Entry requirements
- Attending a secondary school
- Literacy and numeracy level equivalent to the successful completion of Year 9
- Review the personal learning requirements essential to this course and discuss with your school VET Coordinator before you apply.
You will learn
- Apply effective infection control practices
- Workplace health and safety protocols to ensure a safe working environment
- Develop effective communication techniques to interact with clients, colleagues, and healthcare professionals
- To interpret and apply medical terminology accurately
- Explore the systems and functions of the human body to better understand healthcare practices
Course outcomes
Upon successful completion of this program you will receive:
- Recognition of up to two VCE VET units at Units 1 and 2 level, and a VCE VET Units 3 and 4 sequence
- ATAR contribution: if you undertake scored assessment, the study score can contribute directly to the ATAR, either as one of your best four studies (the primary four) or as a fifth or sixth study increment
- A Statement of Attainment for the partial completion of Certificate III in Allied Health Assistance
Dress code and course materials
Assessment is based on
- Questioning
- Observations and practical demonstrations
- Portfolio (work samples)
- Product (reports, projects, role plays etc)
- Workplace evidence
Further study options
- Certificate III in Individual Support
- Diploma of Remedial Massage
Applications & attendance
Applications for this course are currently closed and will re-open early August
Please express your interest in this course with your school VET Coordinator.
Units
Apply basic principles and practices of infection prevention and control |
HLTINF006 |
35 |
Communicate and work in health or community services |
CHCCOM005 |
30 |
Participate in workplace health and safety |
HLTWHS001 |
20 |
Work with diverse people |
CHCDIV001 |
40 |
Assist with movement |
CHCCCS002 |
25 |
Organise personal work priorities |
BSBPEF301 |
30 |
Respond effectively to behaviours of concern |
CHCCCS020 |
20 |
Interpret and apply medical terminology appropriately |
BSBMED301 |
60 |
Recognise healthy body systems |
HLTAAP001 |
70 |
Take clinical measurements |
HLTHPS001 |
50 |