About VASS College of Vocational Education

Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and care will enable you to become an early childhood educator or assistant, who can plan and provide education and care for infants and children up to twelve years of age. As an early childhood educator, you will be actively involved in the education and care of children to ensure they gain the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to achieve their potential. This Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care will provide you with the skills and knowledge required to implement the organisational policies and procedures to provide education and care for children. You will learn to support children’s wellbeing, learning and development. Depending on the setting, you may work under direct supervision or independently.

The CHC50121 Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care will enable you to expand your work opportunities in the child care area to roles as:• Early childhood educator• Child development worker• Children’s advisor• Supervisor, manager, coordinator, director or team leader in a children’s services agency.

In our course you will learn how to plan, implement and manage programs in early childhood services in accordance with licensing, regulatory and duty of care requirements. In most states it is the highest qualification required for a career as a Director or Service Manager for a centre-based care.

The Diploma of Community Services provides students with the knowledge and skills to work in the community services sector in residential and community settings.Students will learn how to provide a holistic approach to client needs, including social, emotional, psychological and practical support.Students will need to successfully complete work placements, for which they will be required to hold a current Police Check and a current Working with Children Check.

If you are caring and passionate about helping people, choose to make a difference. The CHC33015 Certificate III in Individual Support will see you can make a difference in people’s lives by learning to provide individualised support, communicate and work in health or community services, work with diverse people & recognise healthy body systems. This qualification reflects the role of workers in the community and/or residential setting who follow an individualised plan to provide person-centred support to people who may require support due to ageing, disability or some other reason. Work involves using discretion and judgement in relation to individual support as well as taking responsibility for own outputs. Workers have a range of factual, technical and procedural knowledge, as well as some theoretical knowledge of the concepts and practices required to provide person-centred support.

This course will teach you to provide self-directed recovery oriented support for people affected by mental illness and psychiatric disability. Work involves implementing community based programs and activities focusing on mental health,mental illness and psychiatric disability. Work is undertaken in a range of community contexts such as community based non-government organisations; home based outreach; center-based programs; respite care; residential services, rehabilitation programs; clinical settings; or supporting people in employment. Work is carried out autonomously under the broad guidance of other practitioners and professionals.

This course will teach you to provide holistic support in residential and community settings. You’ll learn to respond to social, emotional, psychological and practical needs. You will gain a strong practical and theoretical base in welfare and social justice to work in a range of community support services. You’ll be ready to provide support, education, advocacy or interventions for individual clients, groups or communities.

Previously known as Apply first aid or Senior first aid, this course will give you the skills and knowledge required to provide First Aid response, life support, management of casualty(s), the incident and other first aiders, in a range of situations, including in the home, workplace or within the community, until the arrival of medical or other assistance. Please note it is a requirement of this course that practical demonstration of CPR must be performed on the floor.

This qualification reflects the role of a security officer, responsible for maintaining safety and security by patrolling, protecting or guarding property while unarmed, and screening entry, monitoring behaviour and removing persons from premises.

Security officers may work alone or work in a team environment under general supervision, operating with limited autonomy and judgement to complete routine but variable tasks, with some accountability and responsibility for their own outputs, work and learning.

This course is designed to develop your basic English language abilities in speaking, listening, reading and writing. You will get opportunity to:

• Participate in short simple English conversation
• Read and write short simple messages and information
• Write and understand basic messages
• Fill out and understand short forms
• Identify and utilize numbers and Australian currency
• Recognise and interpret safety signs and symbols
• Find health and medical information and Navigate basic digital technologies

This English language course is designed for individuals who are acquiring English as an additional language. Attending this course will help develop your abilities in speaking, listening, reading, and writing English.