Advanced Manufacturing Quality Assurance Program

What is the Advanced Manufacturing Quality Assurance Program?

The Advanced Manufacturing Quality Assurance Program is a grant opportunity to assist advanced manufacturers to achieve quality assurance accreditations that will help to retain or expand their customers or markets.

Background

The Advanced Manufacturing Quality Assurance Program aims to support Tasmanian-based advanced manufacturing enterprises attain identified quality assurance accreditations that will assist the enterprise in retaining existing customers or securing new customers and new markets.

The Tasmanian Government’s Advanced Manufacturing Action Plan 2024 was released in November 2020 and included the establishment of an Advanced Manufacturing Quality Assurance Program. Supporting Tasmania’s advanced manufacturers to take up leading edge design, innovation and technologies to improve capability is a key priority for the Tasmanian Government.

Funding

Funding of $150 000 is available this current financial year, $150 000 in 2022-23 and $150 000 in 2023-24.

The program provides up to a 50 per cent contribution to Tasmanian-based advanced manufacturers who wish to attain quality assurance accreditation, subject to the applicant contributing at least 50 per cent of the project costs in cash (not in kind).

Maximum grant assistance is $20 000 for a project with a minimum value of $40 000.

Eligible Projects

Collaborative projects will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Collaborative projects will need a lead proponent such as an industry body or nominated lead business. These projects may be eligible for a greater percentage of grant funding on demonstration of industry benefit.

Example of eligible expenditure include:

market or industry specific accreditation
ISO9001 – Quality Management System
HACCP – Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point
ISO22000 – Food Safety Management
ISO3834 – Fusion Welding of Metallic Materials
ISO27001 – Information Security
ISO13485 – Medical Devices
ISO14001 – Environmental Management Systems
Defence Industry Security Program (DISP)
International Traffic in Arms Regulations.

Eligible Applicants

To be eligible, you must:

be a Tasmanian-based advanced manufacturing enterprise or relevant industry group supporting Tasmanian advanced manufacturing enterprises
have an Australian business number (ABN)
be registered for goods and services tax (GST)
receive no more than $20,000 per financial year under this program
not be eligible for funding from any other grant source for quality assurance programs
have annual sales turnover greater than $300,000 (indicatively) and less than $20 million
not be a consultant or intermediary
not be subject to any legal disability, including bankruptcy or liquidation.

Timing

Applications close 30 June 2022.

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