Queensland Training
The Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia Limited (AHCSA) and the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health (IUIH) have entered into a partnership for the delivery of the Certificate III in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Heath Care qualification (HLT30113) to students residing in South East Queensland.
The Institute for Urban Indigenous Health
IUIH was established in 2009 by the four Community Controlled Health Services in SEQ to provide for the needs of Australia’s second largest and fastest growing Indigenous population. IUIH works with the network to develop and deliver comprehensive primary health care services to the Indigenous population of South East Queensland (SEQ). Using the IUIH System of Care, IUIH are empowering communities in SEQ to take responsibility for their own health and specialist services. The IUIH is committed to a regional workforce development strategy to further equip all people to work confidently and competently with urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
IUIH as the training and assessment provider will deliver all training and conduct assessment activities within this training program. Training will take place at IUIH sites and all day-to-day training information and support will be provided by members of the IUIH team.
Further information can be found on the IUIH website here, or by contacting IUIH directly on (07) 3648 9500.
Certificate III Guarantee
The Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia Limited is an approved Pre-Qualified Supplier under the Department of Employment, Small Business and Training in Queensland. AHCSA is approved for delivery of subsidised training under the Certificate III Guarantee Program.
The Certificate III Guarantee Program supports eligible students to undertake their first post-school Certificate III qualification through providing a subsidy for the associated training fees. In order to be eligible for subsidised training in this Training Program with AHCSA, an individual must:
- Be aged 18 years or older;
- Be no longer at school;
- Permanently reside in Queensland;
- Identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander; and
- Not hold, and not be enrolled in, a certificate III or higher-level qualification, not including qualifications completed at school and foundation skills training.
Please note, the above requirements relate to both the AHCSA Course Entry Requirements and the Certificate III Guarantee program requirements.
It is important to note that a student is no longer eligible for government subsidised training places under the Certificate 3 Guarantee once they complete a certificate III level vocational qualification. AHCSA encourages all prospective students to carefully consider their training options before committing to this Training Program.
All students who enrol in this Training Program under the Certificate 3 Guarantee Program will be required to participate in the relevant student training and employment survey within three months of completing or discontinuing their training, in line with the Pre-qualified Supplier Policy 2018-19. Further information relating to the Student Training and Employment Survey can be viewed online here.
Further details on the Certificate 3 Guarantee Program, including various Fact Sheets, can be found on the Department of Employment, Small Business and Training website here.
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Throughout the website the term Aboriginal is used in this context to include people who identify as Aboriginal, people who identify as Torres Strait Islander Peoples and people who identify as both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander. It is also used interchangeably with the term Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander.