Course Overview
Dental Assistants are highly sought after and enjoy a great pay rate. This Nationally Recognised qualification provides students with skills and knowledge required to work as a Dental Assistant in a Dentist’s Practice.
We provide the students with their mandatory work placement in a dental surgery through our alliance with few highly successful dental surgeries in Gold Coast. Assistance is provided to find placement if you are in other parts of Australia. The placement is 10 weeks full time. During the placement you will be doing all your practical tasks for the course as well as complete the mandatory 350 hours of placement for the unit HLTDEN015.
In addition you will also receive a Certificate of attendance from the Dental Practice which will be an added advantage for your resume.
The course is done completely via distance other than the Work Place observation. work place observation is a mandatory requirement for the course.
Job Outcomes
Potential career outcomes could include:
- Dental Assistant
- Dental Nurse
- Dental Administrator
- Dentist Practice Manager
Recognition
Study Method
- BlendedBlended delivery - both online course content and partial face to face requirements
- In-classIn class delivery - predominately face to face course content conducted at a specific location
- OnlineOnline delivery - online course content with the exception of assessments and work placement
- VirtualVirtual Delivery - Live and interactive classroom-style learning conducted completely online
Duration and Study Load
- 835 Hours
Entry Requirements
There are no pre-requisites for the HLT35021 – Certificate III in Dental Assisting, However the ability to read, comprehend, discuss and analyse printed information in English and to write statements, solve basic problems and work effectively with clients, colleagues and supervisors are essential skills required to fulfil the work role.
Pathways
This course has the scope to receive some credits towards the Bachelor of Health Sciences, if interested in this please contact us before enrolment so we can advise accordingly.
Subjects
About Health Courses Australia
Health Courses Australia is a Registered Training Organisation offering Nationally Recognised Qualifications in Health, Aged, Counselling and Dental assistance. The main objective of Health Courses Australia is to ensure nationally recognised qualifications can still be done majorly via online or distance while still working within the boundaries of compliancy making them accessible to people living in remote areas, work at home mums or people who work full time or part-time and just cannot afford to attend a physical location for upskilling or entering into a new industry. We pride ourselves on the high level of student care we provide.
Health Courses Australia Pty Ltd is a Registered Training Organisation (RTO 32412)