Support for Queensland Rex Airlines staff

The following information aims to provide you with options into employment.

Department of Employment, Small Business and Training

The Department of Employment, Small Business and Training offers a range of support for displaced employees.

Retraining or upskilling

Learn more about your eligibility for free or subsidised training and how to find a training course or training provider.

Back to Work

The Back to Work program assists jobseekers and those at risk of unemployment to upskill and retrain for jobs across Queensland. The program is available in regional Queensland and in selected South East Queensland locations.

Contact us to discuss your individual skills and find training that is linked to local jobs.

Skilling Queenslanders for Work

This program helps job seekers gain the skills, qualifications and experience they need to re-enter the workforce or switch to a new career path.

Recognition of prior learning

Recognition of prior learning (RPL) recognises the skills and knowledge gained through work and life experiences to reduce the time it takes to get a qualification.

Starting a small business

Read about the key elements of starting a business, including legal and regulatory requirements, resources, business location and start-up costs. A business readiness health check is a comprehensive way to consider the opportunities and challenges of starting a small business.

For more information on training options contact the Queensland Government Training Line on 1300 369 935 or Displaced worker support | Department of Employment, Small Business and Training (desbt.qld.gov.au).

TAFE Queensland

Receive Recognition for Prior Learning

At TAFE Queensland, you can fast-track your way to a formal qualification by receiving recognition for the study you have completed or the skills you've gained from the workplace. This means less study time for you and being qualified a whole lot sooner. We can directly apply credits from previous successful study and assess your skills to give you recognition.

For more information on how the RPL process and to find out if you are eligible, visit Receive Recognition for Prior Learning | TAFE Queensland.

Fee-Free TAFE

Fee-Free TAFE includes over 70 industry-recognised courses to choose from in high-priority areas, including health and science, business, cyber security and IT, education and community, agriculture, and service industries. With a range of skill sets, certificates, and diplomas available, get job ready with Fee-Free TAFE.

Discover My Career

The Discover My Career tool is designed to help you narrow down all the different variables so you can feel confident in your decisions. Since its creation almost 30 years ago, this tool has proven to be 85-90% reliable.

Support Services

Uniting Care, Centacare and Lifeline are organisations that provide a wide range of free services including mental health support.

Uniting Care

Uniting Care provides information, support and advocacy to assist people in financial difficulty. The service is funded by the Queensland Government and is free, independent and confidential. Uniting Care assists clients to understand their options and plan a way forward to get back on their feet.

Financial counsellors are available to assist individuals - Phone 3253 4000.

Queensland Financial Resilience Program

The Queensland Financial Resilience Program can help you build your financial future. This program is tailored to suit your needs. Good Shepherd now offers a local service committed to providing support to individuals and families to improve their financial wellbeing and resilience. Financial Resilience workers are available to you across 20 locations.