Entry requirements to Certificate III must be met. The equivalent developed skills in literacy and numeracy are required to meet industry standards.  School Leaver- OLNA or NAPLAN 9 Band 8; Non-School Leaver- C Grades in Year 10 English and Maths or equivalent; AQF- Certificate I or Certificate Il. Students can use the LLN Robot to ensure that they meet the literacy and numeracy requirements.

Learners must be 18 years or older at time of commencing placement.

Students must provide a WA National Police Clearance that does not identify any offences that would prevent the student from working in the Aged or Disability care sector.

Students may be asked to provide a Working with Children’s check depending on the placement agencies requirements.

This course includes work placement or live works in a Group 1 or Group 2 industry as outlined in COVID-19 mandatory vaccination policy.  For the latest information on vaccine requirements for students visit our COVID-19 updates page.

Students must be physically fit to perform physical duties associated with providing personal care and domestic support including but not limited to:

• Manual handling tasks such as hoisting and transferring
• Assisting with personal care tasks such as showering and feeding
• Assisting with domestic duties such as cleaning and making beds

Students may be asked to provide a medical clearance to support your application.

• Students may be asked to provide evidence of immunisation status and may be required to have additional immunisations depending on the placement agencies requirements.

Students will also be required to attend Skills Workshops at either Northam, Geraldton or Kalgoorlie Campus as appropriate.

Job opportunities include:

• Community Care Worker
• Disability Support Worker
• Aged Care Worker
• Nursing Assistant
• Home Care Assistant
• In-Home Respite Worker

For more information about job and career pathways, visit JobOutlook(opens in a new tab)  or Jobs and Skills WA

Please note: This list is a guide only as job titles and qualification requirements may vary between organisations.

We offer a range of further study opportunities, view our course list here. 

A Work Placement must be undertaken as part of this course. To achieve this qualification, the candidate must have completed at least 120 hours of direct support work in at leas one, aged care, home and community, disability or community service organisation.

Certification

Upon successful completion you will receive a Certificate III in Individual Support.

Please note: This qualification is in transition, and the course code is subject to change.

Specialisations

You will have a choice of three (3) specialisations as part of this course:

• Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing)
• Certificate III in Individual Support (Disability) or
• Certificate III in Individual Support (Home and Community)

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Central Regional TAFE has a partnership arrangement with The Royal Life Saving Society Western Australia Inc (RLSSWA) RTO # 0854 to deliver and assess this unit on their behalf. RLSSWA are the Registered Training Organisation (RTO) therefore Central Regional TAFE follows all of RLSSWA’s organisational policies and procedures when delivering and assessing all units of competence. All correspondence related to the policies and procedures should be directed to the office (08) 9383 8200. RLSSWA’s policies and procedures can be found here https://www.royallifesavingwa.com.au/programs/vocational-training/rto-po...

Additional Fees

A fee of $19.80 will be paid to RLSSWA for issuance of Certificates/statements of attainments.