CHC33015 - Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing)

TAKING EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST.

Put your name on the waiting list by clicking ‘JOIN’ below. Alternatively, you can either come into the College at 96 Murray Street, Wagga Wagga or phone 1800 000 212.

COURSE OVERVIEW

Gain the skills to join this ever growing industry by enrolling in Certificate III in Individual Support – Ageing today.

Work involves using discretion and judgement in relation to individual support as well as taking responsibility for own outputs. Workers have a range of factual, technical, and procedural knowledge, as well as some theoretical knowledge of the concepts and practices required to provide person-centred support.

DURATION

This course is held every Wednesday and Thursday for 21 weeks.

• Wednesday 9.00am – 3.30pm – delivered at the college face to face classroom, Students are required to be present at the college.
• Thursday 9.00am – 3.30pm delivered at the college face to face classroom, Students are required to be present at the college.
• Last 2 Sessions of delivery, class times will be 9:30-4:30 as the requirements of HLTAID011 Provide First Aid is a 7-hour day delivery.
• Students will be expected to spend allocated hours per week outside the classroom on a range of structured, self-directed learning activities.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Mandatory work placement of 120 hours must be completed with an aged care residential facility or community disability organisation employer.

You must be 16 years of age or above. Students are required to undertake a language, literacy and numeracy assessment and face to face interview prior to enrolment.

A current Police Check and Working with Children Check is required prior to commencement of work placement which is payable by student. Student may (depending on work placement host) be required to complete immunity screening prior to being accepted to a work placement host. Any boosters or vaccinations required by the student will be at their own cost.
Students will be required to purchase a “student” work placement shirt with RCC logo upon commencement.

To successfully complete HLTAID011, students must be capable of performing at least 2 minutes (5 cycles) of uninterrupted single rescuer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on an adult resuscitation mannequin placed on the floor.

STUDENT FEE

This course is subsidised by the NSW Government for eligible students

• Student contributions are applicable and range from $1,450 to $1,750
• Concession contribution to eligible students $240
• Exemptions apply

Full course cost: $6,500

Other fees that may occur are: (not limited to)

• Working with children’s check
• Police Check
• Student Shirt
• Immunity Screening and boosters

CREDIT TRANSFER OR RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING

If you believe you have already undertaken any of this training, or have the current skills, please talk to your Trainer or Training Coordinator prior to course commencement. Credit transfer can only be applied by sighting organismal transcript of studies.

SUPPORT SERVICES

Refer to your Student Handbook, or talk to your Trainer or Training Coordinator, for the ways in which the College can provide additional support during your time studying with us.

UNIQUE STUDENT IDENTIFIER (USI)

The Unique Student Identifier (USI) is a national student number, giving you access to all of your student records online. Each time you enrol to study with a training organisation, you will need to provide your USI number which will be used to store your training records and results. To create a new USI number please go to www.usi.gov.au