Full Time
Workplace
9 months
Any time
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30 hours
10 hours
$8,420
This course may be fee free, or available at a reduced cost.
Australian Apprenticeships training can be on-the-job, off-the-job or a combination of both. TAFE NSW will negotiate your attendance and study pattern with you and your employer.
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: multiple choice questions, true and false questions and short answer questions
Skill assessment: projects, case studies
Practical skills assessments: demonstrations under observation both in simulation and in the workplace
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 350 hours of work placement with a suitable industry employer.
To ensure you have the practical skills and confidence to undertake this work placement, up to 50 hours of skills practice in a simulated environment can be counted towards work hours work placement.
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 be enrolled in this course, you need to be able to provide evidence that you are:
Courses are made up of a combination of both core and specialty units. In the Certificate III in Dental Assisting qualification, you’ll need to successfully complete 10 Units of competency, including 8 core and 2 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.
You will get your training on the job, supervised by a workplace training officer or your employer. This training is undertaken at your place of employment. Work-based learning may also include completing work-based projects while under supervision. You may need to attend an on campus assessment and/or a teacher might need to observe and assess you in a real or simulated environment.
TAFE NSW campuses work closely with the community and industry to ensure you have access to the industry standard technologies, equipment and facilities.
State-of-the-art automotive and logistics workshop
Dedicated design and media computer labs
Aboriginal learner support centre
Purpose built bakery kitchen
Purpose built wine cellar
Hair and beauty training academy
Student run massage clinic
Simulated aviation facility
Carpentry and construction workshop
Simulated hospital nursing environment
Fully equipped fitness centre and gymnasium
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