There are no pre-requisites or other training package entry requirements for this course.
You are, however, required to meet the admission criteria in order to meet industry requirements. This includes that you have:
- 16 years of age and above at the time of commencement of the course
- A National Police Clearance or Australian Federal Police (AFP) Clearance certificate
- Immunisation (this is required for the Professional Experience Placement)
- Basic computer skills
- Successfully complete an ACSF test and can work at Level 3 for all indicators (issued within the last 12 months from the time of admission)
Physical requirements that are necessary to pass the course objectives are:
- Strength: To assist with lifting and transferring a client, and perform CPR
- Mobility: To bend, stoop, and bend down to the floor; ability to move around rapidly; and to move in small, confined spaces
- Hearing: To hear through the stethoscope to discriminate sounds; to hear cries for help; to hear alarms on equipment and emergency signals; and various overhead pages
- Vision: To make physical assessments of client and equipment
- Communication: To communicate in both verbal and written formats; and interact with clients, staff, and faculty supervisors
Please declare in your application if you have a disability, disorder, or if you're on any medication that'll require reasonable adjustments to fulfil these requirements.
You're also required to have the below learning resource:
- Clinical Exercise Physiology for Allied Health Professionals by Wendy Repovich
- Cengage Learning Australia by Karen A. Edwards and Dori A. Babcock
