Individual Support - Ageing

Selection criteria

To enrol into this course, you must meet the following entry requirements:

• hold a qualification at Certificate III level or higher in Community Services, Health or a related field; or
• have skills and knowledge equivalent to the qualification requirement validated through a recognition of prior learning process
  and
• work in a care or support role

It is also recommended that you have sound literacy and numeracy skills.

You are required to complete 40 hours of performance evidence that is required to be demonstrated in the workplace.

To be eligible for the Higher Level Skills subsidised price, you must:

• be an existing worker in the Community Services Industry and Health Industry, (which includes parents and unpaid carers of NDIS participants.) Evidence must be supplied prior to enrolment.
• be aged 15 years or over, and be no longer at school;
• permanently reside in Queensland;
• be an Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident (includes humanitarian entrant), temporary resident with the necessary visa and work permits on the pathway to permanent residency, or a New Zealand citizen;
• not hold a certificate IV or higher-level qualification, not including qualifications completed at school and foundation skills training; and
• not be enrolled in another qualification, not including foundation skills training.

To learn more about Fee-Free TAFE eligibility criteria please refer to the Fee-Free TAFE Information Page.