CERTIFICATE III
IN INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT

This qualification reflects the role of individuals in the community, home or residential care setting who work under supervision and delegation as a part of a multi-disciplinary team, following an individualised plan to provide person-centred support to people who may require support due to ageing, disability or some other reason. These individuals take responsibility for their own outputs within the scope of their job role and delegation. Workers have a range of factual, technical and procedural knowledge, as well as some theoretical knowledge of the concepts and practices required to provide person-centred support. The skills in this qualification must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State/Territory legislation, Australian standards and industry codes of practice. To achieve this qualification, the candidate must have completed at least 120 hours of work as detailed in the Assessment Requirements of the units of competency.

No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.

A total of 15 Units (9 Core and 6 electives)

Once students have successfully completed CHC33021 Certificate III in Individual Support, the further study pathways available to students who undertake this qualification include:

CHC43015 Certificate IV in Ageing Support

CHC43121 Certificate IV in Disability Support

CHC42021 Certificate IV in Community Services

CHC52021 Diploma of Community Services

Students who successfully complete this qualification will be awarded the nationally recognised SIT33021 Certificate III in Individual Support.

This program requires the completion of 10 units of competency.
Total: 5 core units and 5 elective units.

A total of 15 Units (9 Core and 6 electives) must be completed and deemed competent to achieve the qualification CHC33021 Certificate III in Individual Support. Participants who achieve competency in any unit/s will receive a Statement of Attainment (provided USI is verified) for that unit/s without completing all 15 units in the qualification. Students completing all the required units of competency will attain full qualification

The Performance Evidence in the units marked with a * include tasks which explicitly need to be assessed during the work placement. In order to be deemed competent in the unit of competency, the student must satisfactorily complete the workplace-based assessment. Should in case the workplace-based assessment is assessed as not-satisfactory, the student will not be able to achieve competency and the qualification cannot be issued. An estimate of 5 hours per unit is allocated for workplace assessment and is included in the work placement hours. Please refer to the individual assessment kit for further details. According to CHC implementation guide, the total number of hours may be applied collectively across all units of competency that include the requirement for workplace hours.

Classroom based

Students will have access to the following course materials:

• Study Guides
• Assessment packs
• Power-point presentations
• Online course content
• Computers
• Internet access
• Links to external resources
• Overhead projectors
• Video camera for recording presentations (assessments)

Assessment methods used for this qualification are varied and will provide a range of ways for individuals to demonstrate that they have met the required outcomes. Assessment methods may include:

Written questions

Projects/Case Study

Presentations

Report writing

Role plays/observations

Workplace Project

Workplace Observations

Supervisor Report

Work placement

At the beginning of each unit, your trainer and assessor will outline the assessment tasks that must be completed

400 hours

Please refer to ACTB Term Dates