Learners must be one of the following:

• New Zealand, Cook Island, Niue or Tokelau citzens.
• New Zealand permanent residents who are currently resident in New Zealand.
• Australian citizens and permanent residents who have a New Zealand permanent residency stamp and who are currently resident in New Zealand.
• Refugees with refugee status who are directed to study as part of residency requirements

Learners must be one of the following:

• Aged less than 18 with low qualifications and have left or been exempt from school
• Aged 18 or over and have left school within the last 26 weeks with low qualifications.
• Aged less than 18, enrolled with Workbridge and referred after an indepth interview.
• Aged less less than 18 and a refugee who has left the Mangere Refugee Centre or entered the country within the last year.
• Aged less than 18, referred by Work and Income as a youth client or registered unemployed for 13 weeks or more, with no tertiary qualifications.
• Aged less than 18, have left or been exempt from school with 40 or more credits at level 1 on the National Qualifications Framework but have National Certificate of Achievement results that show fewer than 8 credits in English and/or mathematics.
• Learners re-entering the Youth Training programme within six months retain eligibility if they have fewer than 240 credits.

Training Opportunities eligibility changes
Tertiary Education Commission (2005)