AOTEAROA CAREER & MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE

Certificate in Health and Care Assistance (Level 3) (Aged Care)

About the Course

This full-time level 3 certificate highlights the benefits of employment in the Health care industry. It comprises six closely-connected modules which are delivered over 25 teaching weeks, which will gradually increase the student’s knowledge and skills that will be required to demonstrate when seeking employment. The course content aims to the programme of study are to provide students with:

  • An education and training pathway to become entry-level healthcare assistants and develop career options in the healthcare sector.
  • The skills and knowledge required to contribute to aged care safely and effectively.
  • Entry-level skills and applied knowledge required in healthcare operations.

Graduate Outcome

Graduates of this programme will be able to:

  • Apply knowledge and understanding of relevant legislation, regulations and codes in a healthcare setting to provide aged care and related services in an ethical and professional manner.
  • Recognise and respond to signs of vulnerability and abuse in a healthcare setting.
  • Communicate effectively in a culturally appropriate manner to support an elderly person’s health and wellbeing.
  • Provide culturally appropriate person-centred aged care under the direction and delegation of a health professional in   a healthcare setting.
  • Recognise and respond to signs of functional, behavioural, environmental or other health or wellbeing change in an elderly person, in a healthcare setting.

Programme Outline

The programme runs overs 25 weeks in 2 semesters of 12.5 weeks each. You must achieve 70 credits from 6 modules. You must successfully complete all 6 modules to graduate. 

Module Description

Fundamentals of Healthcare Assistance

Explain the role, responsibilities and tasks of a healthcare assistant in a healthcare setting.

Health and Safety Practices

Describe a care recipient’s rights and the healthcare assistant’s duty of care under the Code of Rights

Risks and Safeguarding Adults

Compile a personal and vocational skills audit and produce a work experience plan, including statement of learning goals, for work experience placement in a healthcare setting.

Safe Care and Cultural Awareness

Describe the characteristics of an effective team, the need for different team roles and methods of team interactions, and barriers to team effectiveness in a healthcare setting.

Aged Care and Support in Practice

Perform care and support tasks and clerical duties and work collaboratively in a care team in a healthcare setting.

Pressure Care and Specific Health Conditions

Demonstrate effective communication skills and ability to work and communicate with people in a healthcare setting, and identify opportunities for further personal development and associated action plans.

Entry Criteria:

In order to be accepted as a student for this programme:

Domestic students must:

  • Be a New Zealand citizen or Permanent Resident and 18 years of age or older at the start of the programme
  • Achieved literacy and numeracy competence at Level 2 or higher and have an acceptable New Zealand Police vetting outcome
  • Attend an interview to appraise appropriateness of personal attributes (attitudes, values and beliefs) and willingness to provide care and support to the elderly in aged healthcare settings.

International students must:

  • Be 18 years of age or older at the start of the programme
  • Have a secondary or high school certification or recognised equivalent
  • Achieved literacy and numeracy competence at Level 2 or higher & achieved an IELTS General or Academic score of 5 with no band lower than 5, or any other recognised international proficiency outcomes as per NZQA Rule 18
  • Have an acceptable New Zealand Police vetting outcome
  • Attend an interview to appraise appropriateness of personal attributes (attitudes, values and beliefs) and willingness to provide care and support to the elderly in aged healthcare settings.

Student career pathway

Education pathway:

  • This qualification builds on the New Zealand Certificate in Health and Wellbein (Level 2) and/or other qualifications and/or skills and experience, and may lead on to further study in related health and wellbeing contexts such as the New Zealand Certificate in Health and Wellbeing (Advanced Care and Support) (Level 4), in Integrated Practice (Family and Whānau Harm) or in leadership and management.

Employment pathway:

  • Graduates of the Health Assistance strand may be employed as healthcare assistants in a range of contexts including acute care, primary care, aged residential care, disability, dental and therapeutic programmes.
  • Graduates of the Integrated Practice (Family and Whānau Harm) strand may be employed and practice in a Family Violence Integrated Practice role.
  • Graduates of the Newborn Hearing Screening strand may be employed as newborn hearing screeners.
  • Graduates of the Orderly Services strand may be employed as orderlies.
  • Graduates of the Support Work strand may be employed in a range of roles supporting people in the community including disability and aged support.
  • Graduates of the Vision Hearing Screening strand may be employed as vision hearing technicians.
  • Graduates of the Whānau, Kin and Foster Care strand will be able to be foster carers, supporting children and young people who cannot live with their own parents.

Intakes :
We have ongoing intakes through out the year.

Domestic Tuition Fee- $6,000 + Resource & Admin Fees - $2,000*
International Tuition Fee- $18,300+ Resource & Admin Fees -$2,000 *


*TS & Cs apply