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CHC33021

Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing)

Study Method Blended, Online
Provider Open Colleges
Start Date Enrol anytime
Open Colleges
  • This is a fee-for-service course, government funding is not available. Payment plans are available
  • Only Australian Citizens and Residents can apply for this course. Limited visa holders can be accepted pending a VEVO check. We are not CRICOS registered and cannot accept Subclass 500 visa holders
  • Guaranteed work placement included

Course overview

Get started in a career in aged care with our nationally recognised CHC33021 Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing). You’ll gain the skills, knowledge and professional attributes to care for and support people living in residential care facilities, and unlock many career opportunities in this rewarding field.

Who's It For?

Learners may choose to enrol in the CHC33021 Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing) as an entry point to working in the ageing support sector. Alternatively, they may undertake the qualification as a pathway to further education in:

  • CHC43015 Certificate IV in Ageing

  • HLT33115 Certificate III in Health Services Assistance

  • CHC52015 Diploma of Community Services

  • HLT54121 Diploma of Nursing

If you are an existing worker or have experience in the related industry, please inform our enrolment consultants during your enrolment conversation. You may be eligible to enrol as an existing worker and complete your studies faster. Please note – limitations do apply.

Job outcomes

  • Accommodation Support Worker

  • Personal Care Worker

  • Care Assistant

  • Community Care Worker

  • Residential Care Worker

  • Respite Care Worker

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What you'll learn

During this course, you’ll learn how to:

  • Communicate and work in health or community services

  • Follow safe work practices for direct client care

  • Facilitate the empowerment of people receiving support

  • Provide individualised support

  • Work with diverse people

  • Work legally and ethically

  • Support independence and wellbeing

  • Recognise healthy body systems

  • Apply basic principles and practices of infection prevention and control

  • Contribute to ongoing skills development using a strengths-based approach

  • Support relationships with carer and family

  • Provide support to people living with dementia

  • Work effectively in aged care

  • Deliver care services using a palliative approach

  • Provide First Aid

Study method

  • Blended Blended info icon
    Blended delivery - both online course content and partial face to face requirements
  • Online Online info icon
    Online delivery - online course content with the exception of assessments and work placement
  • In-class In-class info icon
    In class delivery - predominately face to face course content conducted at a specific location
  • Virtual Virtual info icon
    Virtual Delivery - Live and interactive classroom-style learning conducted completely online

Duration study load

  • Self-paced – maximum of 18 months

  • Recommended hours per week: 17h

Delivery

  • Online with Work Placement

Entry requirements

Entry requirements may vary depending on the course. In general, you must be at least 18 years old to enrol. If you’re under 18, you’ll need permission from a parent or guardian.

Please note: This course is not available to student visa holders.

To find out more about the specific entry requirements for this course, download the course guide. If you have any questions or would like guidance on whether this course is the right fit for you, feel free to get in touch.

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Course features

  • This course will take you from beginner to professional Support Worker in a maximum of 18-months. You will get a solid education in the fundamentals of aged care and will graduate job-ready.

  • A structured work placement during your studies gives you practical experience in a real-world workplace where you can put your learning into practice and gain industry exposure.

  • The course will qualify you to work in a variety of care roles, so you have a number of employment avenues you can explore, including assistant in nursing, care worker, residential care worker and residential support worker.

  • Studying with Open Colleges is fully flexible. You don’t have to give up your job or sacrifice your lifestyle to study. You simply log in to the online campus to access all your learning materials, whenever and wherever you like, and make your way through the course at a pace that suits you.

  • You will be supported through your studies by a team of experienced trainers, who are there to answer any questions you have and provide feedback on your progress.

Work placement

Duration

This course contains a minimum of 160 hours of work placement.

What are the benefits?

  • By undertaking a work placement you’ll get a chance to put the knowledge you’ve learned on your course into practice

  • You’ll also develop practical, on-the-job skills and could make contacts that could help you find a job once you graduate

  • Work placement is often the most rewarding part of a student’s course. Working face-to-face with clients and colleagues in your chosen field makes a huge difference to your career confidence

If you’d like to learn more about the work placement component of this course, get the course guide for further details.

How do I find a work placement? 

  • Spend your time studying and let Open Colleges organise your work placement for you. In partnership with leading provider SkilTrak, we have introduced Guaranteed Work Placement to provide you with real-world experience in your dream career that’s close to home. Enquire now to learn more.

Recognition of prior learning

We understand that you may already have many skills and areas of expertise that you have obtained in different ways and these are recognised through our Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) process.

Our Credit Transfer & Recognition of Prior Learning Policy, available in the Key Student Information section of our website, provides more information about our RPL process. Alternatively, you can contact an Enrolment Consultant to discuss your RPL options.

Assessment

  • Multiple choice quiz

  • Role plays

  • Video

  • Written assessments

  • Work placement

Materials

Your learning materials are accessed through OpenSpace. These learning materials include:

  • Learning content

  • Practice activities

  • Media

  • Additional resources

  • Self-checks

  • Role play videos

Testimonials

  • I was able to study and work at the same time, which is unheard of and a really great opportunity. It almost felt like, as soon as I made the decision to start studying, everything started to fall into place. For anyone thinking about studying but feeling like they don’t have a clear purpose, I highly recommend biting the bullet and giving it a go.
    Madeleine C.
    Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing)

Additional information

Subjects

Core Units
CHCCOM005Communicate and work in health or community services
HLTWHS002Follow safe work practices for direct client care
CHCCCS038Facilitate the empowerment of people receiving support
CHCCCS031Provide individualised support
CHCDIV001Work with diverse people
CHCLEG001Work legally and ethically
CHCCCS040Support independence and wellbeing
CHCCCS041Recognise healthy body systems
Work Placement Preparation
HLTINF006Apply basic principles and practices of infection prevention and control
CHCDIS011Contribute to ongoing skills development using a strengths-based approach
CHCCCS036Support relationships with carer and family
CHCAGE011Provide support to people living with dementia
Work Placement Approval Module
CHCAGE013Work effectively in aged care
CHCPAL003Deliver care services using a palliative approach
HLTAID011Provide First Aid*
Work Placement

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Payment options

  • Pay upfront – receive big savings on your enrolment
  • Pay as you go – get started today and pay off while you study
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About Open Colleges

Open Colleges puts you at the centre of everything we do. As an institution, we measure our success in the success of our students.

We have more than 125 years of experience in distance education, and this has given us the time to perfect the ways we deliver education and training to people across Australia. In the last decade alone, we’ve helped more than 450,000 students reach their potential.

We understand the needs of adult learners. That’s why we created OpenSpace, our world-class online learning platform that gives you complete flexibility and control to study whenever and wherever you are. OpenSpace provides you with access to learning resources, expert trainers and assessors, a superior support network and the opportunity to connect with other learners just like you.

Our nationally recognised courses could help you launch, change or accelerate your career. Now is the time to make your next move. With Open Colleges, everything could happen.

Open Colleges Pty Ltd is a Registered Training Organisation (RTO 90796)

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