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ACFE Pre-accredited training programs

Pre-accredited training provides opportunities for adult learners in Victoria to gain the educational capacity and core skills they need for study, work and life.

Pre-accredited training programs

Pre-accredited training programs:

2026 Training Delivery

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The Learn Local sector plays an important role in supporting people to:

The delivery of ACFE Board-funded training programs is a core component of this work.

In 2026, student contact hours will be available under the following programs streams:

Expression of Interest process

Learn Local providers can request ACFE training delivery hours through an Expression of Interest (EOI).

The 2026 EOI opens on 27 August and closes on 17 September 2025.

Download 2026 EOI resources from the Learn Local sector hub in the Learn Local secure portal(opens in a new window). Resources include:

Submitting your application for 2026 ACFE training delivery

  1. Send your proposed 2026 Delivery Plan to training.participation@djsir.vic.gov.au by 17 September 2025.
  2. Submit your Module Plans and Session Plans with your EOI application or separately by 31 October 2025.

If you are a registered Learn Local provider and don’t have access to the Learn Local Secure portal, please contact your local regional office.

General Pre-accredited training

General Pre-accredited training curriculum can be centrally or locally developed, for delivery through the program categories:

All new modules must be developed using PQF+ templates.

For new locally developed short Engagement modules, use the Short Engagement Module Plan 2026 template. This can be downloaded from the Learn Local secure portal.

Access PQF+ templates and centrally developed curriculum from the Learn Local secure portal(opens in a new window).

Digital Skills Places

A Victorian Budget 2025-26 initiative, negotiated through the National Skills Agreement, over four-year period concluding at the end 2029:

The ACFE Board provide curriculum and resources for General Pre-accredited and Additional Digital and Employability Places program streams that are:

When planning your EOI responses, please review these centrally developed resources as a first consideration.

Centrally developed resources can be used as they are or be adapted.

Two online information sessions were held by the department in partnership with the VET Development Centre (VDC).

These sessions focused on:

The Training Delivery Support Grant (TDSG) provides funds to eligible Learn Locals to purchase resources or equipment. It supports delivery of quality pre-accredited programs to adult learners in Victoria.

For more information please see:

Expressions of Interest (EOI) are now open for the 2026 Allocation Variation round.

EOI opens 3 March 2026

EOI closes 14 August 2026

Learn Local providers can request variations to their 2026 Delivery Plan for:

For further details, including 2026 variation criteria, please refer to:

To make a request for variation, complete and submit the 2026 Allocation Variation request form by email to training.participation@djsir.vic.gov.au

2025 Training Delivery

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The Learn Local sector plays a vital role in providing opportunities for people to:

Expressions of Interest (EOI) were open for ACFE 2025 training delivery hours from 29 August to 20 September 2024.

Learn Local providers could request ACFE training delivery hours under the following program streams as applicable:

General Pre-accredited Training

General Pre-accredited training includes centrally and locally developed curriculum, for delivery through the Language, Literacy, Numeracy, Employability and Engagement program categories.

Locally developed General Pre-accredited training modules (previously known as courses) must be consistent with either the Pre-accredited Quality Framework(opens in a new window) (PQF 2013) for existing modules or the PQF+ for any new modules.

PQF+ templates can be accessed from the Learn Local sector hub, located on your Dashboard in the Learn Local secure portal(opens in a new window).

Additional Digital and Employability Places

Digital Literacy Essentials and Employability with a Digital Component.

The Victorian Budget 2023–24 provides funding over two years, to address the skills knowledge based required to ensure thousands of pre-accredited learners have the digital literacy and employability skills they need to improve their employment prospects.

Training delivery hours are available in 2025 as part of the second year of the Additional Digital and Employability Pre-accredited Places Budget initiative. This will include centrally and locally developed curriculum, for delivery through the Digital Literacy Essentials and Employability with a Digital Component training delivery program categories.

Quality-assured, centrally developed curriculum and resources have been developed within the General Pre-accredited and Additional Digital and Employability Places program streams.

The list of ACFE Board centrally developed curriculum and module codes is available from the Learn Local sector hub, located on your Dashboard in the Learn Local secure portal(opens in a new window). Please note, new modules will be added as they become available.

Learn Local providers should review and use or adapt these centrally developed resources as a first consideration when planning their EOI responses. These resources are available on the Learn Local secure portal(opens in a new window).

