Do you want to do paid work with kids in Queensland?
We've created this video to help you use the online applicant portal to
'Submit your Volunteer to Paid Employee Transfer Application'.
By now, you should have already registered for an online account. If you haven't done this,
watch our previous video, Registering for an Online Account, before you continue. To submit your volunteer to
paid employment transfer application, simply go to our website www.qld.gov.au/bluecard
Once you are on our home page, click on the blue button which says 'apply for a blue card'.
This will take you to the page to log into your online account. Here you need to enter
your Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads (also known as TMR) details; just as you did when you registered.
You need to click the box indicating you have read and understood the privacy notice before you can log in.
Make sure you don't click the 'register for an online account' button, as you have already done this.
When you click the login button, you will be sent a security code to the email address
or mobile number you provided when you registered.
This should be a five- or six- digit number.
If you provided an email address, and the security code hasn't arrived in your inbox,
check your junk mail or spam folder.
If your security code has not arrived after a few minutes, you can request another one by clicking on the
'resend online security code' button.
Next, enter your security code in the online security code box and click submit.
You will now have six options on your screen.
Click 'volunteer to paid employment/business transfer'.
Please note, if your card is coming up for renewal in the next 16 weeks, you will instead need to
apply to 'renew as a jobseeker/paid employee' rather than complete a transfer application.
Your screen should have the words transfer to a paid card before you begin. This page has information
about fees and payment options. Make sure you read this information before clicking next.
This page requires you to indicate what type of child-related work you will be doing.
For this video, we will demonstrate applying as a Paid Employee.
However, you can apply as a Business Operator or Job Seeker.
Make sure the button turns blue and has a round circle in it. Scroll down to the bottom of the screen
and above the buttons go back and next, here, you will need to select how you will be paying for your application.
If you have already paid, or if someone, for example, your employer, has already paid on your behalf,
you will need a receipt number to enter in the receipt number section.
You can do this by selecting the option 'I already have a BPoint Payment receipt number'.
Otherwise, you can pay using a Mastercard or Visa Card. Click on the button next.
Your screen should now have the words personal details on the top left hand side.
Your name, date of birth and place of birth will appear. You cannot change these details.
In this section, you will need to select your cultural identity and indicate if you have
been engaged as a foster carer, health practitioner, operator, supervisor, carer of a child care service
or teacher. If none of these apply to you, select 'none of the above'. You can select your preferred
language from the drop-down list of languages. Once you have completed these questions click next.
Next, indicate whether you have ever been known by another name.
If you indicate yes, you will be asked to provide further details.
On the next screen, you need to confirm your postal and residential address.
Click next and you're almost finished. You now need to declare all the information you
have provided is correct. It is important you read this declaration before you agree.
Follow the links to our website for more information about your obligations as a cardholder.
Once you have agreed all the information is correct, click ahead to the next screen.
This is where you enter your payment details, if you haven't already entered the payment details in
the BPoint Payment in the earlier section. If you are entering payment details and you get an error
check the details are correct and try again. Once your details have been entered correctly,
click the blue button to pay and submit your application.
Your application is now complete!
As an existing cardholder, you can start in paid employment or operating your business now.
You can get a copy of your receipt by clicking on the 'view your payment summary'.
If you have provided an email address, a copy will automatically be sent to you.
If you are working in paid work, your employer must also notify us
of your new child-related work, by linking you to their organisation.
This can be done online through the organisation portal or by submitting a paper, link an applicant/
cardholder to this organisation' form to us. As long as there has not been a change to your eligibility,
we will issue you a paid (P) blue card. You should allow up to 14 days for your
paid card to arrive in the mail. You can now return home or log out of your online account.