Health, Beauty and Fitness

The aim of this short course is to build the advocacy skills of individuals who support others within the disability and mental health community. This includes people who hold formal work roles and those who care for others within their family and friendships.

This training will improve the self- advocacy skills of the broader community. You will learn how to support individuals to identify their needs and their rights, create a self-advocacy plan and how to support individuals through the advocacy process.

The accredited unit within this short course include CHCMHS008 Promote and facilitate self-advocacy

When you complete this course, you will be ready for a career in Allied Health Assistance. You will have the skills and knowledge to assist allied health staff (physiotherapists, occupational therapists and speech pathologists) by helping implement the patients rehabilitation or maintenance therapy programmes, and in preparing written and verbal reports on their progress.

You will gain these skills

• Assist to plan and run therapy programs under supervision of an Allied Health Professional
• Communicate with clients, carers and health teams including reporting to supervisors
• Interpreting and applying medical terminology
• Knowledge of the body systems
• Comply with and apply infection control and work health and safety principles in a health setting
• Empower older people
• Provide First Aid
• Assist with movement of clients with mobility impairment
• Work appropriately with culturally diverse clients and co workers

Study modes and durations differ depending on your local campus. Please check with your local campus for more information.

When you complete this course you will be ready for a career in Allied Health Assistance. This qualification reflects the role of workers who provide therapeutic and program related support to allied health professionals. You will have the skills and knowledge to conduct therapeutic and program related activities under the guidance of an allied health professional. Supervision may be direct, indirect or remote and must occur within organisation requirements. The worker is required to identify client circumstances that need additional input from the allied health professional. The worker may be engaged to work in a specialty area or work generically across the organisation in delivery of allied health assistance services. The worker, in conjunction with the allied health professional, may have responsibility for supervising other allied health assistance workers.

Study modes and durations differ depending on your local campus. Please check with your local campus for more information.

This qualification reflects the role of barbers who use a range of well-developed sales, consultation and technical skills and knowledge to provide a broad range of barbering services to clients. They use discretion and judgement to provide client services and take responsibility for the outcomes of their own work.

This course is an apprenticeship:  you must be employed in a training contract by an appropriate organisation to study. To find out more regarding apprenticeships click here.

Study modes and durations differ depending on your local campus. Please check with your local campus for more information.

When you complete this course, you will be ready for a career in Beauty services.

You will have the skills and knowledge to start in the beauty industry. The practical experience you gain will provide you with the skills required to work at an entry level in the beauty industry. You will learn a range of beauty services including make-up waxing manicure and pedicure lash and brow treatments demonstrate and sell retail skin care and cosmetic products You will gain hands on experience in a simulated work environment where you'll perform simple tasks on real clients.

Study modes and durations differ depending on your local campus. Please check with your local campus for more information.

When you complete this course, you will be ready for a career in Beauty Therapy. You will have the skills and knowledge  to perform a range of beauty therapy treatments and services, including facial massage, lash and brow treatments, nail technology services, make-up, waxing, body massage, aromatherapy, and knowledge of skin care, cosmetic products and customer service. You will also learn a broad range of skilled applications, including requirements to evaluate and analyse current practices, develop new criteria and procedures for performing current practices, and some provision of leadership and guidance to others in the application and planning of skills.

South Regional TAFE is transitioning this qualification to the new training package in 2023. Students will be enrolled into the new units developed to meet current and future industry need

When you complete this course, you will be ready for a career in beauty therapy. You will have the skills and knowledge in a range of beauty therapy treatments and services, including facial massage, lash and brow treatments, nail services, make-up, waxing, body massage, aromatherapy, micro-dermabrasion and knowledge of skin care, cosmetic products and customer service. You will also learn a broad range of skilled applications, including requirements to evaluate and analyse current practices, develop new criteria and procedures for performing current practices, and provision of leadership and guidance to others in the application and planning of skills.

South Regional TAFE is transitioning this qualification to the new training package in 2023. Students will be enrolled into the new units developed to meet current and future industry need.

