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C4385 - Certificate IV in Dental Assisting
Plan: C4385 - Certificate IV in Dental Assisting
Campus: City Campus
Program delivery and structure
Approach to learning and assessmentWork integrated learningProgram structureProgram transition planApproach to learning and assessment
Learning and assessment in this program is a combination of on the job and off the job.
On the job, the skills you develop can be captured and evidenced as practical competency attainment.
Off the job, underpinning knowledge and practical tasks are completed at RMIT with the assistance and direction of qualified, experienced staff. Types of assessment include assignments, short answer and multiple choice written assessments and practical competency exercises.
If you have a long term medical condition, disability and/or other form of disadvantage 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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This program cannot be undertaken unless you are employed as dental assistant with appropriate employment in either a public or private dental practise.
RMIT University is committed to providing you with an education that strongly links formal learning with workplace experience. As a student enrolled in this RMIT University program you will be assessed on structured activities that allow you to learn, apply and demonstrate vocational competency in the workplace and on campus.
You will also be learning while at work and may have the opportunity to be assessed in your workplace for some or all of your courses. Feedback from work supervisors and others in the workplace can be used as evidence of competency, and an RMIT University assessor can visit your workplace to observe your work practice.
This program provides work related projects in the learning activities and assessment you undertake. You will be learning as you are doing professional work, jobs and tasks while in employment. The feedback you get from your supervisor and others on WIL activities and assessment will be vital for your learning. The program prepares and supports you for these experiences.
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Program transition plan
To ensure training packages are responsive to industry priorities for new and updated skills, they are monitored and reviewed during their endorsement period. Sometimes the outcome of a review is that a qualification is superseded by a new version of the qualification, or a new qualification altogether. None of the courses in the new training package are equivalent to those in the old training package.
This is the new version of the program, following a review of the National Training Package, which will be implemented from February 2017.
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