About this Course:
This qualification reflects the role of support workers who complete specialised tasks and functions in aged services. Workers will take responsibility for their own outputs within defined organisation guidelines and maintain quality service delivery through the development, facilitation and review of individualised service planning and delivery.What You'll Learn:
Minimum age of 18 years
Year 11 Australian Senior High School Certificate or equivalent with full academic results
Upper-Intermediate English (equivalent to 5.5 academic or general IELTS) or successful completion of college LLN Test
Photo ID and evidence of citizenship (international students must provide copy of passport)
Basic computing skills including use of Microsoft Office programmes, in addition to hardware requirements of a portable computer with keyboard, pointing device, speaker, camera and microphone, and a broadband internet connection.
Applicants for this course must be able to make themselves available to undertake the industry placement that forms part of the training and assessment activity. Students must be fully vaccinated against COVID19 prior to undertaking placement.Specific Updates to English Language Requirements for Student VisasGeneral Student Visa: The minimum IELTS score has increased from 5.5 to 6 (or equivalent).Packaged ELICOS: The minimum IELTS score to undertake a packaged English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students (ELICOS) program has increased from 4.5 to 5.0.
Students who are unable to meet the academic or English language criteria may in some cases be eligble to undertake our Language, Literacy & Numeracy (LLN) test. Criteria may change at any time without notice. Additional English language requirements may apply to international applicants from non-English speaking backgrounds wishing to articulate on a visa package into a university programme.
Course Name | Course Duration |
Domestic / Permanent Resident | Campus Availability |
Intakes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Certificate IV in Ageing Support | 52 weeks | $5,000 | HBT | Monthly |
Enrolment Fee: $250
Material Fee: $250
Getting settled in Hobart
Based right in Salamanca Place, NIET Group Hobart Centre is a regional campus delivering one of Tasmania’s largest private vocational offerings. Located high on the fourth floor, views reach out across the Derwent river, with the campus affording study spaces tailor designed for learning & study. Hospitality students also benefit from proximity to outstanding venues located nearby.
Built for Diverse Learners
The facility offers functional classrooms, modest breakout spaces, and equipped massage clinic and training facility, with the capability to offer walk-in massage therapy.
Our low fees are designed to make education accessible to all students, and we provide a range of funding options, and customised payment schedules.
We offer more than 200 different package and pathway options to award-winning Australian universities, like Griffith and UTAS.
Our college caters to learners of all academic backgrounds and English levels, with a huge range of free study support and tutoring options.
Our hyper-focused training programmes are designed to get students out into industry, with exactly the skills that industry demand.
It’s free, takes around 5 minutes, and helps our team make sure you’re eligible. If you have any questions, for example around how to pay, funding, schedule, placement etc, ask them at the same time.
Our team will send you a letter of offer for you to accept. Send it back, pay your enrolment fee, then our incredible Admissions team will send you an onboarding pack, and schedule in your classes. Welcome onboard!