Study modes and durations differ depending on your local campus. Please check with your local campus for more information.

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in line with the Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) Guidelines.

This unit applies to all workers who may be required to provide CPR, in a range of situations, including community and workplace settings.

On successful completion of this course, students will receive a statement of attainment for the following nationally accredited units HLTAID001 Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Specific licensing / regulatory requirements relating to this competency, including requirements for refresher training should be obtained from the relevant national/state/territory Work Health and Safety Regulatory Authorities.

This qualification reflects the role of workers who assist dental practitioners during oral health care procedures. The role includes maintaining high standards of infection control, assisting with practice administration and supporting quality and professionalism in the dental sector.

Study modes and durations differ depending on your local campus. Please check with your local campus for more information.

This Skill Set provides an opportunity for existing workers to build on their knowledge and skills within the disability sector. Working within the social model of disability and from a strengths-based and human rights perspective, you will learn to empower individuals to reach their personal goals.

CHCDIS001 Contribute to ongoing skills development using a strengths-based approach

CHCDIS002 Follow established person-centred behaviour supports

CHCDIS003 Support community participation and social inclusion

CHCDIS007 Facilitate the empowerment of people with disability

HLTINF001 Comply with infection prevention and control policies and procedures

When you complete this course you will be ready for a career in fitness. You will have the skills and knowledge to perform a range of activities and functions within the fitness industry. Depending on the specialisation chosen, this qualification provides a pathway to work as an instructor providing exercise instruction for group, aqua or gym programs. They work independently with some level of autonomy in a controlled environment such as fitness, leisure, aquatic and community centres where risks are managed through pre-existing risk assessment and hazard control processes.

Individuals who specialise in Aqua Exercise Instruction deliver water-based exercise sessions designed for participation by a group of clients. Sessions may be freestyle, pre-choreographed or circuit style. They also have the skills to rescue a client in distress, and an appropriate level of pool deck fitness and endurance.

Individuals who specialise in Group Exercise Instruction deliver exercise sessions designed for participation by a group of clients with a mix of ages/fitness levels. Sessions may be freestyle, pre-choreographed or circuit style. These individuals instruct and demonstrate complete exercise sessions to groups with limited individual interaction. Individuals who specialise in Gym Instruction provide individually tailored client assessments, provide technique correction as needed, and develop and demonstrate programs. They also provide supervision of a facility or service, keep equipment clean, tidy and well maintained, and handle various customer inquiries.

When you complete this course, you will be ready for a career in fitness. This qualification reflects the role of personal trainers who have specialist skills to train individual clients, or groups of clients, on a one-on-one or group basis, to improve health-related components of fitness in relatively low risk situations. This may include training of older clients and children.

You will have the skills and knowledge to plan, conduct and evaluate exercise training; provide leadership and guidance to clients and other staff; and deal with unpredictable situations applying defined guidelines and procedures from the fitness industry and the organisation. You will  work independently or with limited guidance from others and use discretion to solve non-routine problems, including monitoring and managing business activities to operate efficiently and profitably.

The qualification does not provide the skills and knowledge for an individual to provide advice or exercise instruction to high risk clients, other than to refer the client to an appropriate medical or allied health professional. This qualification provides a pathway to work in a diversity of fitness industry businesses including fitness centres, gyms, aquatic facilities, community facilities and in open spaces, where risk management (through risk assessment and hazard control processes) does not already exist.

Study modes and durations differ depending on your local campus. Please check with your local campus for more information.

This qualification reflects the role of personal trainers who develop, instruct and evaluate personalised exercise programs for generally healthy and low risk clients, to achieve specific fitness goals.

Personal trainers work independently using highly developed fitness skills and knowledge in both routine and unpredictable situations. They use well-developed communication and collaboration skills to interact with clients and health professionals to improve client fitness outcomes.

This course provides a pathway to work as an employed or self-employed personal trainer in settings such as fitness facilities, gyms, leisure and community centres, client workplaces and homes, and outdoor locations. Personal trainers may offer services to individuals and groups, and may provide online training services.

