.au
* Cross year 1 – classes that commence in Semester 1
Concession fees will only be applied during a semester if 2011 and end in Semester 1 2012.
the eligibility conditions are met on or prior to the date of
** Cross year 2 – classes that commence in Semester 2
commencement of your first class. Any changes to your
2011 and end in 2012.
circumstances after the applicable program start date in
the relevant term will not be applied in the current term. *** Full year session – classes that commence in
Semester 1 2011 and end in Semester 2 2011.
Minimum fee
Under an Indigenous Completions initiative, indigenous Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE)
students pay the minimum tuition fee for diploma, courses starting in Census date
advanced diploma, vocational graduate certificate and Semester 1 31 March 2011
vocational graduate diploma programs. Go to
Semester 2 31 August 2011
www.skills.vic.gov.au/get-training/fees/concessions
For further information on TAFE census dates please
Exemption refer to www.rmit.edu.au/students/tafecensusdates
RMIT will not charge a tuition fee for an enrolment for Note: Not all TAFE programs and courses run according
which funding has been provided by the Commonwealth to the standard academic year dates.
Government where a condition of the funding prohibits
the imposition of a tuition or other fee.
RMIT will not charge a tuition fee for an enrolment by a
person who is a prisoner, or who is detained in a youth
training, remand or youth residential centre or is held
on remand in a youth justice centre, or is required to
undertake the course pursuant to a non-custodial order
(section 2.9 and 2.10 in the 2009 Ministerial Directions
about fees).

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