If you have previously completed one or more of the above units, please ask about our Credit Transfer services. If you have a range of work and life experiences that relate to one or more of these units, please ask about our Recognition of Prior Learning/Competency (RPL) services.

If eligible, you will not be required to undertake these units again as you will receive recognition of your prior studies and/or experiences.

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.800 hrs of Practical Placement are required to develop skills and competencies in the workplace environment. Students will need to organise this placement with a relevant clinic, facility or organisation

Mandatory work placement hours 800 (500 hours of which must be clinical work placement experience, to be eligible for registration by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practice Board of Australia).

Mandatory requirements:

You will be required to either be working in or have access to volunteering in a relevant clinic, facility, or organisation and have a suitably qualified supervisor from that sector to sign you off on industry reports. These reports assess your ability to perform tasks in the workplace, and they are referred to as ‘third party reports’. Some units within your course will require you to complete this workplace task and are identified in the assessment requirements for that unit.

Administration of Medications

Students looking to undertake the training program should be aware of legislative limitations and workplace policy or procedural requirements about the administration of medications. This training program includes the delivery of two core units of competency that address performance evidence about Administering Medications and Supporting the Safe Use of Medications.

To ensure all students have the opportunity to gain competency in the knowledge and skills required for these units, VACCHO attempts to fully replicate the resources, environment, and time productivity pressures associated with these activities within its simulated learning environment.

Students looking to go on to register with AHPRA must maintain current knowledge about the scope of practice of their role with regards to medicines within the State or Territory they intend to practice.

Students enrolled in this training program will be registered with the Board under the National Law. More information on Student Registration can be found on the AHPRA website.

Under limited circumstances Registered Students may be liable for mandatory notification to be made about them. It is important that prospective students are also familiar with AHPRAs Guidelines for Mandatory notifications about registered students.

AHPRA National Board of Conduct

Refer to VACCHO Course Fee 2023

You may be eligible for a Fee Concession (VACCHO will check your entitlement for a Fee Concession as part of your enrolment and prior to the commencement of training). This includes for holders of a current Health Care Card, Pensioner Concession, Veterans Gold Card or self-identify as being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent.

Travel and accommodation may be AbStudy subsidised for eligible students. Ask for further details.

• Desktop computer/laptop.
• Stable internet connection with a minimum download speed of 3mbps.
• An email account such as Yahoo, Hotmail or Gmail.
• Microsoft Office (2010 version or later) – must include Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Video conferencing software (Zoom) preferred.

You must:

• Be an Australian citizen; OR a holder of a permanent visa; OR a New Zealand citizen.
• Only enrol in a program at a higher Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) level than the highest qualification level you hold at the time training commences if you are 20 years or older
• Not be enrolled in more than two Skills First subsidised qualifications at one time
• Not have enrolled in more than two Skills First qualifications at the same AQF level at any time, unless one is a School Based Apprenticeship/Traineeship (SBAT), a Foundation Skills Program and/or a secondary school certificate or you are recommencing training or transitioning from a superseding qualification to the current version

OR you may meet some of the eligible criteria if you:

• Meet the Eligibility Exemptions Initiative requirements, eg. a retrenched worker or a JVEN client
• Are eligible for a Commonwealth Job Trainer place, including aged 17 to 24 or a job seeker

• HLT50113 Diploma of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care
• HLT57715 Diploma of Practice Management