CHC43015 Certificate IV in Ageing Support

LOCATION

Cairns / Brisbane / Gold Coast

MODE OF DELIVERY

Face-to-Face / Online / Blended

FUNDING STREAM

Career Boost (General Training) / Fee-For-Service

Career Boost (General Training): Students must already hold the CHC33021 Certificate III in Individual Support (or superseded qualification) and be an existing worker in the Aged Care industry sector. It is recommended that students be able to read, write, have numeracy skills and communicate in English to at least Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF) level four (4).

Fee-For-Service: There are no entry requirements for this qualification. While there are no formal course entry requirements, it is recommended that students be able to read, write, have numeracy skills and communicate in English to at least Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF) level four (4).

All prospective students are required to complete prior to enrolment a Language, Literacy, Numeracy and Digital (LLND) Assessment. This ensures a student’s skills and competencies including their language, literacy and numeracy proficiency and digital literacy are suitable for the training product in which they would like to enrol in. Please click HERE to view our Enrolment page for further information.

A NDIS Workers Screening Check (Yellow Card) is required for vocational placement and all workplace-based practical observation tasks.  Additional security clearances, checks, certificates and/or vaccinations (e.g. National Police Check, First Aid, Manual Handling certificate and/or flu shot etc.) may also be required by the owner and/or operator of the organisation where you undertake vocational placement and/or undertake any workplace-based practical observation tasks. These requirements will be provided to the student, prior to arrangements being made for the completion of vocational placement.   

The successful achievement of this qualification requires the completion of eighteen (18) units of competency, made up of fifteen (15) core units and three (3) elective units, consisting of: 

  • At least two (2) units from the electives listed below
  • Up to one (1) unit from the electives listed below, any endorsed Training Package or accredited course – these units must be relevant to the work outcome 

All electives chosen must contribute to a valid, industry-supported vocational outcome.

The code and title of each unit are provided as well as an indication of pre-requisite requirements. Pre-requisite unit(s) must be assessed before assessment of any unit of competency with an asterisk.

Core Units:

  • CHCADV001 Facilitate the interests and rights of clients
  • CHCAGE001 Facilitate the empowerment of older people (Superseded)
  • CHCAGE003 Coordinate services for older people (Superseded)
  • CHCAGE004 Implement interventions with older people at risk (Superseded)
  • CHCAGE005 Provide support to people living with dementia (Superseded)
  • CHCCCS006 Facilitate individual service planning and delivery
  • CHCCCS011 Meet personal support needs (Superseded)
  • CHCCCS023 Support independence and wellbeing (Superseded)
  • CHCCCS025 Support relationships with carers and families (Superseded)
  • CHCDIV001 Work with diverse people
  • CHCLEG003 Manage legal and ethical compliance
  • CHCPAL001 Deliver care services using a palliative approach (Superseded)
  • CHCPRP001 Develop and maintain networks and collaborative partnerships
  • HLTAAP001 Recognise healthy body systems
  • HLTWHS002 Follow safe work practices for direct client care

Elective Units:

  • HLTAID011 Provide first aid
  • CHCMHS001 Work with people with mental health issues

Elective Units (Other endorsed Training Package or accredited course):

  • CHCLEG001 Work legally and ethically

To achieve this qualification, the student must have completed at least one hundred and twenty (120) hours of direct work in an aged care facility as detailed in the Assessment Requirements of the units of competency. The RTO is responsible for placement of all students.

  • Aged Care Supervisor
  • Community Program Coordinator
  • Residential Care Officer

After the successful completion of this qualification, students can work towards the following: 

  • Bachelor of Health Science (Healthy Ageing)
  • Bachelor of Social Science (Ageing and Disability)