Course details

This course is designed for stu­dents wish­ing to work as Health­care Assis­tants in hos­pi­tals, nurs­ing homes and in the community.

Course Con­tent

  • Care skills

  • Care sup­port

  • Man­ual Han­dling and Patient Transfer

  • Human Growth and Development

  • Care Pro­vi­sion and Practice

  • Hand-washing Tech­niques and Infec­tion Control

  • Pre­ven­tion of Elderly Abuse

  • Word Pro­cess­ing

  • Safety & Health at Work

  • Occu­pa­tional First Aid

  • Com­mu­ni­ca­tions

  • Work Prepa­ra­tion and Experience

Pro­gres­sion and Career Options:

Stu­dents suc­cess­fully com­plet­ing this course can com­pete for employ­ment in a wide range of care set­tings such as nurs­ing homes, retire­ment vil­lages, hos­pi­tals and in the community.

Updated on 08 November, 2015
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