Course Title: Follow safe work practices for direct client care

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C3402 Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing and Disability)

Course Title: Follow safe work practices for direct client care

Portfolio: DSC Portfolio Office

Nominal Hours: 25

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Important Information:

This course is co-delivered and co-assessed in a cluster with courses CHCCOM005 Communicate and work in health or community services, CHCDIV001 Work with diverse people, and CHCLEG001 Work legally and ethically. This cluster is called, Introduction to the sector.

Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
OHTH5920C	City Campus	TAFE	375T Vocational Design and Social Context	Face-to-Face	Term1 2020, Term2 2020

Flexible Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
OHTH5920C	City Campus	TAFE	365T Global, Urban and Social Studies	Face-to-Face	VE 2018 (ISF2)
OHTH5920C	City Campus	TAFE	365T Global, Urban and Social Studies	Face-to-Face	VE 2019 (CISI), VE 2019 (CISA)

Course Contact: Steven Bruechert

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4063

Course Contact Email: steve.bruechert@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

In this course you will acquire the skills and knowledge required to participate in safe work practices to ensure your own health and safety, and that of others in work environments that involve caring directly for clients. It has a focus on maintaining your safety, and the safety of the people being supported as well as other community members.

This course applies to all workers who require knowledge of workplace health and safety (WHS) to carry out your work, in both residential and home and community service provision.

This course is delivered and assessed in a cluster with:

CHCCOM005 - Communicate and work in health or community services

CHCDIV001 - Work with diverse people

CHCLEG001 - Work legally and ethically

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	HLTWHS002 Follow safe work practices for direct client care
Elements:	1. Follow safe work practices for direct client care 2. Follow safe work practices for manual handling 3. Follow safe work practices for infection control 4. Contribute to safe work practices in the workplace

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course you will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate competency in the above elements. 

 

Overview of Assessment

This course is delivered and assessed with courses CHCCOM005 Communicate and work in health or community services, CHCDIV001 Work with diverse people, and CHCLEG001 Work legally and ethically.

There will be three forms of assessment and they will include a research task, questions and answers in relation to the units of competency and practical assessment either in a simulated or workplace environment.

The assessment tasks are as follows:

Task 1: Research questions/online quiz

Task 2: Questions and answers

Task 3: Observation in either a simulated or workplace environment/role plays and scenarios

 

If you have a long term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or the Disability Liaison Unit if you would like to find out more.

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Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies, procedures and instructions which are available for review online:http://www1.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=c15i3ciaq8ca