Certificate III in Non-Emergency Patient Transport

During this course you will learn how to provide non-emergency transport and care for patients who have non-acute or chronic illness or disability. You will gain the skills to provide appropriate patient assessment and safely move a patient for pre-arranged or booked transport service.

Learning from our expert staff through our award-winning interactive e-learning model, you will gain healthcare skills such as:

• interpreting and applying medical terminology
• recognising healthy body systems
• providing first aid
• infection prevention and control procedures
• providing advanced resuscitation
• assessing and delivering basic clinical care
• procedures for routine safe removal of a patient
• transporting non-emergency patients

In addition, you'll gain essential people skills, such as:

• communicating in a health or community services environment
• working with diverse people and safe work practices for client care.

This course also prepares you to provide assistance to ambulance drivers and other paramedicine professionals.

The healthcare sector is Australia's largest and fastest-growing industry, employing over 1.5 million people.

According to Labour Market Insights, there is high skill required and strong future growth for healthcare and transportation for injured, sick, infirm and aged persons to medical facilities.

Upon completion of the Certificate III in Non-Emergency Patient Transport HLT31120, you will have gained the skills to prepare you for careers, including:

• Ambulance Assistant (First Aid Provider)
• Ambulance Call Taker
• Non-Emergency Patient Transport Assistant.

To be awarded the HLT31120 Certificate III in Non-Emergency Patient Transport, a student must successfully complete a total of thirteen (13) units of competency, comprising of:

• Eleven (11) core units
• Two (2) elective units, consisting of:

- at least One (1) unit from the electives listed from the qualification HLT31120 Certificate III in Non-Emergency Patient Transport
- up to One (1) unit from the electives listed below or from any other current endorsed Training Package or accredited course.

The selection of electives must be relevant to the job outcome sought, local industry requirements and the complexity of skills appropriate to the AQF level of this qualification.

Use our credit calculator to find out how much credit you could get towards your course, based on your previous study.

You may be able to complete your qualification sooner through formal recognition of your existing skills. This is known as Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).

To receive RPL, we assess your previous work, education and life experiences against recognised qualifications. Applications for RPL can be made prior to enrolling.

Call us on 1300 TAFE VP (1300 823 387) to discuss RPL options with the course manager.

Before starting your application, please read through the step-by-step VU Polytechnic application process to make sure you have all the necessary documents and information ready to successfully complete your application.

Before applying, you should consider whether you also want to apply for:

• Credit transfer/Recognition of prior learning (RPL): If you have significant experience or studies elsewhere you may be eligible for credit for some units of your course and not have to undertake them.