Defence Industry Veterans Employment Scheme (DIVES)
Please note all DIVES scholarships have been awarded for the 2023–24 financial year.
For more information, please contact the defence industry careers team located at the Rockingham Jobs and Skills Centre on 08 9599 8655; or email defence.careers@smtafe.wa.edu.au.
Are you a defence forces veteran? Would a $5,000 scholarship help you start a
career in WA’s defence industry? The Defence Industry Veterans Employment Scheme (667 KB) (PDF document)
(DIVES) Scholarship Program could be for you!
Funded by the State Government and supported by the WA defence industry, the DIVES
Scholarship Program provides 80 scholarships of up to $5,000 to eligible veterans.
These $5,000 scholarships help eligible veterans to:
- cover costs relating to vocational education and training (VET) and university studies relevant to defence
- industry careers, including tuition and other compulsory fees, textbooks and equipment; and
- access career planning support from the DIVES program to identify training or further study leading to defence industry career pathways.
This program is open to:
- ex-serving Australian Defence Force (ADF) members
- ADF members in active or inactive reserve forces
- current ADF serving members about to transition/separate within 3-6 months