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VET Student Loans

Katrinas School of Hair and Beauty is a VET Student Loans approved course provider. The VET Student Loans program is an Australian Government loan program that helps eligible students enrolled in approved courses at approved course providers pay their tuition fees up to certain cap amounts.

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Katrinas School of Hair and Beauty is an approved Vet Student Loan provider and is able to offer to eligible students VET Student Loans for:
  • SHB50121 Diploma of Beauty Therapy
  • SHB50216 Diploma of Salon Management
Please see the following for further information about applying for a VET Student Loan:

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Am I eligible for
VET Student Loans?

To access a VET Student Loan, you must provide the required evidence against the eligibility criteria. VET Student Loans will not be approved for students who do not meet eligibility requirements:

  • be an eligible student
  • be studying an approved course
  • be studying with an approved course provider
  • apply to the government using the approved form, which will be managed through your provider, and
  • submit Progression Forms to confirm your ongoing engagement with your studies, and continue accessing the loan throughout your course.

To be an eligible student, you must meet all of these criteria – further detailed below.

  • You are:
    • an Australian citizen or
    • a qualifying New Zealand citizen or
    • a permanent humanitarian visa holder, who is usually resident in Australia or
    • a pacific engagement visa holder who is usually resident in Australia.
  • Your HELP balance (the amount of your HELP loan limit you have left) is more than $0. This means you have enough HELP loan limit remaining for your proposed studies to be covered by the loan. The HELP loan limit is the limit on how much you can borrow. Any borrowing under FEE-HELP, VET FEE-HELP, VET Student Loans and, from 1 January 2020, HECS-HELP will count towards your HELP loan limit.
  • You are enrolled with an approved course provider in an approved course and have enrolled in accordance with the application requirements.
You are studying the approved course primarily at a campus in Australia
  • You have been assessed by your approved course provider as academically suited to undertake the approved course on the basis of either:
    • providing your Australian Year 12 Certificate or
    • providing your International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IB) diploma or
    • providing a copy of a certificate showing you have been awarded a qualification at level 4 or above in the Australian Qualifications Framework (where the language of instruction was English) or at a level in a framework that preceded the AQF and is equivalent to level 4 or above in the AQF or
    • displaying competence at Exit Level 3 in the Australian Core Skills Framework in both reading and numeracy through an approved Language, Literacy and Numeracy test.
    • In addition, your approved course provider must reasonably believe you show competence in completing the course.
  • You meet the Tax File Number (TFN) requirements.
  • You have a Unique Student Identifier (USI) or are otherwise exempt.
  • You have given the required documents to your approved course provider and submitted the loan application form by the first census day no less than two business days after enrolling.
  • You meet the Tax File Number (TFN) requirements.
  • You have a Unique Student Identifier (USI) or are otherwise exempt.
  • You have read the VET Student Loans Information booklet found.
  • https://www.dewr.gov.au/vet-student-loans/resources/vet-student-loans-information-booklet
  • You have given the required documents to your approved course provider and submitted the loan application form by the first census day no less than two business days after enrolling

FURTHER DETAILS

Course tuition fees & other charges

The tuition fees for the Diploma of Beauty Therapy (SHB50121) and the Diploma of Salon Management (SHB50216) are charged by unit of study. For further information on tuition fees and relevant census dates, you must refer to the Schedule of Tuition Fees and Census Dates, located here.

You will be responsible for the payment of any tuition gap fees associated with your course, this is the difference between the course fees and the VET Student Loan Cap amount. An interest free payment plan will be made available for the payment of gap fees. Once enrolled you will receive a Statement of Covered Fees outlining the acceptance of your enrolment and of your tuition fees how much is considered ‘covered fees’, that is the amount of tuition fees that are covered by VET Student Loans. If applicable, also outlined on this notice will be any tuition fees that are not covered by a VET Student Loan.

In addition, you will also receive a VET Student Loan Fee Notice at least 14 days before the first census date in the fee period, that will outline the amount of tuition fees covered under a VET Student Loan for that particular fee period.

If you choose to withdraw you must do so in accordance with Katrinas School of Hair and Beauty’s withdrawal policy and procedure. If you withdraw via the correct procedure on or before the census date, you will not incur the tuition fees for that fee period. A VET Student Loan only covers tuition fees. A 20% loan fee applies to VET Student Loans for full fee paying/fee for service students. It is not payable upfront, it will be added to your HELP debt at the passing of each census date.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Do I have to repay my VET Student Loan?

Yes, a VET Student Loan gives rise to a HELP debt that continues to be a debt due to the Commonwealth until it is repaid. More information on repaying your debt is available at www.studyassist.gov.au

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