During this course,  in addition to learning how to create and deliver personalised exercise programs to a wide variety of clients, apply exercise science knowledge, and learn advance strength and conditioning exercises, you will learn how to investigate business opportunities and develop a business plan to help ensure you get the most out of your personal training business. 

South Regional TAFE provides a fully equipped training gymnasium with all of the required equipment and resources. The gymnasium includes a multi-rig with two cells, barbells, weight plates, rowers, exercise bikes, kettlebells, slam balls, dumbbells, plyometric boxes and benches to teach the technique of exercises such as squats, pull-ups, bench press, deadlifts, shoulder press and more. 

When you complete this course, you will be ready for a career in hairdressing. You will have the skills and knowledge to provide a broad range of hairdressing services to clients. This qualification reflects the role of hairdressers who use a range of well-developed sales, consultation and technical skills. They use discretion and judgement to provide client services and take responsibility for the outcomes of their own work.

This course is an apprenticeship:  you must be employed in a training contract by an appropriate organisation to study. To find out more regarding apprenticeships click here.

Study modes and durations differ depending on your local campus. Please check with your local campus for more information.

This qualification reflects the role of a variety of workers who use a range of factual, technical and procedural knowledge to provide assistance to health professional staff for the care of clients.

Health services assistance involves the worker in direct client contact under supervision.

Study modes and durations differ depending on your local campus. Please check with your local campus for more information.

When you complete this course, you will be ready for a career in Health services. You will have the skills and knowledge to assist health staff in the provision of services to client/patients within a health care setting. You will learn about team work and effective communication, infection control processes and procedures, and basic medical terminology. You will also learn skills to assist with clients and provide support to nursing team in an acute care environment.

Study modes and durations differ depending on your local campus. Please check with your local campus for more information.

When you complete this course, you will be ready for a career in the health care sector in a variety of different environments such as a hospital assistant, patient services assistant, and ward assistant.

You will have the knowledge to work effectively with others in a team environment, communicate in the workplace and apply workplace health and safety and infection control practices.

In addition, you will gain a range of skills that will enable you to perform general cleaning tasks in a clinical setting, prepare and maintain beds, transport individuals and undertake routine stock maintenance including linen supplies. These skills will enable you to work as a member of a team that provides support for the effective functioning of health services.

This qualification reflects the role of workers who provide support for the effective functioning of health services. At this level workers complete tasks under supervision involving known routines and procedures or complete routine but variable tasks in collaboration with others in a team environment.

Study modes and durations differ depending on your local campus. Please check with your local campus for more information.

The Infection Control Skill Set is designed to give you job ready skills to follow organisational infection prevention and control policies and procedures. This includes implementing standard and transmission-based precautions and
responding to infection risks in organisations operating in the retail industry.
This skill set is suited to retail settings such as supermarkets, shopping centres, cinemas, petrol stations, beauty salons, gyms and hairdressing salons.

On successful completion of this course, students will receive a statement of attainment for the following units HLTINFCOV001 – Comply with infection prevention and control policies and procedures

Description

The Infection Control Skill Set is designed to give you job ready skills to follow organisational infection prevention and control policies and procedures. This includes implementing standard and transmission-based precautions and responding to infection risks in organisations operating in the transport and logistics industry.

This skill set is suited to settings such as offices, depots, customer sites, distribution centres, public transport vehicles, commercial and residential buildings and storage facilities.

Certification

On successful completion of this course, students will receive a statement of attainment for the following units

HLTINFCOV001 – Comply with infection prevention and control policies and procedures

Description

The Infection Control Skill Set is designed to give you job ready skills to follow organisational infection prevention and control policies and procedures. This includes implementing standard and transmission-based precautions and responding to infection risks in organisations that include food handling in their operations.

This skill set is suited to those working in hospitality, particularly in food handling and front of house. Skills can be applied to specific industry needs such as using kitchens and packaging areas, staff rooms, food stock deliveries, bathrooms and toilets.

