Digital Jobs for Manufacturing

The Digital Jobs for Manufacturing program is designed to help you fill critical digital skills gaps in your organisation.

The program provides your nominated staff with fully subsidised training in critical digital skill sets relevant to the manufacturing industry.

As the courses are flexible and delivered online, staff can continue to work while they study.

The courses cater for a range of skill levels, but staff will need to be confident using common computer programs and navigating the internet.

Businesses are required to include a digital element into the staff member’s position description and ensure they undertake relevant work activities to apply and embed their learning.

Businesses can nominate up to five staff throughout the program to participate in Digital Jobs for Manufacturing courses.

The program will be open for applications until funds are allocated or 11.59pm 31 March 2024, whichever is earlier.

The high quality 12-week courses will be delivered by:

• Academy Xi
• Bendigo Kangan Institute
• Cyber CX
• Federation University
• General Assembly
• La Trobe University
• Lumify
• Monash College
• RMIT Online
• Swinburne University of Technology
• University of Melbourne
• Victoria University Polytechnic

Find out more about the training courses.

The program is open to businesses that have an existing manufacturing presence in Victoria, are on a growth trajectory and are seeking to use their existing workforce to apply digital technology to their operations.  

Businesses must meet the following criteria to be eligible:

• Is a legal entity with an operating business presence in Victoria
• Has a current Australian Business Number (ABN) and held that ABN on and from 1 October 2022
• Has been registered for Goods and Services Tax (GST) on and from 1 October 2022
• Has met all industrial relations obligations as an employer in accordance with the National Employment Standards
• Attests that they will make their nominated employee/s available for training in the selected training round
• Attests that both the applicant and their employee/s will participate in any future program evaluation activities.

There is a maximum of five course enrolments per business.

Yes, but there is a maximum of five course enrolments per business across all five rounds of the program.

Employers only need to incorporate the new digital skills developed into the employee’s position description upon completion of the training, and ensure the employee is assigned relevant work activities and tasks to apply and embed their learning.

If you are a Victorian manufacturing business and meet the eligibility criteria, you can upskill existing employees through the Digital Jobs for Manufacturing program.  Your business can also continue to employ staff through the Digital Jobs program.

The Victorian Government is investing $4.5 million in the Digital Jobs for Manufacturing program.