Institute of Nursing and Medical Science Part of the CAQA group

Health

Nursing and Medical Science, taught against the national register.

Qualifications across the Health training package, from assistance in nursing through to specialist clinical and allied health practice. Everything listed here is drawn from the national register, so this page cannot drift from what is actually current.

56Current qualifications
5AQF levels
1Training package
AQFNationally recognised
A qualification is a promise that someone can do the work.

Which means the assessment has to be real, the trainers have to be current, and the evidence has to survive somebody checking it later.

IThe register

56 current qualifications in this discipline.

Filter by AQF level or search by code and title. Superseded qualifications are excluded, because listing a superseded product as available is a compliance problem rather than a presentation choice.

CodeQualificationPackage
Advanced Diploma4 qualifications
HLT60121Advanced Diploma of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care ManagementHLT
HLT62615Advanced Diploma of AyurvedaHLT
HLT64121Advanced Diploma of NursingHLT
HLT65015Advanced Diploma of Dental ProstheticsHLT
Diploma17 qualifications
HLT50121Diploma of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care PracticeHLT
HLT50221Diploma of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care ManagementHLT
HLT50321Diploma of Clinical CodingHLT
HLT51020Diploma of Emergency Health CareHLT
HLT52021Diploma of Remedial MassageHLT
HLT52115Diploma of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Remedial MassageHLT
HLT52215Diploma of Shiatsu and Oriental TherapiesHLT
HLT52315Diploma of Clinical AromatherapyHLT
HLT52415Diploma of KinesiologyHLT
HLT52515Diploma of ReflexologyHLT
HLT52615Diploma of Ayurvedic Lifestyle ConsultationHLT
HLT54121Diploma of NursingHLT
HLT55118Diploma of Dental TechnologyHLT
HLT57425Diploma of AudiometryHLT
HLT57715Diploma of Practice ManagementHLT
HLT57821Diploma of Orthopaedic TechnologyHLT
HLT57921Diploma of Anaesthetic Technology and PracticeHLT
Certificate IV16 qualifications
HLT40121Certificate IV in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health CareHLT
HLT40221Certificate IV in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care PracticeHLT
HLT41020Certificate IV in Ambulance Communications (Dispatch)HLT
HLT41120Certificate IV in Health CareHLT
HLT42021Certificate IV in Massage TherapyHLT
HLT43021Certificate IV in Allied Health AssistanceHLT
HLT45021Certificate IV in Dental AssistingHLT
HLT46015Certificate IV in Population HealthHLT
HLT46115Certificate IV in Indigenous Environmental HealthHLT
HLT47015Certificate IV in Sterilisation ServicesHLT
HLT47121Certificate IV in Hospital or Health Services Pharmacy SupportHLT
HLT47321Certificate IV in Health AdministrationHLT
HLT47425Certificate IV in AudiometryHLT
HLT47515Certificate IV in Operating Theatre Technical SupportHLT
HLT47715Certificate IV in Medical Practice AssistingHLT
HLT47825Certificate IV in Optical DispensingHLT
Certificate III14 qualifications
HLT30121Certificate III in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health CareHLT
HLT31020Certificate III in Ambulance Communications (Call-taking)HLT
HLT31120Certificate III in Non-Emergency Patient TransportHLT
HLT31220Certificate III in Basic Health CareHLT
HLT33021Certificate III in Allied Health AssistanceHLT
HLT33115Certificate III in Health Services AssistanceHLT
HLT35021Certificate III in Dental AssistingHLT
HLT35115Certificate III in Dental Laboratory AssistingHLT
HLT36015Certificate III in Population HealthHLT
HLT36115Certificate III in Indigenous Environmental HealthHLT
HLT37015Certificate III in Sterilisation ServicesHLT
HLT37121Certificate III in Hospital or Health Services Pharmacy SupportHLT
HLT37315Certificate III in Health AdministrationHLT
HLT37525Certificate III in PathologyHLT
Certificate II5 qualifications
HLT20121Certificate II in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health CareHLT
HLT21020Certificate II in Medical Service First ResponseHLT
HLT23221Certificate II in Health Support ServicesHLT
HLT26015Certificate II in Population HealthHLT
HLT26120Certificate II in Indigenous Environmental HealthHLT
Source: training.gov.au
IIHow we teach

Assessment first, content second.

i

Built from the evidence

We start from what the unit requires you to demonstrate, then design the teaching that gets you there. The reverse order produces courses that are interesting and unassessable.

ii

Current practitioners

Trainers who still work in the field. Vocational currency is a requirement, and it is also the difference between a class that is true and one that was true.

iii

Honest about the gap

Where a qualification prepares you for a role but does not licence you for it, we say so before you enrol rather than after.

IIIPathways

One qualification is rarely the destination.

The levels above stack. A Certificate III that leads nowhere is a worse outcome than a Certificate II that leads somewhere, and the register is arranged so you can see the next step before you commit to this one.

Credit transfer

Units completed in one qualification carry into any other qualification that contains them. That is a right, not a concession, and it is worth checking before you re enrol in something you have already done.

Start a conversation.

Tell us where you are now and what you are trying to reach. The right qualification usually follows from that.