Eligibility for free services

Member Eligibility – Upskilling Services

To access the Upskilling Services for free, ETU members must be:

• Financial (includes suspended up to six (6) months)
• A member for more than three (3) months
• Unemployed

Proof of unemployment is required at the time of booking and needs to be no more than six (6) months old. Suitable proof is in the form of:

1. Employment Separation Certificate
2. Redundancy/Termination Notice
3. Last Payslip
4. Centrelink/Health Care Card
5. Statutory Declaration (stating that the individual has not been working on the tools/earning an income)

Employed ETU members requesting to access upskilling training at a discount will need to be financial.

Registered Electrical Contractors are not eligible for free Upskilling services.

Eligibility – Support Services

To access Support Services for free, you must be:

• A financial ETU member (includes suspended up to six (6) months)
• An ETU member for more than three (3) months
• A family member (of an eligible ETU member) who fits the definition

Definitions

Financial – For an ETU member or their family to access free services, the member must have paid their membership (relates to all services).

Unemployed – For an ETU member to access free training, they must be unemployed and not be earning an income. (relates to Upskilling Services)

Family member – For a family member of an ETU member to access free services, they must be:

• A spouse, de facto or partner (of an ETU member)
• Children including step children and adopted children (of an ETU member)

This excludes:

• Siblings
• Uncles, aunties, cousins
• Grandparents