Health and social support
Year 10 to 12, Port Augusta Technical College
Speak to your school’s career counsellor or VET coordinator to apply.
SA's largest employing industry with 17,540 jobs in 2024
Get hands-on industry training, part-time
Get hands-on experience and all the skills you need to step straight into a career in health and social support.
Make a positive impact on the lives of others
Gain practical skills and real-world experience in anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, patient care, rehabilitation techniques and infection control.
Hands-on learning, real-world skills and employer connections will set you up for career success.
Katina Athanasos
Port Augusta Technical College Lead
What you'll learn
All topics contribute to your VET qualifications and SACE.
- Introduction to Health Industries and Employability skills
- Exploring Identities and Futures
- First Aid and CPR Training: HLTAID011 Provide First Aid
Your school will support you to gain 20 days of work experience in collaboration with the college, giving you a taste of the real world!
- Employability skills program
- Activating Identities and Futures: Hybrid
- CHC33021 Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing)
- Allied health short course
- Enabling Studies Program: option for students to transition to a higher education pathway without the need for an ATAR.
Your school will support you to undertake a minimum of 120 hours of work placement in collaboration with the college and the RTO, enhancing your practical experience.
Speak to your school careers/pathways coordinator for more information on SACE credits associated with year 10 and 11 technical college programs.
Develop all the skills you need to go into employment, a traineeship, or the first year of a university degree.
Traineeship
Options can include:
- Health Support Worker
- Personal Servicing Worker
- Transition into employment for careers such as:
- Allied health assistant
- Assistant in nursing
- Patient support worker
- Personal care worker.
University
Options can include:
- Bachelor of Nursing (pre-registration)
- Bachelor of Social Work
- Bachelor of Allied Health (Physiotherapy)
- Bachelor of Allied Health (Occupational Therapy)
- Bachelor of Allied Health (Speech Pathology)
- Bachelor of Psychological Science
Continue and complete your degree for careers such as:
- Nurse
- Occupational therapist
- Physiotherapist
- Social worker
- Speech therapist
- Psychologist
Registered Training Organisation
Our partner registered training organisations are:
Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation - Code: 40064
Leading employer partners
We've partnered with Eyre and Far North Local Health Network (EFNLHN), Flinders Upper North Local Health Network (FUNLHN) and Helping Hand to provide our graduates with guaranteed careers.
This is another way we can create a sustainable workforce in the future, while supporting young people to have a meaningful career
Julie Marron, Chief Executive Officer, Eyre and Far North Local Health Network
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The course is helping me build employability skills, like communication and learning how to speak professionally in interviews.
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I’m working towards becoming a physiotherapist or an exercise physiologist. It’s been a really supportive experience, with support from both my peers and staff.
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There’s a lot of respect and teamwork, which makes it a really good environment to learn in.
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Port Augusta Technical College contact
Address: Hobby Avenue, Port Augusta SA 5700
Email: PtAugustaTechnicalCollege@schools.sa.edu.au
Phone: (08) 8647 3333