Central Regional TAFE Courses

Completion of year 10 or equivalent.

Learners are required to provide evidence of having sufficient language, literacy and numeracy skills to successfully undertake the program's academic and workplace experience requirements, prior to commencing the program:
* School Leaver - C Grades in Year 11 WACE General English, and OLNA; or NAPLAN 9 Band 8
* Non-School Leaver - C Grades in Year 11 English and Maths or equivalent
* AQF - Certificate II or Certificate III

If students do not have the above, they may complete a CGEA Assessment for Certificate IV Community Services to ensure they have the required levels for success. Potential learners with convictions are asked to discuss these with a lecturer as they will impact on placement. Learners are encouraged to have any convictions they may have Spent if possible. Some convictions will mean placement will be unavailable.

Learners will be interviewed during enrolment and a Client Needs Summary will be completed to identify any limitations to these requirements and actions planned to address these limitations. No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements applies to these qualifications at the time of publication.

Students are required to provide evidence of having sufficient language, literacy and numeracy skills to successfully undertake the program's academic and workplace experience requirements, prior to commencing the program.

All applicants will need to meet with nursing staff prior to enrolment. A selection process including Language, Literacy and Numeracy testing is required to be completed prior to being offered a position in the Diploma of Nursing.

Detailed information regarding this process is below:

English Language Evidence required for entry into the HLT54121 Diploma of Nursing course.

All applicants for the Diploma of Nursing must meet the following requirements to be considered for an offer of place.

LLN Robot Assessment

All students will sit the LLN Robot assessment to assess students reading and numeracy levels. The test will be scheduled at each campus at dates and times to suit each location. This assessment will be conducted on campus under supervision of Central Regional TAFE staff in invigilated conditions. Students must provide photographic identification when presenting to complete assessment.

The report generated by the LLN Robot will indicate the exit level of the candidate. Candidates must achieve an ACSF exit level 3 in reading and numeracy to be eligible for enrolment.

In addition, applicants must meet Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) requirements as follows:

Evidence of meeting at least one of the following English Language standards listed below:

1. Primary Language Pathway

You have attended and satisfactorily completed at least six years of primary and secondary education taught and assessed solely in English in any of the following countries: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Republic of Ireland, South Africa, United Kingdom and the United States of America. At least 2 years of study must be between years 7-12.

Evidence required - send in your completed official statutory declaration form. See page 3 for information on what you need to include in statutory declaration.

OR

2. English Language Test Pathway - Completion of a recognised English language test

Requirement (one of the following tests). Test must have been completed within 2 years of your application.

• IELTS Academic - minimum score of 7 across all categories
• OET - minimum score of B in each component
• PTE Academic - minimum score of 65 across all categories and overall
• TOEFL iBT - minimum total score of 94 with minimum scores as follows - listening 24, reading 24, writing 27 and speaking 23
• Evidence required - Submit an official copy of your test results.

Students must be at least 16 years of age.

Students must be at least 16 years of age.

Students must complete a Client Needs Form provided by the lecturer prior to enrolment. This form is designed to record the specific needs and/or additional requirements identified by the individual client that may affect their chances of successful participation in and/or completion of the course.

Students are required to complete the LLN assessment (via LLN Robot) prior to participating in the course.
Students must be able to stand for long periods of time during the day and be able to massage and perform beauty treatments on at least four clients per day to prepare the students for average industry client appointments.

All students must have well-developed communication skills to enable them to work with clients on a personalised level.