About ACE Community Colleges

You can really go anywhere with this versatile, Nationally Recognised qualification. It provides the fundamental building blocks to support you to pursue any career path. The course covers a wide and impressive range of essential skills and knowledge including teamwork, communication, critical thinking and workplace health and safety. Dive into digital technology, expand customer service skills and strengthen your personal confidence and abilities.

A truly fantastic starting point for those curious about business services and looking to give their resume a boost for prospective employers. It would also be a match for an existing office all-rounder looking to formalize their experience. Professionals in these roles carry out a range of routine procedural, clerical, administrative or operational tasks.

A career in early childhood education is often considered one of the best jobs in the world. Working in this rapidly growing sector is interactive, creative, and rewarding. It offers the opportunity to make an important and lifelong impact on the development of infants and young children. Now that’s something extraordinary.

This entry-level qualification will equip you with everything you need to get started as a professional Educator. Learn in-demand skills and knowledge to work in regulated children’s education and care services in Australia, including long day care centres, family day care, preschools, or kindergartens.

Educators in these roles play a critical part in the social, emotional, physical, and educational wellbeing of children. You will learn how best to facilitate play, ensure the health and safety of self and children in your care, develop cultural competence, and identify and respond to risk within the context of an approved learning framework.

The Diploma of Business is perfect for budding entrepreneurs, or anyone looking to step up to executive roles in the workplace. It covers the advanced skills and knowledge needed for those with frontline management responsibilities in a variety of Business Services (office management, human resources, customer engagement + more).

Individuals in these roles may already have substantial experience in the sector but require further understanding of key business functions and complex operations. In this qualification, learn how to develop critical thinking, manage budgets and financial plans, maintain business resources, coordinate effective communication and develop workplace policies and procedures.

With our Connected Learning study mode, you can study from anywhere and achieve your goals. Maintain work/life balance with self-paced learning via our e-learning platform, along with scheduled mentoring from our industry-expert trainers.

Make your mark in the fast-moving early childhood sector with this advanced-level course. The Diploma will prepare you for higher level leadership roles and exciting career progression.

Learn how to design, evaluate, and implement a curriculum program using an approved learning framework. Educators at this level are also responsible for maintaining compliance within service operations and working in close partnership with children’s families. Elevate your potential as a supervisor, coordinator or team leader – your role may also involve taking responsibility for the supervision of volunteers or other staff.

A truly fulfilling career in community care begins right here. This is an entry-level qualification, suitable for anyone looking to make a difference on the frontline of ageing and disability.

Combine your caring, nurturing and empathetic nature with specialised skills and knowledge to provide both physical and emotional support to clients and their families. Learn how to follow an individualised plan to provide the best possible person-centred care; facilitate the empowerment of people receiving support; and promote independence and wellbeing.

You will develop your communication skills, along with building an understanding of the legal and ethical requirements while working with diverse people. You will also gain a learning in healthy body systems and best practices for WHS and infection control.

This Nationally Recognised qualification is a match for existing support workers in aged care who are looking to take their career further. You may already have experience and understanding of the industry but are seeking to upgrade your capabilities.

Expand the core skills you have as a care facilitator to promote positive ageing, plus gain the advanced skills needed to engage in next-level duties in a coordinator or supervisor role.

Learn how to manage networks and partnerships, demonstrate leadership and responsibility, while maintaining a quality service in residential, home or community-based aged services. You will also contribute to the development and implementation of programs which meet the physical, cognitive, social, and emotional needs of clients.

This is your opportunity to really improve the quality of life and wellbeing of older people or those living with a disability. Break up the daily routine and bring your enthusiasm into the mix. An exciting possibility for anyone wanting to create a fun, empowering culture for individuals in care.

This qualification covers the theory and practical skills development for employment in these roles. It will build your capabilities in identifying individual and at times complex needs. It will also assist you to use this knowledge to design, implement and evaluate the most effective recreational activities and programs for maximum benefit to clients.

Career pathways as a leisure and health professional include Leisure/Recreation Officer, Diversional Therapy Assistant, Activities Officer, Lifestyle Coordinator and more. In these valuable roles you will train, lead, supervise and or accompany care workers in residential aged-care facilities, community agencies and day centres.

This qualification is designed to prepare individuals for senior management roles, with a focus on strong leadership and positive guidance of a team. These practical skills are extremely valuable and can be applied to a range of modern business environments.

