This training is open access which means it is available to any students with our without any experience in the sector.  You do not have to be in employment.

The qualification requires 120 hours of work placement to be completed. Participants may already have a suitable prospective work environment, but in most cases, Quest will make arrangements for you to complete the work placement hours with QuestCare.  The placement is on a volunteer basis and is for up to four weeks full time

In order to work in aged care, employers and work placement providers require that employees have no criminal record and are able to obtain a Working with Vulnerable People (WWVP) Card and a National Police Check.  The onus is on you, the student, to arrange completion of these checks, and you should not enrol in the qualification if you are unable to pass the checks. Many providers will also require you to undertake a medical examination to ensure they are capable of conducting the manual handling activities associated with client care. Further information on the WWVP and police check will be provided to you upon enrolment.  You should be aware that the cost of these checks is not covered in the course fees and you should anticipate a payment of around $20 for the Police check for work placement.  For the WWVP there is no cost if you are seeking it for work placement or volunteering purposes.  The full WWVP card is $135 for employment purposes and although it is not required for training, if you are seeking employment you might like to discuss this with your job placement provider to see if they can provide financial support.

If you are eligible for Skilled Capital the cost is $100. If you are not eligible (or there is no funding available) full course fee is $2,500.

For Skilled Capital eligibility, please refer to Skilled Capital Information Sheet or visit our website

https://questsolutions.com.au/skilled-capital/

*Skilled Capital is an ACT Government training initiative, funded by the ACT and Australian Government

For refund policy, please visit our website

https://questsolutions.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Refund-Policy.pdf

Possible job titles and roles relevant to this qualification are listed below.

Every student must do a Language, Literacy and Numeracy (LLN) check before we enrol you on the course. When you are caring for people you must be able to read things like medicine labels and follow written instructions. You must be able to write down information for your fellow workers too. If we think you need some support with the reading and writing, then we can help!

What this means for you is that you will need to undertake an assessment for literacy and numeracy and employability skills prior to enrolment so that we can see what additional support you may need.  It’s not a pass or fail, but if you find you do struggle, we may suggest that you seek some pre course support before you start. If you have any concerns, or are already aware that you might need some help, please talk with us.

This program is delivered as a blended mixed mode program that includes classroom study undertaken as an intensive full time course over 20 days, independent learning, supervised workplace-based learning (up to 20 days/120 hours), and assessment.

A range of teaching and learning strategies will be used to deliver the competencies. These may include:

• practical tasks during the face to face component (for selected units);
• individual self-paced learning activities and research using learner guides;
• assessment tasks for each unit
• workplace based activities.

All units are supported with workbooks for both learning and assessment.  Students will be required to attend both the face to face component and complete the workbook tasks and submit material for assessment.

There is a compulsory workplace component of 120 hours.

Units of competence are delivered sequentially, building on knowledge as the program progresses, although we do not require a strict progression and you can arrange attendance at workshops to align to your individual and workplace needs. All workshops are required however there is flexibility in the sequencing.  An assessor will discuss the classroom dates with you when you enrol.

During the workshops, you will be given guidance on how to plan your time over the months after classes finish, so that you can achieve the assessment requirements.  The actual plan might be unique to each student depending on your time availability, your work and home commitments, and often other factors such as RPL or opportunities in the workplace.

On occasion, and if you have been referred for enrolment from your employer and you have undertaken an RPL process, Quest may negotiate an individual training plan that does not mandate the full schedule of classroom day attendance.  This may mean that you undertake gap training via completion of independent learning activities using workbooks and one on one support at Quest.  You cannot be exempted from attendance at the following workshops due to the assessment requirements of the units that require simulated assessment:

• First Aid (HLTAID003)
• Manual Handling Simulation
• Personal Care Simulation

Every unit will require you to do some form of assessment. You do not get a grade like A+ or C- but you will be marked with either Competent or Not Yet Competent. You will get chances to repeat things if you get Not Yet Competent.

To be competent means that you have been assessed as having the skills, knowledge and attitude required in each unit, and have been assessed as being able to apply those skills to an industry standard in the workplace.  There are a number of assessment methods that we use and they might be different for each unit you undertake. You can expect to participate in:

• Observations – direct observation of the candidate performance by a qualified assessor or in some cases, by third parties, where the industry does not enable our assessors direct access (typically where the context is sensitive or private, such as attending to personal care needs of a patient).
• Questioning and Knowledge Assessment – A set questions assessing the student’s general knowledge and understanding of the general theory behind the unit as defined in the knowledge requirements of the unit.
• Projects or other written tasks – such as case studies, research tasks, written tasks, self reflections or other.
• Practical Demonstrations/Simulations – detailed scenarios and simulated environments with a series of activities or tasks to be undertaken, primarily undertaken in the constructed simulation environment that mirrors workplace conditions.

The following is also used for assessment:

• Work placement – structured work placement occurs through employment, typically for 120 hours as defined by the qualification and/or unit requirements.  Work placement may include direct observation (where our qualified assessors are unable to access restricted work environments) or third party supervisor feedback.

Because there are links between all of the units, overall assessment decisions of competency are not made until everything is completed.  You will be told though along the way whether you have been given a satisfactory outcome on each task.  Once satisfactory outcomes have been awarded in all tasks, the decision on competency is made.