Skills Stores

Skills Stores provide friendly, expert advice on many opportunities and options available through Victoria’s vocational education and training system.
 

• Are you looking to re-train or re-enter the workforce?
• Do you have lots of skills and experience but no “piece of paper” to prove it?
• Do you need information on courses or training for employment or career improvement but don’t know where to start?
• Are you a business looking to increase the skills or your workforce?

If you answered “yes” to any of the above, we can help you recognise your skills and build your future.
 
Visit or contact your nearest Skills Store today and receive:

• An opportunity to talk about your skills and how they can help you gain a qualification
• A profile of how your skills match all or part of a qualification
• Course information and referral to a training organisation in your area.

 
Recognise your skills.  Build your future!
 
What happens when I visit one?
 
When you visit a Skills Store, you can make an appointment with one of the consultants.  The consultant will provide you with information about the Victorian vocational education and training system and will then talk with you about your current skills.
 
The consultant will help you identify the skills you already have and how they may be counted towards a nationally recognised qualification.  The consultant can then give you a personal referral to a TAFE institution or other registered training organisation to have those skills formally assessed.  That way, your existing skills and experience may be recognised by a qualification or part of a qualification without you having to repeat training unnecessarily.
 
How much does it cost?
 
All Skills Stores services – including advice, obtaining an initial skills profile and referral to a registered training organisation – are free of charge.  There may be fees and charges associated with training provided by a registered training organisation to which you are referred.
 
For further information please contact either our Ballarat or Bendigo Skills Stores:

501 Errard Street, BALLARAT VIC 3350
Telephone: 1300 236 345
Fax: (03) 5329 1777
E-mail: skillsstores@bestcd.org.au

26-28 St Andrews Avenue, BENDIGO VIC 3350
Telephone: 1300 236 345
Fax: (03) 5430 2590
E-mail: skillsstores@bestcd.org.au