About Mervic College

The healthcare sector is currently the largest employer and fastest growing industry in Australia and provides many financially rewarding, flexible, and secure career opportunities. This qualification reflects the role of business or practice managers who manage the operation of small to medium-sized health practices. This qualification equips candidates with the leadership and management skills to confidently run the operations of medical or allied health practice.

This qualification reflects the role of counsellors, who work with clients on personal and psychological issues using established counselling modalities. They use communication, micro-counselling and interviewing skills and draw on varied counselling therapies to assist clients. At this level, the counsellor will be working in defined and supported counselling roles in established agencies rather than in independent practice. This course provides an excellent pathway to Higher Education for specialisation in counselling and psychotherapy.

This qualification reflects the role of support workers who complete specialised tasks and functions in aged services; either in residential, home or community-based environments. Workers will take responsibility for their own outputs within defined organisation guidelines and maintain quality service delivery through the development, facilitation, and review of individualised service planning and delivery. Workers may be required to demonstrate leadership and have limited responsibility for the organisation and the quantity and quality of outputs of others within limited parameters. It is designed for those who seeking work, or that want to gain advanced skills to use in aged care facilities and health and community organisations that provide care and services to seniors and the elderly.

This qualification reflects the role of workers participating in the design, implementation, and evaluation of leisure, health activities, and programs for clients in one or more sector areas. Workers may be in residential facilities and/or in community agencies and day centres, completing specialised tasks and functions in relation to leisure and health. While workers are responsible for their own outputs, work is carried out under direct or indirect supervision within defined organisation guidelines. This qualification provides the skills and knowledge required to design, implement and evaluate health and leisure activities and programs which meet the physical, psychological and social needs of clients in a range of settings.

This qualification reflects the role of workers in a range of community settings and clients’ homes, who provide training and support in a manner that empowers people with disabilities to achieve greater levels of independence, self-reliance, community participation, and wellbeing. Workers promote a person-centered approach, work without direct supervision, and may be required to supervise and/or coordinate a small team. As part of the course, you will gain a range of critical skills to provide advanced care for clients with disabilities, how to follow person-centered behavior supports, develop person-centered service responses, and support the independence and well-being of clients.

Mervic College’s Certificate IV in Commercial Cookery (SIT40516) course will provide students with the opportunity to learn all facets of working in a professional kitchen including selection, preparation, and cooking of different foods and techniques. Subjects covered include workplace hygiene procedures, and receiving and storing supplies as well as learning about quality control, stock control, catering revenue and costs, bulk cooking food safety, finance, and human resources.

This course aims to provide training and skill development in kitchen operations and effective management and equips the student for the role of a qualified cook.

Students will learn a broad range of culinary skills designed for working successfully in the commercial kitchens of restaurants, hotels, motels, clubs, cafes, coffee shops, and catering operations. The areas covered in this course develop an understanding of the various business streams within the Hospitality industry, working in a team, communication and interpersonal skills, marketing and selling skills, business operational skills, menu, and wage costs.

This qualification covers the skills and knowledge required to perform advanced diagnostic operations in the automotive retail, service and repair environment. It is suitable for those working in the automotive service and repair industry at the forefront of the implementation of new technologies.

This qualification reflects the role of individuals who perform a broad range of tasks on a variety of light vehicles in the automotive retail, service, and repair industry.

This qualification reflects the role of workers with responsibility for designing, implementing and evaluating health and leisure activities, and programs for clients in one or more sector areas. Work may be in residential facilities and/or in community agencies and day centres. Workers work under supervision or as sole practitioners and may be required to plan, coordinate and evaluate other workers and work teams within broad but generally well-defined guidelines. With this course, you will gain the ability to challenge and enhance their psychological, social, emotional, and physical well-being, and develop the confidence to seek out opportunities that utilise your skills. Clients may include those with disabilities, older people, youth, children, families, corporate organisations and people in respite.

The unit of competency HLTAID001 Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation provides participants with the skills and knowledge required to respond to breathing and cardiac emergencies and to perform CPR in line with the Australian Resuscitation Council Guidelines. CPR is a lifesaving technique and can sustain life until an ambulance arrives.