CERTIFICATE III IN INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT

Entry Pathways:

Exit Pathways

Further Training Opportunities:

• CHC43015 Certificate IV in Ageing Support
• CHC43121 Certificate IV in Disability Support
• CHC52025 Diploma of Community Services

Employment Opportunities:

• Aged care support worker
• Disability support worker
• Personal care worker
• Personal care assistant
• Carer

Note: Completion provides industry-recognised competencies but does not guarantee employment.

No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.

General Requirements (All Students)

Academic Prerequisites:

• Minimum age: 18 years
• Satisfactory completion of the equivalent of Australian Year 11 or higher
• Physical attributes suitable for the ageing support industry (manual handling capacity)
• Commitment to 4 hours per week self-directed learning

Pre-Enrolment Assessments:

• Genuine Student Test/Pre-Training Review: Identifying training needs, previous experience, and course relevance
• Language, Literacy, Numeracy and Digital Literacy (LLND) Assessment: Ensuring adequate foundation skills for AQF Level 3

Domestic Students

Academic Requirements:

• Satisfactory completion of the equivalent of Australian Year 11 or higher
• Demonstrated literacy and numeracy skills appropriate for AQF Level 3
• Physical capability for ageing support work, including manual handling

Work Placement Requirements (before commencement):

• Proof of up-to-date immunisation
• Satisfactory National Police Clearance/Australian Federal Police Clearance Certificate (AFP)/NCC
• Working with Children Check

International Students

Academic Requirements:

• Satisfactory completion of the equivalent of Australian Year 11 or higher
• Physical attributes suitable for the ageing support industry

English Language Proficiency (one of):

Alternative English Requirements:

• Five years of English-medium education in approved countries OR
• Successful completion of an Australian foundation course, senior secondary certificate, or Certificate IV within two years OR
• Evidence of studying in English for at least five years in approved English-speaking countries

Additional Requirements:

• Same work placement requirements as domestic students
• Compliance with student visa requirements

• 26 weeks of delivery is inclusive of 3 weeks of Work Placement (120 hours) and 3 weeks of holiday breaks. The Work Placement is allocated as 40 hours per week.
• Supervised Classroom Sessions of 20 hours per week on campus.
• Work Placement hours totalling 120 hours.
• Additional Training Support hours, including any learning assistance provided to students after the classroom sessions or on additional request by learners outside of supervised classroom session hours, either via face-to-face or phone, Skype, or email to support learners to undertake their individual self-learning activities and assessments outside of classroom hours.
• Completion of Individual Learning and Reflection/Self-Paced learning hours are not monitored by the Trainers/Assessors and forms part of “unsupervised hours”. Trainers will ask students questions related to their Individual Learning after each week’s class session to ensure and verify that students have gained the knowledge related to the quizzes.

Note: The packaging rules applied to this qualification have resulted in no requirements for prerequisite or corequisite units.

Credit Transfer (CT), recognition of prior learning (RPL), professional experience and accreditation from a professional body can reduce the duration of your study by acknowledging your earlier, relevant experience. Credit and exemptions will be assessed consistent with the principles of the Menzies Institute of Technology.  

Please refer to MITP15 RPL and Credit Transfer Policy and Procedure for further details. 

Cert III in Individual Support

International Student Handbook

Domestic Student Handbook

• We will only collect information that is necessary to providing you the service we offer.
• We will collect information in a fair and lawful way.
• You will be told of why we are collecting it and who will have access to it
• We will take reasonable steps to ensure that the information we keep regarding you is accurate.
• We will take reasonable steps to ensure that your personal information is protected from misuse, loss or unauthorised access or disclosure.
• You can make a request in writing to access any information we hold about you and we shall provide access, unless access will impact unreasonably on someone else’s privacy.
• If there are mistakes in the information, we hold about you, we will correct them.
• We will not request sensitive information about you. Sensitive information includes information about your health, political beliefs, religious beliefs and sexual preference.
• Our courses require a Medicare or passport number for eligibility purposes. In this case you will be asked to provide this information prior to course commencement.
• Where an employer has paid the course fee on behalf of the participant and all parties have signed the training plan, then we will report the participant progress to the employer on a regular basis.

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