What the RTO may charge

RTO 40939 · CPC32420 · read 9 November 2026

$367 per unit

• Their course page lists an RPL fee-for-service of $367 per unit for 2026, and $386 per unit in the 2027 figure on the same page.
• The same page lists a full course fee of $28,362 and $489 per unit for fee-for-service training. Those are not the RPL line.
• The page says the course has 58 units, and that it is apprenticeship training. If the $367 rate were charged on all 58 units, the arithmetic is $21,286. That is not an invoice. A subsidy, a partial recognition, or gap training changes it.
• Ask them whether they will assess someone who is not their apprentice. Read the current page before you rely on the figure.

CQUniversity course page

RTO 0275 · CPC32420, CPC40920, CPC40120, CPC30220 · read 9 November 2026

Quoted when you apply

• No single RPL total for these certificates was published in a form we could show as a number.
• A summary of public TAFE fee rules, dated 5 November 2026, says TAFE Queensland prices recognition from the units they accept, and includes any further assessment or training in that cost. They give an approximate figure when you apply.
• Ask them for a written quote for your certificate, your concession status, and the units still open. Do not treat a course brochure as the RPL fee.

TAFE Queensland, and a 5 November 2026 summary of public fee rules

Confirm the RTO code on the register · CPC32420 · read 9 November 2026

$5.25 per nominal hour, full fee

• A 5 November 2026 summary of Federation TAFE’s indicative fee schedule lists Certificate III in Plumbing at $4.20 per nominal hour subsidised, and $5.25 per nominal hour full fee, on 1,649 nominal hours.
• That summary’s own arithmetic, if every nominal hour were recognised, is $8,657 at the full-fee rate. The summary says to treat that total as an illustration, not a quote. Concession and subsidy change who pays the lower rate.
• We have not reproduced Federation TAFE’s schedule itself. Confirm the current line with them, and confirm on the register that they still deliver this code.

Summary of the Federation TAFE 2026 indicative fee schedule

Confirm the RTO code on the register · CPC30220 · read 9 November 2026

$5.25 per nominal hour, full fee

• The same 5 November 2026 summary lists Certificate III in Carpentry at $4.35 per nominal hour subsidised, and $5.25 full fee, on 1,093 nominal hours.
• Its arithmetic if every nominal hour were recognised is $5,738 at the full-fee rate. That is an illustration, not a quote.
• CPC30220 has a replacement on the register. Ask the TAFE which code they are actually assessing before you compare the figure.

Summary of the Federation TAFE 2026 indicative fee schedule