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Education and childcare are gated by a clearance that is issued state by state under different names, and by ratio and qualification requirements that sit on the service rather than on the individual.

This page covers what gets subcontracted in this sector, the credentials worth confirming, and how a job runs on Workforce Marketplace. Early access is open.

What gets subcontracted

The work most often contracted covers:

Relief and casual educators covering absence and ratio gaps
Vocational trainers and assessors delivering accredited units
Tutoring and specialist instruction delivered into schools
Curriculum and learning resource development
Educational leadership and compliance consulting
Incursion and extracurricular programme delivery
Assessment and moderation work for training organisations

Credentials that matter here

The clearances and qualifications to confirm are:

Working With Children Check in New South Wales and Victoria, or a Blue Card in Queensland. Each is state-issued, and a clearance in one state does not admit you to work in another
Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAE40116 or TAE40122) for anyone delivering nationally recognised training
Early childhood qualifications at the level the ratio requires, which sits on the service’s approval rather than the individual
HLTAID012, first aid in an education and care setting, which is the specific unit for this environment rather than general first aid
Anaphylaxis and asthma management competencies where the service requires them

The first aid unit matters more than it looks. Education and care settings require the setting-specific unit, and a general first aid certificate does not satisfy it. Approved providers get pulled up on this at assessment more often than on anything else.

What to confirm before work starts

An active ABN. Where a supplier does not quote one, you are generally required to withhold 47 per cent of the payment and remit it to the ATO. Their GST registration also tells you whether the price should carry it.

That the credential is held by the entity you are contracting with. A person can hold a qualification while the business you are paying holds nothing. Check the name on the document against the name on the invoice.

Insurance appropriate to the scope. Public liability is the common one. Depending on the work you may also need professional indemnity, and workers compensation if they carry their own staff.

That the engagement is genuinely a contract for services. Since the Fair Work amendments the test looks at the real substance of the relationship rather than the label on the paperwork, and getting it wrong creates back-pay, superannuation and payroll tax exposure. Contractor vs employee in Australia sets out how it now works.

Writing a scope that gets comparable quotes

These arrangements need clarity on who carries the regulatory obligation, because the approved provider does regardless of who delivers. Set out the hours and the notice period for cancellation, whether the contractor counts toward ratio and who verifies their qualification, who supervises and who handles incidents, what happens with records and reporting, and how quickly a replacement is provided if the contractor cannot attend.

How it works on Workforce Marketplace

Post the scope with the payment structure it actually uses, whether that is fixed price, hourly, daily, quoted or split into milestones for staged work. Subcontractors apply, and you compare them side by side rather than chasing callbacks.

Every account is ABN-verified at sign-up. Beyond that, subcontractors can submit licences, certifications and insurance for verification, which we review rather than grant automatically. Their profile shows the status against each credential without showing the document, the licence number or the ABN. Verification is opt-in, so a profile may hold credentials that have not been submitted, and it reflects the document as at the date it was reviewed rather than standing indefinitely.

Applying for work costs nothing and there are no leads to buy. Payment runs through Stripe, and Workforce Marketplace never stores your card or bank details.