Two online information sessions were held by the department in partnership with the VET Development Centre (VDC) on 5 September and 10 September 2024.

The 2025 ACFE training delivery information sessions focused on priorities for 2025 General Pre-accredited and Additional Digital and Employability Places training delivery program streams, including information on Expression of Interest (EOI) timelines.

A frequently asked questions factsheet has been developed to answer common questions raised in the information sessions.

A copy of the information session presentation and frequently asked questions fact sheet can be downloaded from the Learn Local sector hub, located on your Dashboard in the Learn Local secure portal(opens in a new window).

The 2025 Training Delivery Support Grant (TDSG) provides funds to eligible Learn Local providers that are contracted to deliver pre-accredited training. The purpose of this grant is to support the purchase of equipment and resources to facilitate the delivery and reporting of quality programs and services to learners experiencing educational disadvantage.

For more information please see:

Expressions of Interest (EOI) were open for the 2025 Allocation Variation process from 17 February 2025 to 15 August 2025.

Learn Local providers could request variations to their 2025 Delivery Plan for:

For further details, please refer to:

The 2025 ACFE Pre-accredited Training Data Entry and Reporting guidelines gives you information about the data that you need to collect and how to report it, in 2025.

Learn Local providers need to report data for all contracted program delivery, including:

2024 Training Delivery

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The Learn Local sector plays a vital role in providing opportunities for people to:

Expressions of Interest (EOI) were open for ACFE 2024 training delivery hours from 28 August to 15 September 2023.

Learn Local providers could request ACFE training delivery hours under the following program streams as applicable:

General Pre-accredited Training

General Pre-accredited training includes centrally and locally developed curriculum, for delivery through the Language, Literacy, Numeracy, Employability and Engagement program categories.

Locally developed General Pre-accredited training modules (previously known as courses) must be consistent with the Pre-accredited Quality Framework(opens in a new window).

Additional Digital and Employability Places

Digital Literacy Essentials and Employability with a Digital Component.

The Victorian Budget 2023–24 provides funding over two years, to address the skills knowledge based required to ensure thousands of pre-accredited learners have the digital literacy and employability skills they need to improve their employment prospects.

Training delivery hours are available in 2024 as part of the first year of the Additional Digital and Employability Pre-accredited Places Budget initiative. This will include centrally and locally developed curriculum, for delivery through the Digital Literacy Essentials and Employability with a Digital Component training delivery program categories.

Quality-assured, centrally developed curriculum and resources have been developed within the General Pre-accredited and Additional Digital and Employability Places program streams.

Here is a list of ACFE Board centrally developed curriculum and module codes(opens in a new window). Please note, new modules will be added as they become available.

Learn Local providers should review and use or adapt these centrally developed resources as a first consideration when planning their EOI responses. These resources are available on the Learn Local Secure Portal(opens in a new window).

A copy of the 2024 ACFE provider information session presentation and 2024 ACFE training frequently asked questions fact sheet can be downloaded from the Learn Local sector hub. This is on your Dashboard in the Learn Local secure portal(opens in a new window).

The 2024 Training Delivery Support Grant (TDSG) provides funds to eligible Learn Local providers that are contracted to deliver pre-accredited training. The purpose of this grant is to support the purchase of equipment and resources to facilitate the delivery and reporting of quality programs and services to learners experiencing educational disadvantage.

For more information please see the 2024 Training Delivery Support Grant Guidelines.

These guidelines can be downloaded from the Learn Local sector hub. This is on your Dashboard in the Learn Local secure portal(opens in a new window).

The 2024 ACFE Pre-accredited Training Data Entry and Reporting guidelines gives you information about the data that you need to collect and how to report it, in 2024.

Learn Local providers need to report data for all contracted program delivery, including General pre-accredited and Additional Digital and Employability Places program delivery.

2024 Resources include:

Expressions of Interest (EOI) were open for 2024 ACFE Delivery Plan variation from 8 April to 16 August 2024.

Learn Local providers could request Additional Pre-accredited Hours, Return of Hours and Variation to Program Stream and / or Local Government Area (LGA). Requests could be made at any time until the closing date.

To access full details, including variation criteria, please see:

Accessing past training delivery resources

Learn Local providers can access key documents for the 2023 contracting year through the Learn Local sector hub. This is on your Dashboard in the Learn Local secure portal(opens in a new window).

To access documents prior to 2023, please contact your Regional Office.

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