Certification

On successful completion of this course, students will receive a statement of attainment for the following units

HLTINFCOV001 – Comply with infection prevention and control policies and procedures

A career in the ageing or disability sector can be very rewarding. You can get started in one of the fastest growing work forces in Western Australia and make a positive difference to the lives of others.

This is an exciting opportunity to start a career that makes a difference and supports a person to reach their goals, engage with the community and meet their support needs.

As part of this course you will attend a work placement with an employer where you will gain real, hands on industry experience and secure a ‘foot in the door’.

This program provides the opportunity  to learn a range of  Introductory Techniques of Massage.
Short Combination of Practical  workshops and online.
The Introduction to Massage course can be studied on its own or be utilised to transition into the  higher level qualifications of Cert IV Massage Therapy &/or Diploma Remedial Massage

On successful completion of this course, students will receive a statement of attainment for the following units:

GATLTP101A - Learning Through Practice 2
HLTINF001 – Comply with infection prevention and control policies and procedures

This makeup workshop will be held over Two nights the course will teach you tricks-of-the-trade to elevate your personal makeup skills and help you to create your ideal makeup look.
In our step by step exercises, you will learn how to choose and apply makeup that suits your individual face shape, skin type and colouring. Places are limited to ensure personalised one-on-one time with the lecturer.

• Day and evening makeup looks
• Makeup routines and hot tips
• Choosing makeup products
• Makeup tools and application

This is a Non-accredited course

This qualification reflects the role of massage therapists who provide general health maintenance treatments. It does not reflect the role of a remedial massage therapist. Practitioners may be self-employed or work within a larger health service.

Study modes and durations differ depending on your local campus. Please check with your local campus for more information.

This qualification reflects the role of individuals employed as nail technicians to provide manicure and pedicare services, including the application of nail art and acrylic and gel nail enhancements.

You will gain a range of well-developed technical and customer service skills where discretion and judgement is required and are responsible for their own outputs. This includes client consultation on nail care products and services. Nail technicians may also be self-employed and responsible for managing their own nail station.

Work is typically conducted in nail and beauty salons.

Study modes and durations differ depending on your local campus. Please check with your local campus for more information.

When you complete this course you will be ready for a career in Nursing. You will have the skills and knowledge to assist in the provision of preventative, curative and rehabilitative nursing. You will also learn about anatomy and physiology, infection control, nursing care of the client, legal and ethical parameters of nursing practice and promote positive health. You will also develop an understanding of health issues of Indigenous Australians and contribute to the nutritional and mental health care of the client. Your learning will incorporate a large component of supervised clinical practice in a health care setting.

This qualification reflects the role of an enrolled nurse working under the direct or indirect supervision of a registered nurse. Enrolled nurses provide nursing care for people across the health care continuum and at all stages of life. To be eligible to apply for registration as an enrolled nurse and to practice in Australia, individuals must complete a Diploma of Nursing program accredited by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC) and approved as ‘an approved program of study’ by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) in accordance with the Enrolled Nurse Accreditation Standards. The scope of practice for enrolled nurses is determined by legislative requirements and the policies and procedures of the employing organisation. This qualification may contribute to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia's (NMBA) registration requirements to practice as an enrolled nurse.

After completion of the Diploma of Nursing course and registering with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency you may work as an Enrolled Nurse across numerous clinical settings. 

South Regional TAFE is transitioning this qualification to the new training package in 2023. Students will be enrolled into the new units developed to meet current and future industry needs.

This qualification reflects the role of pathology collectors. Workers in this role follow known routines and procedures, taking responsibility for their own work under general supervision. They combine communication, customer service and technical skills, and use discretion and judgement to adapt and transfer their skills to different situations.

Study modes and the duration differ depending on your local campus. Please check with your local campus for more information.

