Skills4Trade | Skillset

Skillset Skills4Trade

Skills4Trade is a fully subsidised* pre-employment program for people who live or work in NSW, are 15 years or older, not in school, and are Australian or New Zealand citizens and are interested in a pathway to employment to an apprenticeship or traineeship. All of our current courses are listed below and you can register via our online form.

Skills4Trade is delivered in partnership with TAFE NSW and proudly funded by Training Services NSW.

We're currently taking applications for these courses.

Carpentry Course - Orange

Skillset are holding a free Carpentry course in Orange from 29 January 2026 to 6 February 2026.

Gain practical skills and pave the way for your future by joining this Skills4Trade course.

Click here to register your interest.

What do I gain from a Skills4Trade Course?

Work ready training

Learn about different industries, trade careers, and apprenticeship opportunities. Complete career planning, and learn what trade is the best fit for you. You will also receive workplace health and safety training to make you work ready.

Get set…

Attend TAFE and learn specific knowledge and skills across a range of industries for example construction, plumbing, engineering, automotive, electrical and mining. Different training will be offered at different locations and depending on numbers.

Go!

Gain practical hand on industry and workplace experiences through supported work placements. Our courses help provide you with the foundations for future employment, apprenticeships and traineeships.

“Completing the Skills4Trade course confirmed for that I enjoy horticulture work. I enjoyed the practical learning and the theory. I would recommend the program to anyone looking for additional training and extra support to get a job.”

– Jerakye Goolagong, Skills4Trade Horticulture Course participant

“The Skills4Trade course is helped me with training, further study, exploring different career paths and workplace skills. There is so much covered in the course and the TAFE teachers were willing to help everyone complete the work.”

– Jacob Howe, Skills4Trade Mining Course participant

“I thought Skills4Trade would be a great opportunity to find out what the industry would be like to work in. The training and workplace visits confirmed I want to find employment within disability care.”

– Nicholas Hill, Skills4Trade Community Services participant

Skillset would like to acknowledge and pay respect to the traditional custodians of the lands on which we work.
We are honoured to be on the ancestral lands of those whose cultures are among the oldest living cultures in human history. We pay respect to the Elders, past, present and to the younger generation of the community who will be the future leaders in years to come.

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Pre-apprenticeships and Pre-traineeship courses

Skillset Skills4Trade

We're currently taking applications for these courses.

Carpentry Course - Orange

What do I gain from a Skills4Trade Course?

“Completing the Skills4Trade course confirmed for that I enjoy horticulture work. I enjoyed the practical learning and the theory. I would recommend the program to anyone looking for additional training and extra support to get a job.”

“The Skills4Trade course is helped me with training, further study, exploring different career paths and workplace skills. There is so much covered in the course and the TAFE teachers were willing to help everyone complete the work.”

“I thought Skills4Trade would be a great opportunity to find out what the industry would be like to work in. The training and workplace visits confirmed I want to find employment within disability care.”

Get in Touch.

Step 1 of 2

Pre-apprenticeships and Pre-traineeship courses

Skillset Skills4Trade

We're currently taking applications for these courses.

Carpentry Course - Orange

What do I gain from a Skills4Trade Course?

“Completing the Skills4Trade course confirmed for that I enjoy horticulture work. I enjoyed the practical learning and the theory. I would recommend the program to anyone looking for additional training and extra support to get a job.”

“The Skills4Trade course is helped me with training, further study, exploring different career paths and workplace skills. There is so much covered in the course and the TAFE teachers were willing to help everyone complete the work.”

“I thought Skills4Trade would be a great opportunity to find out what the industry would be like to work in. The training and workplace visits confirmed I want to find employment within disability care.”

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