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BERT Training Queensland is a not for profit trust which provides funding to support training for workers and organisations in the Queensland construction industry. The Trust receives its income from the Building Employees Redundancy Trust (BERT) and associated entities.

BERT Training Queensland (BTQ) is the trading name for the Queensland Construction Training Fund (QCTF). The fund was established late in 1991 to make use of the interest earned on funds invested in the Building Employees Redundancy Trust (BERT) Fund. At its inception, the QCTF was wholly owned and managed by Construction Training Queensland (CTQ).

In July 2009, the QCTF became self managed and commenced training as BERT Training Queensland (BTQ). In September 2009, the ownership of BTQ was changed with a group of Queensland construction industry associations accepting shares in the entity.

BERT Training Queensland is a not for profit entity which is owned and operated by the Queensland Construction Industry. The trading name BERT Training Queensland was created to ensure the Building Employees Redundancy Trust (BERT) receives appropriate recognition as the major funding partner of BTQ.

The BERT fund provides annual funding support to BTQ to finance training initiatives within the Queensland Construction industry.

This arrangement has resulted in over $15 million having been made available for training outcomes for the Queensland construction industry.

Despite the close relationship between BERT and BTQ, they are separately owned and operated entities.

The BTQ commitment to training includes the 50% shareholding in the Construction Training Centre (CTC) located at Salisbury in Brisbane. The establishment of the CTC in 1994 resulted from a visionary alliance between several industry leaders focused on the need for the industry to take responsibility for its training needs. In partnership with the Queensland Government, BERT Training Queensland has helped foster the growth of the Construction Training Centre to become the leading privately managed training facility in the Queensland construction industry.

Prior to the commencement of the Building Construction Industry Training Fund (BCITF) in 1999, BTQ was the sole (non government) funding source for training in the Queensland construction industry. Despite the advent of the BCITF and the significant funding it provides to industry, BTQ continues to provide targeted funding assistance to individual workers, employers and industry organisations.

Governance BERT Training Queensland is governed by an independent board of directors who monitor the expenditure of funding grants and provide the fund with a strategic focus for the allocation of targeted funding for various training programs.