Full Time
Combination
4 months
Next intake
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16 hours
13 hours
$11,330
This course may be fee free, or available at a reduced cost.
This course is currently scheduled on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 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.
Skills assessment: role play scenario, presentation, practical, observation including workplace assessments
Knowledge assessment: multiple choice, true or false, short answer questions
Case study: case study scenario, reflection
Portfolio: samples of work in a workplace environment
Project: report, research-based project, 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.
You will undertake a mandatory 120 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:
You will need to provide for yourself the following resources which you will keep when you complete your study:
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 be enrolled in this course offering, you need to be able to provide evidence that you:
Hold a completed Certificate III Individual Support - CHC33015; or be an existing worker in aged care be an currently employed as individual support worker in the aged care sector
A CLEAR National Police Check. This must be presented prior to attending work placement.
Evidence of vaccinations, including influenza and COVID must be presented prior to attending work placement. A COVID test may also be required.
Courses are made up of a combination of both core and specialty units. In the Certificate IV in Ageing Support qualification, you’ll need to successfully complete 18 Units of competency, including 15 core and 3 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.
TAFE NSW Wetherill Park, located in Sydney’s western suburbs, is recognised throughout Australia and overseas, for its state-of-the-art facilities and training related to the vehicle and transport industries. While also offering study options in areas like business and administration, health and community services, tourism and hospitality, TAFE NSW Wetherill Park has a reputation for its courses in manufacturing, robotics, and science, which provide students with an opportunity to study how these fields can be incorporated with metal fabrication and welding, drafting, and 3D design and printing to create future innovations in manufacturing.
The Horsley Drive Wetherill Park 2164
Parking on campus grounds is available.
Refer to your local bus timetables, visit transportnsw.info
Fairfield Station is 5500 metres from campus.
TAFE NSW campuses work closely with the community and industry to ensure you have access to the industry standard technologies, equipment and facilities.
Heavy vehicle and plant mechanics training centre
Innovation manufacturing, robotics and science
Tourism and hospitality facilities
Transport engineering technology centre
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