Learn how to use initiative and judgement in planning, implementing and monitoring your own workload as well as effectively coordinate others. Use advanced communication skills to problem solve and support staff to meet organizational requirements. In this critical position of influence, strengthen your emotional intelligence to assist in managing the day to day.

With our Connected Learning study mode, you can study from anywhere and achieve your goals. Maintain work/life balance with self-paced learning via our e-learning platform, along with scheduled mentoring from our industry-expert trainers.

This qualification is the ultimate springboard to vocational training or a dream career. It is designed to elevate learner’s foundation skills and prepare for entering the workforce or pursuing further study pathways. Boost your confidence and really go places.

This qualification is designed for individuals who need to strengthen their foundation skills, to prepare for a vocational pathway qualification. Overcome basic literacy and numeracy barriers and pave the way for your future goals.

This qualification is the start of something great, designed for learners to develop core foundation skills. It introduces the fundamental reading, writing, oral communication, learning and numeracy skills required to access vocational learning opportunities (primarily aligned to Australian Core Skills Framework ACSF Level 1).

A First Aid qualification is a requirement in many roles and industries. Use the skills and knowledge obtained in this course to confidently provide a first aid response in a range of situations. Your credentials will also need to be recertified every three years.

This course is delivered in a one-day format. Refresher courses are now also conducted within the one-day format.

This course covers the skills and knowledge required to provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to Australian Resuscitation Council Guidelines. This may be applied in a range of situations including community and workplace settings.

HLTAID009 Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation is the most current nationally recognised unit of competency. Your credentials will need to be recertified every twelve months to maintain currency.

This course is designed for people who work in an education or child-care setting. It combines several units (as listed below) to enable delivery of a first aid response to infants, children, and adults.

The course is delivered in a one-day classroom format.

Thinking of a career in hospitality? Credentials in RSA are a must. Responsible practices must be undertaken wherever alcohol is sold or served. This course is a requirement for liquor service or security staff, working in licensed premises, outlets, wineries, breweries and distilleries.

Receive nationally recognised training in liquor licensing law, for anyone engaged in sale, service or supply of alcohol. You will also learn the skills and knowledge required to identify, interpret and respond to information in simple and familiar workplace texts (instructions, forms, rosters, tables & charts).

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to use personal hygiene practices to prevent contamination of food that might cause food-borne illnesses. It requires the ability to follow predetermined organisational procedures and to identify and control food hazards.

A White Card (general construction induction card) is the very first step toward a career in the construction industry. This course is a requirement for anyone who works, or wants to work, as a site manager/supervisor, surveyor, labourer or tradesperson.

You will complete a nationally recognised unit of competency that covers mandatory work health and safety, legislation, and correct PPE used in the sector. Learn to demonstrate personal awareness, risk control, work safely to prevent injury or harm, identify hazards, and respond to emergencies in the workplace.

This training may also be useful for other workers whose roles require them to routinely enter operational construction zones.

Learn how to effectively respond to workplace health and safety (WHS) challenges involved in direct client care. This training is highly valued by employees in centre-based or home-based care services who need to refresh their mandatory skills and knowledge for work. Stay compliant, informed, and safe.

Understand how to follow safe work practices to protect yourself, clients and others; contribute to the development and implementation of further practices; and reflect on your own practices.

This is a one day only course and can be completed face to face in the classroom. The unit of competency will be delivered in the morning followed by the Manual Handling Refresher in the afternoon.

This skill set is a brilliant investment if you are working in a care or support role in the community services sector and want to develop your skills further. Learn how to provide person-centred support to people with disability in various settings. Increase your scope of job role options, with a greater focus on disability care. If you have existing skills equivalent to the requirements you can validate these through an RPL (recognition of prior learning) process.

These units also provide credit towards a range of qualifications in the CHC Community Services Training Package. This means that if you have previously studied a relevant health or community-focused Certificate III or higher qualification, this skill set can add extra competencies to your repertoire.

Child protection is a crucially significant element in contemporary professional practice across the early childhood sector. This training is a regulatory requirement in many states and will allow you to maintain currency in the workplace. Perfect for your professional development toolbox.

Learn how to support and protect children and young people within a legislative framework and provide essential duty of care. Refresh your skills on identifying risk, maintaining confidentiality and completing mandatory reporting.

Gain insight into this rewarding industry and learn the skill requirements for supporting people with disability. These competencies also offer backgrounding for a range of qualifications in the CHC Community Services Training Package, including the CHC33015 Certificate III in Individual Support. With direct credit transfer available for these units, continuation of study to a full qualification is convenient and seamless.