Geraldton

This qualification will give you the skills to provide person-centred support to people who may require support due to ageing, disability or some other reasons. 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.

Gain the skills to help people relax

Students learn the major muscles of the body, how to analyse posture, and understand common health conditions, as well as understanding legal and ethical requirements in the health industry.

This qualification reflects the role of massage therapists who provide general health maintenance treatments. It does not reflect the role of a remedial massage therapist. Practitioners may be self-employed or work within a larger health service. Students learn the major muscles of the body, how to analyse posture, and understand common health conditions, as well as understanding legal and ethical requirements in the health industry.

Be a valuable asset to any heating and cooling business.

Learn a valuable skill to add to your electrical license, increasing your ability to earn extra money doing installations. Gain the knowledge and skills to install split systems and heat pump systems (maximum plant capacity 18kWr).

In this course you'll learn to assemble components, pressure and leak test refrigerants, understand legal obligations, and workplace health and safety standards.

This course is delivered using a mix of on-campus delivery and Recognition of Prior Learning.  On-campus units are delivered intensively over a 4 day period whilst competency in remaining units is assessed via Recognition of Prior Learning.

Gain the skills you need to carve out a career in barbering.

If you want to help people look and feel their best, this Certificate III in Barbering Apprenticeship will provide you with the technical skills and knowledge required to work as a barber.

You'll learn the essentials needed to work in the men's grooming industry including: 

• designing and creating haircuts,
• designing and maintaining beards and moustaches,
• shaving heads and faces
• health, safety, hygiene
• financial and retail skills to work in a salon

Complete the Certificate III in Hairdressing and be a cut above the rest.

This qualification will provide you with the practical skills and knowledge to cut hair using clippers or scissors, to shampoo, condition and rinse hair and dry and style hair using brushes, combs, rollers and other equipment. You will also learn skills to operate a cash register and computer, perform reception duties such as answering telephone calls, making appointments as well as writing up client record cards.

This qualification reflects the roles of individuals working in the resources and infrastructure industries who perform mainly routine tasks and procedures, using limited practical skills and fundamental operational knowledge, and taking some responsibility for the quality of the work outcomes. 

Assist in the management of environmental issues with this diploma

With a growing importance on conservation and environmental impact of business on ecosystems, conservation and ecosystem restoration, this is a good time to join this industry. It is a slow but growing area that is linked to our resource industry and increasing issues with the degradation of ecosystems.

This course covers the skills and knowledge you need to apply a range of methods and technologies to conduct environmental sampling, testing and monitoring. The skills are used in most industry sectors and to assist environmental scientists, engineers and planners with site assessment, minimising environmental impacts of processes and remediation/rehabilitation of sites.

Gain these skills

Learn how to plan and conduct environmental project work and use equipment to collect and evaluate data taken from the environment including;

• Ground and surface waters
• Flora and fauna surveys
• Spatial information and mapping
• Air and soil
• Common geological landforms

This qualification specifies the competencies required to conduct environmental sampling, testing and monitoring in a variety of industries and contexts, including but not limited to:

• Environmental monitoring, sampling and field testing (e.g. air, water, soil and rocks)
• Geotechnical services
• Natural resource management
• Water supply and treatment, and storm and wastewater management
• Solid and hazardous waste management.

This qualification applies to environmental assistants, environmental technicians and similar personnel typically employed by enterprises, service providers, non-government organisations or Commonwealth, state/territory/local governments.

Many of these employees are engaged in the monitoring of environmental impacts at industrial sites. They operate monitoring equipment, collect samples and conduct tests in the field and/or at site laboratories. Other employees may collect a range of field data relating to the suitability of land, levels of water use and similar factors and process and present these data using geographical information systems (GIS) software.

This qualification reflects the role of workers who perform a range of sampling and measurement activities as part of laboratory, production or field operations in the construction, manufacturing, resources and environmental industry sectors. Job roles include samplers and testers, production personnel, plant operators, production operators, field assistants, drivers and sample couriers.

Samplers and testers conduct limited sampling and testing as part of their duties in a particular industry. You will gain the following range of skills:

• Follow set procedures to sample raw materials and products
• May package, label, store and transport samples
• Use simple equipment (hydrometers, thermometers and pH meters) to make measurements and perform basic tests that take a short time and involve a narrow range of variables and easily recognised control limits
• May make visual inspection of products and packaging.