About West Australian Institute of Further Studies

The environment that a child grows up in can influence the person that they become. In our Certificate III in Early Childhood Education, we aim to teach our students the necessary skills needed to provide a nurturing and safe environment for children. This course will prepare you with the essential knowledge needed to ensure the health and safety of children, develop cultural competence, create and strengthen positive relationships with children, as well as being able to foster the holistic development and wellbeing of a child in early childhood.

WAIFS has also partnered with childcare centres in and around Perth to ensure that throughout our students study, they are able to put theory to practice by being immersed in a real life working environment.

This qualification can be useful to you if you have substantial experience in a range of settings and are seeking to further develop your skills across a range of business functions. It is also suitable if you have little or no vocational experience, but have a good grounding in business skills and knowledge that you’d like to further develop to assist your educational or career aspirations.

This qualification will suit you if you are, or wish to become a qualified educator in children’s services – responsible for planning, implementing and managing programs in accordance with licensing, accreditation and duty of care requirements. At this level, qualified educators have responsibility for the supervision of other staff members and volunteers. In most states it is the highest qualification required for director or service manager level in children’s service center-based care.

Hospitality is one of the fastest growing industries around the world, bringing in a significant amount of economic growth each year. If you are wanting to stand out when applying for employment opportunities within hospitality, our Diploma of Hospitality Management could help you do just that. It will provide you with a sound understanding of the managerial side of the business, as well as being able to provide high-quality customer service and develop strong business relationships with stakeholders. You will also be taught how to prepare dishes using basic methods of cookery, adhere to hygienic standards required in any hospitality environment, and how to develop a food safety program. At the completion of this course you should be equipped with the necessary tools needed to succeed in any endeavor that you pursue.

This qualification is suitable for students interested in both becoming a Chef or Hospitality Industry Manager.

Students may also be able to obtain the SIT40516 Certificate IV in Commercial Cookery at WAIFS.

This qualification is suited to the needs of individuals who possess either specialised or broad areas of significant theoretical business skills and knowledge that they would like to develop to create further educational or employment opportunities for themselves. It covers topics such as organisational change, managing finances, employee relations, and marketing programs.

This qualification is right for you if you have managerial responsibilities, oversee the work of others or provide strategic leadership.

Our Diploma of Community Services is perfect for those who have a passion for working with a community and helping disadvantaged individuals. This course provides you with the knowledge to be able to successfully develop and implement service programs, work in a multicultural environment and promote diversity, as well as facilitate workplace support processes. Throughout your study, you will be exposed to the different sectors available, helping to assist and guide you when it comes to choosing which type you would like to enter and work for in the future.

On completion of this course you will be able to assess the needs of a community and use strategies to find resources to best help communities to become dependent on themselves, as well as being knowledgeable when it comes to legal and ethical compliance.

Studying our Advanced Diploma of Community Sector Management, will help build upon your already acquired knowledge from previous studies and or work experience, and prepare you to be able to manage a range of different facilities. It will also upgrade your leadership skills, emotional intelligence, and capacity to manage a team or work environment. Useful and relevant units studied in this course include how to develop, implement and review quality framework, contribute to an organisation’s development, and how to manage innovation and continuous improvement.

This qualification reflects the role of workers in the community and/or residential setting who follow an individualised plan to provide person-centered 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-centered support.

This qualification reflects the role of individuals who apply highly specialised knowledge and skills in the field of organisational learning and capability development. Individuals in these roles generate and evaluate complex ideas. They also initiate, design and execute major learning and development functions within an organisation. Typically, they would have full responsibility and accountability for the personal output and work of others.

This qualification may apply to leaders and managers in an organisation where learning is used to build organisational capability. The job roles that relate to this qualification may also include RTO Manager and RTO Director.