Short Courses
Why enrol in a short, accredited course?
- Future proof your career by upskilling
- Get a taste of the full qualification and the industry, which is ideal for school leavers or career changers
- If you choose to complete the full qualification in the future, you can receive a credit transfer for the units complete in the short course.
We offer a range of accredited short courses, some of which include:
NSW
Statement of Attainment | Units | Unit Description |
---|---|---|
Support community participation and social inclusion | CHCDIS003 | Individual Support - Disability Support |
Facilitate the empowerment of people with disability | CHCDIS007 | Individual Support - Disability Support |
Work legally and ethically | CHCLEG001 | Mental Health #1 |
Recognise healthy body systems | HLTAAP001 | Mental Health #1 |
Provide first aid | HLTAID003 | Mental Health #1 |
Follow safe work practices for direct client care | HLTWHS002 | Mental Health #1 |
Statement of Attainment | Units | Unit Description
Support community participation and social inclusion
CHCDIS003
Individual Support – Disability Support
Facilitate the empowerment of people with disability
CHCDIS007
Individual Support – Disability Support
Work legally and ethically
CHCLEG001
Mental Health #1
Recognise healthy body systems
HLTAAP001
Mental Health #1
Provide first aid
HLTAID003
Mental Health #1
Follow safe work practices for direct client care
HLTWHS002
Mental Health #1
*NSW JobTrainer Eligibility & Prerequisites
To be eligible for fee-free JobTrainer programs, this training program, you must meet all the below entry requirements:
- You must be aged 15 years or older
- no longer at school
- living or working in NSW
- an Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident, humanitarian visa holder or New Zealand citizen
You must also meet any one of the following criteria:
- A young person aged 16 to 24 at commencement of training, regardless of employment status, including Year 12 School leavers.
- People aged 16 years old are eligible if they enrol in a skilling for recovery full or part qualification from 26 April 2021 to 30 September 2021.
- A person who is a recipient of a Commonwealth Government welfare benefit (and their dependants)
- An unemployed person
- An unemployed person who is expected to become unemployed who falls into one of the following four categories:
- Stood down / furloughed employee
- Person who has been employed for 6 months or less
- Low skilled/unskilled employee
- Workers in declining industries
QLD
Statement of Attainment | Units | Unit Description |
---|---|---|
Entry into care roles | HLTINF001 | Comply with infection prevention and control policies and procedures |
Entry into care roles | CHCCCS015 | Provide individualised support |
Entry into care roles | HLTWHS002 | Follow safe work practices for direct client care |
Mental Health Peer Work | CHCPWK003 | Apply lived experience in mental health peer work |
Mental Health Peer Work | CHCPWK001 | Apply peer work practices in the mental health sector |
Mental Health Peer Work | CHCLEG001 | Work legally and ethically |
Statement of Attainment | Units | Unit Description
Entry into care roles
HLTINF001
Comply with infection prevention and control policies and procedures
Entry into care roles
CHCCCS015
Provide individualised support
Entry into care roles
HLTWHS002
Follow safe work practices for direct client care
Mental Health Peer Work
CHCPWK003
Apply lived experience in mental health peer work
Mental Health Peer Work
CHCPWK001
Apply peer work practices in the mental health sector
Mental Health Peer Work
CHCLEG001
Work legally and ethically
*QLD JobTrainer Eligibility & Prerequisites
To be eligible to enrol in a training place funded under JobTrainer, prospective students must:permanently reside in Queensland, and
- 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, and
- have finished school or no longer be at school (including home schooled), and
- not already be enrolled in training (includes VET and higher education courses), and
- not have previously completed a qualification funded under the JobTrainer Fund, and
- either be a job seeker or a school leaver or young person.
You will also be required to complete a Language, Literacy and Numeracy (LLN) assessment conducted by a breakthru staff member, which includes a written test and interview to complete the verbal component of the test.
LLN assessment assists breakthru to determine whether you have LLN skills at a level suited to the course requirements as well as to determine the level of support required.