This course will provide the underpinning knowledge of human anatomy & physiology, medical terminology, health mathematics and the application of the fundamentals of physics and chemistry to nursing practice. Students will also develop an understanding of how microbiology is related to health care and the use of effective academic skills, including word-processed presentation of work.

The course enhances the prospects of mature age candidates seeking admission to Universities to undertake undergraduate studies in Nursing, and school leavers seeking admission to Diploma of Nursing.

This unit requires the ability to establish priorities with clients, synthesise knowledge of anatomy and physiology, skin science, cosmetic chemistry and nutrition, and to design and provide facial routines and advice on products and protection of facial skin.

Students that will participate are either currently enrolled with us in a Certificate III in Beauty Services or have a strong interest in beginning a career in skin services.

Students must have collected, read and completed their workbook activities prior to attending class. There is an expectation that students will complete theory work outside of their timetabled classes and attendance at all sessions is important to ensure all training is received and for successful completion of the unit.

SHBBFAS002 Provide facial treatments and skin care recommendations

This qualification provides competence in reflexology practice and covers the general provision of reflexology treatment as well as treatment for clients with specific needs such as palliative care and aged care. 

Practitioners at this level may be self-employed as independent practitioners or work in a larger health service and may supervise other reflexologists.

Study modes and durations differ depending on your local campus. Please check with your local campus for more information.

When you complete this course, you will be ready for a career in remedial massage. You will have the skills and knowledge to perform massages for relaxation and health purposes. You will learn skills to assess a clients massage needs and plan and conduct a remedial massage based on a knowledge of anatomy, physiology, pathology and using skills in a wide range of soft tissue massage techniques. You will also learn to work safely and ethically in a health care environment, to communicate effectively with clients and other health care workers and to operate your own massage practice. During this qualification you will be required to conduct and complete a large number of massages of varying types, work on a variety of community clients, and work in and with the massage industry. Successful completion of this qualification provides you with the opportunity to become a remedial massage therapist, either as a sole practitioner or with other health professionals such as physiotherapists.

Study modes and durations differ depending on your local campus. Please check with your local campus for more information.

When you complete this course, you will be ready for a career in retail cosmetics. You will have the skills and knowledge for the role of Retail Sales personnel involved in a defined range of tasks to sell and demonstrate beauty or cosmetic products. You will follow known routines and procedures and work under direct supervision.

While studying this course you'll be working practically with applying and recommending skin, make up and nail products

Study modes and durations differ depending on your local campus. Please check with your local campus for more information.

This course covers a broad range of topics to enable participants to confidently manage emergency situations and provide a first aid response to a casualty. It is suitable to both people in workplaces and members of the public who want training in first aid.

On successful completion of this course, students will receive a statement of attainment for the following nationally accredited unit HLTAID011 Provide First Aid

This is a preparatory qualification which provides a defined and limited range of basic skills and knowledge used in hairdressing salons by individuals who provide assistance with client services. These routine and repetitive tasks are completed under direct supervision and with guidance from hairdressers who manage the client service. 

Study modes and durations differ depending on your local campus. Please check with your local campus for more information.

This qualification reflects the multi-skilled role of individuals in operational and customer support positions in the sport or community recreation industry. These individuals are competent in a range of activities and functions requiring autonomous work within a defined range of situations and environments.

Study modes and durations differ depending on your local campus. Please check with your local campus for more information.

The two day Mental Health First Aid skills based, early-intervention training program is designed to mobilise and empower communities by equipping people with the knowledge and confidence to recognise, connect and respond to someone experiencing a mental health problem or mental health crisis.

Anyone can have a conversation that may save a life. Everyone should know how. Let us help you gain those skills. 

This qualification will provide you with the practical skills and knowledge to work in a Hospital Central Sterile Supply Department (CSSD) or Theatre Sterile Supply Unit (TSSU).

You will learn about infection control policies and procedures, and safe occupational health practices. You will learn skills to clean and disinfect re-usable medical devices and equipment and care for surgical instruments. 

Study modes and durations differ depending on your local campus. Please check with your local campus for more information.