Frequently Asked Questions
Training Enrolment
You can enrol on Rapid Training’s website at any time. Simply open the Course Details page for your chosen course and select Enrol Now.
We have a weekly course intake every Thursday. Once your eligibility has been confirmed and your course fee has been paid, you will be granted access in the next available intake.
Course entry requirements can be found in the Course Details section on the Rapid Training website.
Your eligibility will be assessed by Rapid Training once your enrolment form has been submitted. Eligibility for all accredited courses requires current employment or a relevant work placement, a valid USI, and satisfactory completion of a Language, Literacy & Numeracy (LLN) assessment.
To ensure Rapid Training students can apply their pest control course training in an industry environment, Rapid Training requires all students to either be employed or have pre-arranged and documented work placement*, under an accredited technician.
*The Work Placement Agreement form, from the licensed/accredited technician must be provided during enrolment to confirm work placement.
Specific course fees can be found on each course listing on Rapid Training’s website. Rapid Training course fees will be invoiced to the party (student or employer) that has been nominated in the enrolment form. Rapid Training’s accepted forms of payment include:
- Direct Deposit
- Credit Card
- Payment Plan – weekly or fortnightly auto-debited payments (additional fees apply)
Once the course fee, first instalment or payment plan confirmation is received, the student will be added to the next weekly intake (every Thursday).
During the weekly intake, the student will receive two (2) emails:
- An Account confirmation email will be sent from the online training portal, for the student to confirm their access and setup a password.
- A Welcome email will be sent to the student with access details to Rapid Trainings online training portal and course deadlines.
The online training portal URL: click here.
We recommend students bookmark this link on their internet browser.
If you forget your password after confirmation, please remember:
- Your Username is the email address you listed in the enrolment form and/or the email address the Welcome email was sent to.
- You can reset the password by clicking “Forgot Your Password?” on the login screen, and you will receive an email to reset the password.
If you exceed login attempts into the online training portal, it will lock the account for 5 minutes. Please try again later and/or reset your password.
Students are responsible for the safe storage of their certifications. However, if you previously completed a course with Rapid Training and can no longer find your certification, please complete Rapid Training’s Certificate Re-issuance Application Form and return it, with ID.
A $30.00 (incl. GST) reissuance fee is payable on each reissuance application. This fee will be invoiced after receiving the application and we have confirmed that applicant was a former Rapid Training student.
Since 1 January 2015 students undertaking nationally recognised training in Australia are required to have a Unique Student Identifier (USI). This number allows you to access details of all training you have completed since January 2015.
You will need a USI to enrol in one of Rapid Training’s accredited courses. Get your USI now by clicking here.
Training Subsidies
Traineeships combine vocational training with working in a real job, leading to a nationally recognised qualification. Anyone of working age, with eligibility to work full time or part time in Australia, can start a traineeship. For more information, please contact your local Australian Apprenticeship Support Network provider.
Rapid Training have also developed our ‘Guide to Enrolling under a Traineeship’ checklist for the steps required to enrol into a Traineeship pathway & course and ensure you are able to successfully access available subsidies.
On 1st January 2020, the NSW Government commenced an initiative to make traineeship courses fee-free to help improve access to traineeships. This means that for all approved traineeships based in NSW that commence in 2020, the entire course fees are subsided. If you are based in NSW, please visit our course Certificate III in Urban Pest Management for more course information.
Students in NSW registered for a traineeship in the Certificate III in Urban Pest Management may be eligible for course fee subsidies through the Smart and Skilled program. To see if you are eligible click here.
Australian Apprenticeship Support Network providers have access to a vast range of incentives to assist people get skilled in their industry.
If you would like to see what your options are, we recommend contacting a provider to discuss subsidy options.
Licensing
All pest control licensing is administrated by each state/territory’s licensing authority. Pest licenses are NOT issued by Rapid Training, and license fees are NOT included in our course fees.
Individuals should refer to their state/territory licensing authority for pest management licensing applications, eligibilities, application fees, and course requirements. See the links below to access details on your state/territory licensing authority:
New South Wales – NSW EPA
Queensland (General Pest licensing) – QLD Health
Queensland (Timber Pest licensing) – QBCC
South Australia – SA Health
Western Australia – WA Department of Health
Victoria – VIC Health
Tasmania – Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania
Australian Capital Territory – ACT EPA
Northern Territory – Medicines and Poisons, Department of Health
To be eligible to apply for a pest technician licence, students (except WA) need to complete our General Pest Technician course. This course includes the minimum three (3) units of competency required by the licensing authority.
The WA Department of Health mandates that students undertaking work in Western Australia complete specific units to meet licensing requirements. For detailed information, please consult the official Your Guide to Obtaining a Pest Management Technicians Licence. Rapid Training may be able to assist students in fulfilling some of these unit requirements through our nationally recognised courses, such as the Certificate III in Urban Pest Management.
If you perform pest management technician work and are not fully licenced, you may be required to obtain a training permit in order to continue to work (whilst under supervision). This permit is only available to individuals currently undertaking an approved course of training for pest management technician work. Please contact your state licensing authority (see above) for more information about licensing and to determine if you require a training permit.
Trainees must always work under the supervision of a licensed pest management technician and be enrolled in a course containing the same units in our General Pest Technician course.