Nationally Recognised · CHC33021

Work With Older People

Maybe you already help an older relative through the day. You learn personal care, safe practice, dementia support and infection control. The college books your hours in a service near home.

CHC33021national code
From $57.56a week, zero interest
160 Hoursof placement, minimum
No Examsever
At a Glance

Course Snapshot

Study AreaAged care
National CodeCHC33021
DeliveryOnline, with placement in aged care
PlacementMinimum 160 hours
PaceTwelve or eighteen months
PaymentsFrom $57.56 per week
Comes with
  • Nationally recognised, CHC33021
  • Placement arranged with SkilTrak
  • Dementia and palliative units included
  • Start any week, no semesters
Who It’s For

Why Do This Course

The Job Itself

Showers, meals, mobility, company and careful notes.

Placement Sorted For You

The college books your hours through SkilTrak, near home.

Carers Who Teach

Trainers who have worked aged care, disability and palliative wards.

Where The Skills Fit

Where These Skills Could Take You

Aged care work sits in homes, residential services and day programs. A shift is personal care, meals, company and notes.

Personal Care Worker

Help with showers, dressing, meals and moving about.

Care Assistant

Support daily routines in a home or a service.

Residential Care Officer

Look after people living in a care home.

Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Services set their own hiring rules. Most ask for a police check.

The Course

What You'll Learn

Safe practice, then the care itself, then your placement hours.

01
Safe And Legal
How the work is done and why.
Communicate and work in health or community services
Follow safe work practices for direct client care
Work legally and ethically
Apply basic principles and practices of infection prevention and control
02
The Care Itself
What a shift is made of.
Provide individualised support
Support independence and wellbeing
Recognise healthy body systems
Facilitate the empowerment of people receiving support
Work effectively in aged care
03
Harder Days
The parts that ask most of you.
Provide support to people living with dementia
Deliver care services using a palliative approach
Support relationships with carer and family
Provide First Aid (Credit Transfer)
04
People And Practice
Everyone you meet, and how you improve.
Work with diverse people
Contribute to ongoing skills development using a strengths-based approach
05
Work Placement
Minimum one hundred and sixty hours.
Work Placement Preparation
Work Placement Approval Module
Work Placement
Included

What You’ll Get

In the Course

  • Personal care, showers, dressing, meals
  • Dementia, a unit of its own
  • Palliative, care at the end of life
  • Infection, prevention and control

As a Student

  • Placement, minimum 160 hours
  • Pace, twelve or eighteen months
  • Assessment, open book and practical
  • Start, any week you like
Why This One

What Makes It Different

Three things that shape this one.

01
Dementia Gets Its Own Unit

A full unit on supporting people living with dementia.

02
Hours In A Service

A minimum of one hundred and sixty hours beside older people.

03
First Aid Can Transfer

Hold a current first aid certificate and it credits across.

The Credentials

What You'll Earn

NATIONALLY RECOGNISED

CHC33021 Certificate III in Individual Support

Studied with an ageing focus

CHC33021

Certificate III in Individual Support, on the national register.

Ageing Stream

The units are chosen for work with older people.

Placement Record

A minimum of one hundred and sixty hours in a service.

Getting Started

How It Works

Step one

Get In Touch

Say whether you want home care or a service.

Step two

Ask The Questions

An advisor covers units, hours and fees.

Step three

Sort Payments

Upfront, in four, or a weekly plan.

Step four

Start Learning

Study begins while placement is booked.

The Investment

How to Get Started

From $57.56 / week
Pay upfront, pay in four, or take the weekly plan.
Zero interest on the weekly plan
A set-up fee applies to the plan
A credit check applies to the plan
Plan applicants are eighteen or over
A licence or passport is needed to apply
An advisor talks the options through
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Good to Know

Common Questions

Is this nationally recognised?

Yes. CHC33021 Certificate III in Individual Support.

Why does the college call it Ageing?

The register title is Certificate III in Individual Support. The units here are the ageing ones. The college names that stream on its page.

Do I have to do placement?

Yes, a minimum of one hundred and sixty hours.

Who finds the placement?

The college does, through SkilTrak, close to home.

Is placement on top of study?

Yes. The hours sit outside your weekly study blocks.

Are there exams?

Not one. Open book tasks, portfolios and practical work.

I already hold first aid.

Bring it in. The first aid unit can be credited across.

How long does it take?

Twelve or eighteen months, depending on the pace you pick.

Delivered By

About the College

Open Colleges delivers this course online, from Australia.

Work placement is arranged with SkilTrak, near where you live.

CHC33021Placement with SkilTrakDementia unitStart anytime
The Shift, Yours

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