This course offers crucial training for individuals aiming to work in aged care, disability, or home and community care. It prepares students with the skills and knowledge needed to provide personalized support, fostering clients’ independence and well-being. Students will develop essential skills for individualized care, understand client needs and preferences, gain hands-on experience in daily activities, personal care, and health management, learn to implement safety procedures and regulations, and improve communication and interpersonal skills for interacting with clients, families, and other professionals.
Total Tuition Fees (AUD):
$11,000
Study Load:
Full-time(20 Hours per week)
Campus:
Sydney CBD & Parramatta
This course provides essential training for those who aspire to work in the aged care, disability, or home and community care sectors. This course equips students with the skills and knowledge to offer personalized support to individuals, promoting their independence and well-being. Develop foundational skills in providing individualized care and support.Understand the needs and preferences of clients in various care settings. Gain practical experience in supporting daily activities, personal care, and health management.Learn to apply safety procedures and regulations in care environments. Enhance communication and interpersonal skills for working with clients, families, and other care professionals.
Invicta Technical College has the following entry requirements:
Students must:
• be at least 18 years of age and have completed Year 12 or equivalent
• participate in a course entry interview to determine suitability for the qualification and identify individual learning support needs. The interview will also assess digital literacy for engagement in online or blended learning modes
• applicants may require to undertake the Language, Literacy, Numeracy and digital (LLND) test to achieve a required ACSF level to meet College’s entry requirement.
• have an IELTS* score of 6.0, with test results no older than 2 years; alternatively, demonstrate English proficiency through any of the following:
o Educated for five years in an English-speaking country, or
o Successful completion of an English Placement Test equivalent to IELTS 6.0
• hold or be eligible to obtain a National Police Check before commencing work placement
• hold or be eligible to obtain a Working with Vulnerable People / Working with Children Check (WWCC) as required in the relevant state or territory
• be physically fit to perform the practical components of care work, which may include manual handling, supporting clients with mobility, and maintaining safety protocols during work placement
• be willing and able to undertake a minimum of 120 hours of vocational placement in an approved aged care, disability, or community services setting.
* Note that other English language tests such as PTE and TOEFL can be accepted. Students are required to provide their results so that it can be confirmed they are equivalent to IELTS 6.0.
| Units of Competency | Core/Elective | |
|---|---|---|
| CHCCCS040 | Support independence and wellbeing | Core |
| CHCCCS031 | Provide individualised support | Core |
| CHCLEG001 | Work legally and ethically | Core |
| CHCDIV001 | Work with diverse people | Core |
| CHCCOM005 | Communicate and work in health or community services | Core |
| HLTINF006 | Apply basic principles and practices of infection prevention and control | Core |
| CHCCCS038 | Facilitate the empowerment of people receiving support | Core |
| CHCCCS041 | Recognise healthy body system | Core |
| HLTWHS002 | Follow safe work practices for direct client care | Core |
| CHCAGE011 | Provide support to people living with dementia | Elective (G-A) |
| CHCPAL003 | Deliver care services using a palliative approach | Elective (G-A) |
| CHCAGE013 | Work effectively in aged care | Elective (G-A) |
| CHCCCS001 | Address the needs of people with chronic disease | Elective (G-C) |
| HLTAID011 | Provide First Aid | Elective (G-C) |
| CHCMHS001 | Work with people with mental health issues | Elective (G-C) |
>> Tuition Fee: AUD 10,000
>> Enrolment Fee: AUD 250
>> Work Placement and material Fee: $AUD 750
>> Total cost: AUD 11,000
Work placement provides students with the opportunity to apply the skills and knowledge gained during classroom and simulated training in a real-world care environment under supervision. Work placement is scheduled at the end of term 2 and term 4, for three (3) consecutive weeks, across four terms in total, allowing students to progressively develop their competence while reinforcing theory and simulation activities. Each placement block consists of 60 hours (20 hours each week), resulting in a minimum of 120 hours across the course.
During placement, students will engage in a variety of workplace tasks aligned with unit requirements, including providing personal care and support to clients, assisting with mobility and daily activities, promoting independence, supporting health and wellbeing, communicating effectively with clients and colleagues, maintaining safe work practices, and documenting care according to workplace procedures. Workplace supervisors and trainers will provide feedback and confirm that students demonstrate competency in line with organisational policies, duty of care, and unit performance criteria.
To ensure the quality of training and assessment, a trainer/assessor will visit students once during each placement block. The trainer visit provides the opportunity to:
Observe students directly in the workplace,
Verify workplace tasks and performance evidence,
Conduct assessment observations,
Liaise with workplace supervisors, and
Provide guidance, support, and feedback to students.
This structured approach, combined with regular trainer visits, ensures students gain meaningful, hands-on experience while meeting the practical evidence requirements of the qualification and maintaining strong links between the RTO, the student, and the host organization.