Central Regional TAFE Courses

Potential entrants should be aware that employers are looking for the following personal attributes:

• effective numeracy and literacy skills
• effective communications skills
• acceptable presentation
• punctuality
• a positive attitude
• interest in the industry as a career
• ability to work at heights or in confined spaces and around moving machinery
• ability to distinguish between colours.

TAFE Online Admissions: Literacy and Numeracy Benchmarks of a Level 1. (Completed a Certificate 1 or Achieved C result for maths and English

Candidates will be required to participate in a pre-enrolment interview and language, literacy, and numeracy assessment to ensure they possess sufficient LLN skill.

For the course level particularly where they are:

• Early school leavers.
• New to Training

Other areas include:

• Intermediate computer skills level III (MS Word, Excel, Power Point and Publisher).

• School Leaver - OLNA or NAPLAN 9 Band 8
• Non-School Leaver - C Grades in Year 10 English and Maths or equivalent
• AQF - Certificate I or Certificate II

If students do not have the above they may complete a CGEA Assessment for Certificate III Community Services to ensure they have the required levels for success.

Potential learners with convictions are asked to discuss these with a lecturer as they will impact on placement. Learners are encouraged to have any convictions they may have Spent if possible. Some convictions will mean placement will be unavailable. Without placement learners are unable to complete the course.

Learners will be interviewed during enrolment and a Client Needs Summary will be completed to identify any limitations to these requirements and actions planned to address these limitations.

Depending on placement agencies, you may be asked to provide a Working with Children's Check.

To enrol, you must be physically fit to perform physical duties associated with providing personal care and domestic support including but not limited to:

• Manual handling tasks such as hoisting and transferring
• Assisting with personal care tasks such as showering and feeding
• Assisting with domestic duties such as cleaning and making beds

To support your application, you may be asked to provide a medical clearance to support your application.

• Students may be asked to provide evidence of immunisation status and may be required to have additional immunisations depending on the placement agencies requirements.
• All students must provide evidence of current influenza vaccination.
• All students must provide evidence of two doses of COVID 19 vaccination.
• All students must provide NDIS worker screening check

Students will also be required to attend Skills Workshops at Geraldton Campus. If students are unable to attend workshops alternative arrangements may be made with the lecturer.

Entry requirements to this course must be met. The entry requirements are non-specified in the training package. The equivalent developed skills in literacy and numeracy are required to meet industry standards.

Students can use the LLN Robot to ensure that they meet the literacy and numeracy requirements.

• School Leaver
  • Completion of WACE General or ATAR (Minimum C Grades) or equivalent
    
• Non-School Leaver
  • Completion of WACE General or ATAR or equivalent (minimum C Grades)
  • AQF Certificate III

All applicants that have not completed CHC42015 Certificate IV in Community Services and CHC40413 Certificate IV in Youth will need to meet with lecturing staff prior to enrolment to discuss the possibility of Recognition for Prior Learning for all the units that are delivered in Certificate IV Community and/or Youth. These units are outlined in the Qualification packaging rules below.

While there is no requirements under the qualification packaging rules for prior completion of Certificate IV in Community Services or Certificate IV in Youth Work, students without these qualifications will not have all the units required for the qualification as they will be missing the units delivered in Certificate IV.

A current National Police Clearance and Working with Children's Check are required prior to work placement and employment in most youth and community agencies. An Education Department Check is also required for organisations funded by the Education Department.

Potential learners with convictions are asked to discuss these with a lecturer as they will impact on placement. Learners are encouraged to have any convictions they may have Spent if possible. Some convictions will mean placement will be unavailable. Without placement learners are unable to complete the course.

Learners will be interviewed during enrolment and a Client Needs Summary will be completed to identify any limitations to these requirements and actions planned to address these limitations.

Candidates must be an indentured apprentice with a Training Contract in place with Central Regional TAFE.