Full Time
Combination
3 months
Next intake
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21 hours
15 hours
$9,280
This course may be fee free, or available at a reduced cost.
This course is currently scheduled on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 9:00am to 3:00pm. 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.
Skills assessments: role play scenarios, presentations, practical, observation (including assessments in the workplace)
Knowledge assessments: multiple choice, true or false, short answer questions
Case studies: case study scenarios, reflections
Portfolios: samples of work in a workplace environment
Projects: 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.
Depending on your elective units, campus location and delivery method, you may be required to undertake a mandatory 120 hours of work placement with a suitable industry employer.
Depending on your mode of study, TAFE NSW will either arrange your work placement for you or support you to find one.
To complete this course, the following materials are required:
Students will be required to have Immunizations prior to their clinical placement. The cost of these will vary for each student depending on their immunization status. An Australian Federal Police check is required at a cost of $58. Students must wear a uniform when on work placement. TAFE provides one shirt any extra shirts are at a cost of $20. Students will be required to wear black pants or skirt with covered in black shoes. Textbooks are not compulsory but some may be recommended. A list of recommended textbook will be available. These can cost between $50 - $200.
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 need:
Courses are made up of a combination of both core and specialty units. In the Certificate III in Health Services Assistance qualification, you’ll need to successfully complete 15 units of competency, including 7 core and 8 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.
One of the largest TAFE NSW locations in Sydney, TAFE NSW Meadowbank offers an extensive range of study areas including degrees in network security and finance. While it is home to one of only two Cisco Academy Training Centres in the Australasia Pacific region, TAFE NSW Meadowbank also features hair, beauty and massage clinics as well as a sports and fitness centre, all designed to give students access to real-world on-the-job training. Additionally, TAFE NSW and the NSW Department of Education are working together to create the Meadowbank Education Precinct, which will see students able to follow an educational pathway from kindergarten, right through to completing a bachelor degree or diploma at TAFE NSW.
See Street Meadowbank 2114
Parking on campus grounds is available.
Refer to your local bus timetables, visit transportnsw.info
Meadowbank Station is 400 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.
English language centre
Gamarada Aboriginal educational training unit
Hair, beauty and make-up academy
Meadowbank Children’s Centre, a childcare centre
See Street Gallery exhibition space
Sport and fitness centre
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