Course costs

Course costs mean the client's necessary and reasonable costs of attending the course and can include (but are not limited to):

• Capital items
• Course equipment and materials
• Course fees
• Care costs including childcare costs (less any Childcare Assistance) and care costs associated with older or disabled people, eg transport costs to the care provider
• Babysitting or other child-minding costs
• Books and stationery
• Laptops
• Internet costs
• Installation of internet
• Accommodation (for those extra mural courses that may have a compulsory residential study component)
• Transport to and from the course, including car running costs and parking
• Travel
• Essential field trip costs

Course costs can be either one-off or ongoing costs.

Although you can include all the client's course costs in the calculation of Training Incentive Allowance, the maximum Training Incentive Allowance payable may not cover all the costs. You should tell the client of all the options available to them.