Rapid Response Skills Initiative (RRSI) TAS

To be eligible, applicants must have lost casual, full-time or part-time work in the last 12 months due to retrenchment, downsizing or business closure. They must provide written evidence of job loss, redundancy or retrenchment, such as a Centrelink Employment Separation Certificate stating the reason for job loss, or a redundancy/job loss letter or email from their employer including contact details for Skills Tasmania to verify eligibility if necessary. Self-employed applicants, including sole traders and partners in a partnership, must provide written evidence of business closure such as cancelled goods and services tax registration or Australian Business Number. Applicants must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident with a Tasmanian residential address, or if not a permanent resident, meet the relevant visa class requirements.