Merit Based Skills Qualification Scheme

Eligibility Criteria

An applicant must:

  1. be a Fiji citizen.
  2. be ordinarily resident in Fiji for at least three (3) years before the award commencement date unless determined by the Board or delegated authority on case-by-case basis.
  3. have completed and passed at least Year 13 Examination in 2023 with a minimum score of 250/400 or 240/400 if from rural and maritime school or equivalent as determined by TSLS. An applicant who has completed Foundation Studies and repeats Year 13 is not eligible to apply for the Scheme or;
  4. have completed and passed at least Year 12 Examination in 2023 with a minimum score of 270/400 or 260/400 if from rural and maritime school or equivalent as determined by TSLS.
  5. secure a place at an eligible institution by means of a final offer letter.

Scheme Priority Disciplines and Programmes

No. of Awards - 25

  1. Baking & Patisserie
  2. Cookery
  3. Front Office Operations
  4. Housekeeping & Accommodation Operations
  5. Restaurant Services
  6. Hospitality and Hotel Management
  7. Culinary Art
  8. Restaurant Operations
  9. Tourism Studies
  10. Food and Beverage
  11.  Kitchen Operations

No. of Awards - 5

  1. Customs
  2. Certificate in Contact Centre Operations - Level III

No. of Awards - 25

  1. Fitting and Machining
  2. Plant Maintenance Engineering
  3. Fabrication and Welding
  4. Aircraft Maintenance Engineering (Avionics)
  5. Aircraft Maintenance Engineering (Mechanical)
  6. Manufacturing Engineering
  7. Civil Engineering
  8. Renewable and Sustainable Engineering
  9. Plant Engineering
  10. Mechanical Engineering
  11. Transport Technology
  12. Management (Roads)

No. of Awards - 25

  1. Automotive Body Works
  2. Automotive Engineering
  3. Automotive Engineering (Automotive Electrical and Electronics)
  4. Automotive Engineering Heavy Commercial
  5. Vehicle
  6. Automotive Engineering Heavy Mobile Plant,
  7. Automotive Engineering Light Motor Vehicle
  8. Automotive Engineering Panel and Paint
  9. Automotive Mechanic

No. of Awards - 10

  1. Enrolled Nursing
  2. Biomedical Engineering
  3. Ageing and Community Support Care
  4. Dental Assisting
  5. Clinical Laboratory Technology
  6. Community Nutrition.

No. of Awards - 20

  1. Carpentry
  2. Joinery and Cabinet Making
  3. Plumbing and Sheetmetal
  4. Quantity Surveying
  5. Architectural Drafting.

No. of Awards - 15

  1. Electrical Engineering
  2. Electronics Engineering
  3. Refrigeration and Airconditioning
  4. Fitting & Machining
  5. Electronics/ Instrumentation & Control
  6. Outdoor Powered Equipment.

No. of Awards - 5

  1. Hairdressing
  2. Beauty Therapy
  3. Fashion.

No. of Awards - 5

  1. Geology
  2. Mining and Quarrying.

No. of Awards - 5

  1. Programming
  2. Software Development
  3. Website designing
  4. Graphic Design Electronics/Telecommunication & Networking.

No. of Awards - 5

  1. Film & Television Production
  2. Graphic Arts
  3. Music
  4. Sports Science

No. of Awards - 10

  1. Land Surveying.

No. of Awards - 10

  1. Marine Engineering
  2. Nautical Science.

No. of Awards - 10

  1. Early Childhood Education.

 

No. of Awards - 20

  1. Commercial Pilot Training

Note: For Commercial Pilot Training and Aircraft Engineering programmes the final selection will be done by Fiji Airways.

Scheme Eligible Higher Education Institutions

  1. Advance Aviation Training (PTE) Limited.
  2. Centre for Applied Technology Development.
  3. Corpus Christi Teachers College.
  4. Fiji National University.
  5. Keshals Business Education Institute.
  6. Montfort Boys Town.
  7. Navuso Agricultural Technical Institute.
  8. Pacific Flying School.
  9. Pacific Polytechnics
  10. Pivot Point.
  11. Service Pro.
  12. SPA Academy Fiji.
  13. Vishan Infotech.
  14. The University of the South Pacific.
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