Building and Construction Training Policy: ended for new work
Queensland has repealed its 10% training hours rule for new projects. If you hold a contract awarded before 1 July 2026, its training commitments still run to completion, and new tenders now deal with apprentices through a scored procurement criterion instead.
What is the Queensland Building and Construction Training Policy?
The Queensland Building and Construction Training Policy required at least 10% of labour hours on eligible government projects to go to apprentices, trainees and workforce training. It ceased for new projects from 1 July 2026. Commitments in earlier contracts continue until the project is complete, but contractors no longer report training hours through TPAS.
New Projects: No Training Hours Mandate
The policy no longer applies to new projects from 1 July 2026. Agencies can still ask about apprentices and trainees through the purposeful public procurement criterion in the Queensland Procurement Policy 2026.
Contracts Awarded Earlier
Contractual commitments made under the policy continue until the project is complete. The contract is what binds you now, so read your own training clause.
Who It Covered
It applied to eligible building and civil construction projects of budget sector agencies, statutory bodies and government-owned corporations. It started in July 2014.
What the Queensland Building and Construction Training Policy asked for.
What you report, and when.
TPAS Training Hours
To no one: reporting through TPAS has stopped
Indigenous Project Compliance
To no one: requirement ended
- Your Contract's Training Clause
- Apprentice And Trainee Training Contract Details
- Apprentice And Trainee Hours By Month
- Other Workforce Training Records
- Skills Development Plan (Major Projects)
- Any Tender Commitment Made Under QPP 2026
Stopping Records With TPAS
Removing the TPAS reporting duty does not remove the commitment, which continues to project completion. A team that stops recording hours on a live contract has nothing to show if the principal asks.
Pricing 10% Into A New Tender By Habit
A new project no longer carries the mandatory 10% or 15%. Read what the tender asks: the commitment you offer under a selected outcome can be accepted into the contract, so it should be one you can deliver and measure.
Treating The Criterion As A Replacement
Commitment to apprentices and trainees is only one of the outcomes an agency may select, and it may not appear on your tender at all. The government has said it will develop a separate, streamlined approach, and we found no published detail on it.
Keeping the record for the Queensland Building and Construction Training Policy.
Keep Legacy Hours Running
SocialProThe built-in QLD Building & Construction Training Policy framework holds Training Hours - Standard at 10 and Training Hours - Enhanced for $100m projects at 15. Monthly apprentice and trainee hours keep counting after TPAS reporting has stopped, which matters on contracts still running.
Retire The TPAS Documents
GovAssureThat framework still lists TPAS Registration, Monthly Hours Entry (TPAS portal) and Practical Completion Report (via TPAS), which no longer match the reporting position. Keep the Skills Development Plan where your contract needs it, and treat the TPAS items as no longer needed.
New Tender Commitments As Your Own Targets
SocialProFor a new project, do not adopt the framework. Set the apprentice or trainee commitment you actually offered as a fixed-hours, ratio or headcount target on the project, and packages switch it on as they report against it.
A Close-Out Record
SocialProAccepted monthly periods lock and export to PDF or spreadsheet, so you finish a legacy contract with a record to report from. That holds whether or not the principal asks for it in a particular format.
Catchment still lists this framework for projects already carrying the commitment. It is not a starting point for new projects.
Queensland Building and Construction Training Policy questions.
Has the Queensland Building and Construction Training Policy ended?
Yes, for new projects. The Department of Trade, Employment and Training says it ceased for new projects from 1 July 2026. The government agreed in its response to the Queensland Productivity Commission to repeal it.
Do I still need to meet training hours on my current Queensland project?
If your contract was awarded before the policy ceased and includes training commitments, those continue until the project is complete. What has stopped is reporting training hours through TPAS. Check your contract for what you owe the principal.
What replaced the Queensland Training Policy?
No replacement has been published that we could find. The government said it will develop an alternative, streamlined approach encouraging employers to take on apprentices and trainees, with the department working on transitional arrangements. Separately, QPP 2026 lets agencies score a commitment to apprentices and trainees in tenders.
Is TPAS still used?
Contractors no longer have to report training hours through the Training Policy Administration System. We could not confirm from a government source whether the system itself has closed. Keep your own records of hours if your contract still has training commitments.
What were the old 10% and 15% rules?
At least 10% of labour hours on government building projects from $500,000 and civil projects from $3 million had to go to apprentices, trainees and other workforce training. Contracts of $100 million or more had a 15% requirement. These now matter only for contracts awarded before the policy ceased.
Do Queensland tenders still ask about apprentices?
They can. For significant procurement, QPP 2026 requires agencies to apply a purposeful public procurement criterion using two to four selected outcomes, and commitment to apprentices and trainees is one option. Accepted commitments can become contract terms, as Transport and Main Roads' tender schedule shows.
- Queensland Government Building and Construction Training Policy (Queensland Department of Trade, Employment and Training)
- Indigenous projects under the Building and Construction Training Policy (Queensland Department of Women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships and Multiculturalism)
- Red tape reduction boosts apprenticeship and Indigenous opportunities (Queensland Government ministerial statement, 16 January 2014)
- Opportunities to improve productivity of the construction industry: the Queensland Government's response to the Queensland Productivity Commission's final report (Queensland Treasury, 2026)
- Queensland Procurement Policy 2026 (Queensland Government)
- QLD 2032 Workforce Training Compliance (QLD2032 (third party))
- Tender Schedule S9, Transport Infrastructure Contract (Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads)
- Training Apprentices on Queensland Government Building Projects (Master Electricians Australia, 19 May 2026)
- Queensland Government Building and Construction Training Policy, 1 July 2026, V5 (Queensland Government)
Reviewed 4 November 2026. General information to help you plan reporting, not legal advice. Policies change, so check the current version with the policy owner before you rely on it.
Report against what applies now from one record.
Bring a live project and see this policy set up against it.
Book a Demo →