Part Time
Combination
12 months
Next intake
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7 hours
13 hours
$9,280
This course may be fee free, or available at a reduced cost.
This course is currently scheduled on Thursday with day classes. This timetable may change and will be confirmed by your teacher.
Assessments give you the opportunity to demonstrate what you have learnt and to identify the knowledge or skills that may need further development.
Domestic:
Skills assessments: role play scenarios, presentations, practical, observation (including assessments in the workplace)
Knowledge assessments: multiple choice, true or false, short answer questions
Case study’s: case study scenarios, reflections
Portfolios: samples of work in a workplace environment
Projects: report, journal, essay
International:
Skills assessments: role play scenarios, presentations, practical, observation (including assessments in the workplace)
Knowledge assessments: multiple choice, true or false, short answer questions
Case study’s: case study scenarios, reflections
Portfolios: samples of work in a workplace environment
Projects: report, journal, essay
Work placement provides you with opportunities to respond to situations and circumstances that cannot be replicated in a learning or simulated environment. Work placement strengthens your training and supports continued learning and assessment in the workplace.
Work placement is mandatory for completion of this course. 120 hours of work placement is arranged in fulltime weeks by TAFE NSW with NSW Health. Immunisation/ vaccination as per NSW Health policy is mandatory. Student placements may be arranged from both Illawarra and Southern Health districts (Coledale to Bega). Travel and accommodation are at students own cost.
To complete this course, the following materials are required:
There are no materials needed for this qualification.
To make sure this delivery option is the right fit for you, we will need you to demonstrate that you can meet the additional requirements below.
This is a blended online MS Team delivery with six additional on campus clinical skills sessions and mandatory full time work placement 120 hours. Theory classes are delivered via the MS Teams platform by a Teacher where students can access online and interact live from home or campus just like a real classroom. Please not this is not a face to face theory course. Technology to support blended delivery is required.
Courses are made up of a combination of both core and specialty units. In the Certificate III in Health Services Assistance (Assisting in nursing work in acute care) qualification, you’ll need to successfully complete 15 Units of competency, including 15 core and 0 speciality units.
Core units are central to the job outcomes of a particular industry or occupation. These are the units industry has agreed are essential to be capable and qualified at a particular study level.
Learn through a combination of classroom based, online and/or workplace activity. For example, you may participate in scheduled classroom activity, have an element of self-directed learning with online content, and/or receive supervised training while on the job, doing work experience, or on placement.
Classroom activity will be scheduled, but online learning can provide more flexibility. Teacher support will be provided for all study. Access to a computer with an internet connection is required.
Meaning ‘Sound of the Sea’ in the D'harawal Aboriginal Language, Wollongong is the gateway to the South Coast of New South Wales. TAFE NSW Wollongong is just minutes away from the city centre and adjacent to the University of Wollongong’s main campus. You can enjoy the area's beaches, eateries, shopping and entertainment. We have established arrangements permitting TAFE NSW graduates to easily transfer to University programs.
Foleys Lane North Wollongong 2500
Parking on campus grounds is available.
Refer to your local bus timetables, visit transportnsw.info
North Wollongong Station is 900 metres from campus.
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