Full Time
Combination
6 months
Next intake
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11 hours
5 hours
$7,880
This course may be fee free, or available at a reduced cost.
This course is currently scheduled on Monday from 9.00am to 3.00pm and Tuesday from 9.00am to 4.00pm. 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.
Knowledge assessments: short answer, multiple choice questions, research tasks, group assignments
Simulated workplace projects: scenarios-based problem solving
Submission of a logbook
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.
During your course you will undertake a mandatory 80 hours of work placement with a suitable industry employer.
Depending on your mode of study, TAFE NSW will arrange your work placement for you or support you to find one.
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.
To successfully complete this course, you will:
Courses are made up of a combination of both core and specialty units. In the Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work qualification, you’ll need to successfully complete 15 units of competency, including 8 core and 7 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.
Situated at the mouth of the Hastings River, TAFE NSW Port Macquarie offers students all the advantages of big city training and education, with all the benefits of a relaxed, laid back lifestyle. With great hospitality, tourism, massage therapy, graphic design, fashion design and electrical and electronics courses on offer, TAFE NSW Port Macquarie is an ideal place to study for a qualification.
70 Widderson Street Port Macquarie 2444
Parking on campus grounds is available.
Refer to your local bus timetables, visit transportnsw.info
TAFE NSW campuses work closely with the community and industry to ensure you have access to the industry standard technologies, equipment and facilities.
Hair and beauty training academy
Fashion design studios
Commercial training kitchens
Solar COLA, an outdoor education and energy training centre
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