CHC33015 Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing, Disability, Home and Community), also commonly known as the Aged Care Course is suitable for individuals who want to obtain the latest nationally recognised qualification for caregivers and support workers and develop their career in the Aged and Community care sector. This course includes all 3 streams of the Aged Care Qualification (Ageing, Disability and Home & Community).
You can join the course any time and complete it online at your own pace. Simply follow the process below to obtain your qualification:
Course Duration
Student can complete this course at their own pace, meaning they can finish as quickly or as slowly as they like. However, students must complete all learning, assessments, and work placement within twelve (12) months from their enrolment date.
Additional time may be granted to complete the course. Students must speak to Vigil Support Team for assistance.
This course is delivered online only, offering students a high level of flexibility allowing them to complete this course at their own pace.
Who should pick this delivery method?
Only students who are highly motivated to study at their own pace and have the resources available (see list below) should enrol in the online only course.
What support will I receive?
Vigil Training College provides a high-level of support to all our students! You will have the following support when studying online:
Resources Required:
Students enrolling in this Learning Method must have access to:
If students are unable to access the above resources, they are recommended to enrol in the Mixed Learning Method, where majority of the resources are provided. If you would still like to enrol into the Online Learning Method, Vigil may be able to provide access to some of these resources, feel free to contact us!
This course is for individuals who want to start their career in the Aged Care or Community Care Sector. Upon completion of the course, you may want to work in any of the following roles:
This course is also pathway into further studies, and you may wish to consider enrolling into the following courses:
There are no formal pre-requisites for this course, however students must meet the following criteria:
Language, Literacy & Numeracy (LLN) Test:
You are not required to complete an LLN test, if you have successfully completed any of the following qualifications issued under the Australian Qualifications Framework:
You will be required to submit a verified copy of your certification, at the time of enrolment.
If you have not completed any of the above, you will be required to undertake an English Language, Literacy and Numeracy (LLN) test, prior to the commencement of the course.
If you are unable to pass this test and our training organisation is unable to provide with the LLN support required, you will be advised to undertake an LLN foundation skills course. Full Refunds are available if you have enrolled into the course and failed to meet the LLN requirements.
Students who are not confident with their LLN abilities we strongly recommend them to visit us personally before enrolling into the course.
Submission required by Students upon Enrolment:
Students must submit the following at the time of enrolment:
Upon successful completion of all the seventeen (17) units, listed below, and fulfilling the requirements of work placement, you will be awarded with the qualification CHC33015 Cert III in Individual Support (Ageing, Disability, Home and Community).
The units of competency include:
The 17 units have been clustered in 6 clusters.
Receiving your certificate
You will receive your certificate within 10 business days from the date of submission of your work placement workbook and your final assessment task for this course.
A total of 120 Hours of mandatory industry work placement is required to be completed at the end of course.
Generally, you will be responsible for finding a Vocational Placement provider. However, you may be supported by the Vocational Placement Coordinator in finding one. The Training Manager and Work Placement Co-ordinator will discuss the best options for placement with every student to find a location and timing that suits the student.
Where the student is already working in an appropriate Aged Care Facility, it is recommended that this facility would be best for gathering the workplace evidence for the units across the identified 120 hours. There may be some flexibility in the timing of workplace evidence collected for these existing workers who have employer support for this course.
Vigil Training College will provide all work placement support resources to our students.
Work Placement Requirements:
All students entering a workplace facility in the aged care industry, must have:
Student may need to get the manual handling certificate depending on their workplace requirements.
RPL means we will recognise your prior training and you will not need to repeat training you have already completed.
If you have skills and knowledge from prior education, work experiences, family and community experience that relates to your training, you may seek recognition of prior learning (RPL). If you believe you may be eligible for RPL, please contact our team prior to enrolment and we will support you in completing an RPL application, including gathering of required evidence.
Vigil encourages all students to understand the RPL process and the benefits that may result from participating in it.
