From 1 July 2009, the Australian Government began delivering training places to New Enterprise Incentive Scheme (NEIS) participants through the Productivity Places Program (PPP). NEIS helps support eligible unemployed people to start up and run new, viable small businesses. A minimum of 19,700 training places are being provided to NEIS participants through the PPP over three years (7,100 places in 2009-10 with 6,300 places over each of the subsequent two years).
The training delivers a qualification in either:
- Certificate III in Micro Business Operations (BSB30307), or
- Certificate IV in Small Business Management (BSB40407).
The training is providing NEIS participants with small business management skills, which assists them in the development and execution of a business plan. Business plans need to be approved by a NEIS provider before the participant can start operating their NEIS business. Further details about the NEIS program can be found at the Job Services Australia website.
In July 2011, NEIS Providers will receive their next offer for an allocation of NEIS-PPP training places and then be able to request the distribution of their accepted allocation of places to a chosen RTO(s). NEIS Providers are encouraged to distribute all or the majority of their training places to an RTO(s) as soon as possible. RTOs will then be able to enrol participants in the training upon receipt of a valid referral form from the NEIS Provider, up to 30 June 2012 or until the distributed places are fully utilised. An overview of this process is available in the Flowchart below.
View the below document for a list of the RTOs across Australia that have been contracted to deliver NEIS-PPP. The organisations are listed by state with the training locations displayed.
The NEIS-PPP Guidelines and Services Contract can be accessed from the Program Documents page.