HECS-HELP Benefit Guidelines No. 1
Part 2ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
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CHAPTER 2 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
2.1 PURPOSE
2.1.1 The purpose of this chapter is to specify the eligibility requirements for the HECS-HELP benefit for a person in respect of an income year for the purposes of section 157-1 of the Act.
2.5 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR MATHEMATICS OR SCIENCE GRADUATES
2.5.1 A person is eligible for the HECS-HELP benefit for an income year if the person is a mathematics or science graduate and the person satisfies all of the following requirements:
2.5.1.1 The person has not at any time between completion of the person’s natural and physical science course of study and the end of the income year discharged in full their accumulated HELP debt;
2.5.1.5 The person has a compulsory repayment amount for the income year;
2.5.1.10 The person has one or more entitlement weeks as a mathematics or science graduate at the commencement of the income year;
2.5.1.15 The person has at least one employed week in the income year in an eligible occupation as a mathematics or science graduate;
2.5.1.20 The HECS-HELP benefit determined by the Commissioner for the person as a mathematics or science graduate for all previous income years is less than the person’s debt incurred at course completion as a mathematics or science graduate.
2.10 ELIGIBLE OCCUPATIONS FOR A MATHEMATICS OR SCIENCE GRADUATE
- An eligible occupation for a mathematics or science graduate is an occupation that is specified in the table below or is determined in writing by the Minister for the purposes of this subsection:
| OCCUPATION | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| Actuary | Analyses mathematical, statistical, demographic, financial or economic data to predict and assess the long-term risk involved in financial decisions and planning. |
| Agricultural scientist | Studies commercial plants, animals and cultivation techniques to enhance the productivity of farms and agricultural industries. |
| Agronomist | Studies commercial plants, animals and cultivation techniques to enhance the productivity of farms and agricultural industries. |
| Biochemist | Studies the biochemistry of living organisms and the molecular structure and function of related components. |
| Biologist | Studies the origin, anatomy, physiology, reproduction and behaviour of living organisms and the ways in which they interact with the environment in which they live. |