HLT32407 Certificate III in Allied Health Assistance

Course Outline
This course gives participants the skills and knowledge to provide assistance to allied health professionals in a variety of health and community settings. Workers at this level operate under direct supervision and do not conduct programs or therapeutic interventions.  Individuals develop the skills and knowledge to assist with the provision of an allied health therapy program including physiotherapy treatments and rehabilitation therapies.

Course Structure
The Certificate III in Allied Health Assistance consists of 15 units of competency: 10 compulsory units and 5 elective units.  Elective units should be chosen to reflect the work role and required duties.

The units cover topics such as:
  • Overview of the health care sector
  • Communicating in health including medical language
  • Occupational health and safety
  • Infection control procedures
  • Legal and ethical aspects of health care
  • Assisting with the movement of clients/patients
  • Assisting with allied health programs
  • Assisting with physiotherapy treatments
  • Assisting with the rehabilitation of clients/patients
Delivery Options
The Certificate III in Allied Health Assistance is delivered as a classroom based course. Classroom based delivery is structured over 3 days per week for 13 weeks of classroom sessions including 150 hours of full time work placements at Mercy Health’s hospitals and health care facilities.

For individuals who have worked in the industry for some time and have the requisite skills and knowledge may apply for Recognition Assessment.

Career Pathways



Selection Criteria

Prospective participants:
  • must have a genuine desire to support and care for others
  • must be at least 18 years of age
  • must have the physical fitness and the ability to actively perform certain work duties including transferring physically dependent patient/clients
  • may be required to complete a language, literacy and numeracy assessment.

A national police check is mandatory before undertaking practical work placement.

Employment Opportunities
There are many employment opportunities for allied health assistants in public and private hospitals, health care services, aged care facilities and rehabilitation centres.

Course Fees
Full fee paying
The course fee for classroom based delivery is: $1990 per participant.  A range of flexible payment options are available.

Partially funded courses
Tuition fee is $300 per person or $120.00 for Concession Card holders.

To be eligible for a Government subsidised place, applicants must be:
1. An Australian citizen or holder of a permanent visa; or a holder of a Special Category Visa (sub-class 444); or East Timorese asylum seeker; or a holder of a Temporary Protection Visa; AND
2. Aged under 20 years of age on 1 January in the year of course commencement; OR
3. Aged 20 - 25 years or over on 1 January in the year the course commences, and you do not hold a prior qualification at the Certificate IV level or higher; OR
4. Aged 25 years or over on 1 January in the year of the course commences and you are a retrenched worker seeking a qualification higher than the highest qualification held.
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For further information and enrolment details
Contact:    Mercy Health Training Institute
                 ( 03) 8458 4997
                 mhti@mercy.com.au