Make a positive impact in the classroom with a higher teacher’s aide qualification. Build on your foundation knowledge and experience to advance your career in Education.
CHC40221 Certificate IV in School Based Education Support provides the skills and knowledge you need to be involved in facilitation of learning across a broad range of instructional groupings, including for those students in need of additional support. This includes supporting students in literacy and numeracy, supporting the specific learning needs of individual students, and working with students with a disability.
Working in classroom settings in primary or secondary schools, you will apply your skills to communicate and work collaboratively with educators and colleagues, as well as support the holistic wellbeing, health and safety of all children. You will seek and analyse information from diverse sources to inform your practise, may provide guidance to other workers, and can expect to undertake your work with limited direct supervision.
You will:
A career in education support is deeply rewarding and positively impacts students, families, and the educational community.
Education support offers a range of positions, including full-time, part-time and school-hour roles. These flexible options accommodate personal and family commitments, providing a better work-life balance.
Demand for education support professionals in Australia remains robust and stable. Jobs and Skills Australia data indicates future employment growth for Educational Aide staff is expected to be strong. Employment opportunities in this sector are projected to increase by 17.4% in the period November 2021 – November 2026. Employment opportunities exist in all Australian States and Territories.
Schools continually seek dedicated individuals who can offer tailored assistance to students with diverse learning needs, to help support their success.
Education Support provides critical hands-on daily support to qualified Educators and Teachers in a variety of educational settings. Education Support is an ideal career pathway to becoming a qualified Teacher or Educator.
Key tasks and functions this qualification will prepare you for include:
17 units of study – 13 core and four elective units of competency. No pre-requisites.
The Australian Qualifications Framework determines that the duration of this qualification is 6 months – 2 years, however with both face-to-face training, and flexible online learning, learners are typically completing within the first 6 – 9 months. How quickly an individual is able to complete the course will depend on how fast they work through the content, their commitment to learning and their level of competence.
A student’s enrolment will be for up to two years, while they remain engaged in their studies and meet course progression requirements.
100 hours of vocational work placement is required in one of the following education environments:
Students who are already employed in an appropriate education setting may be able to undertake their work placement with their employer. You can review your work situation with a Skills Generation trainer prior to commencing the course, to ensure that your organisation is suitable and that your role will allow you to meet practical assessment requirements. Where the full range of tasks is not covered in your existing employment, a partial vocational placement with another organisation may be required.
Students will be supported to find vocational placement with an organisation approved as suitable by Skills Generation. The Skills Generation Student Support Team and your trainer will be available to assist you to identify suitable organisations and ensure that the required documentation is put in place.
Students are responsible for the cost of any travel and accommodation that may be associated with work placement. Skills Generation insurance covers students undertaking course requirements while on vocational placement.
Please refer to the relevant Government website/s for the most up to date information regarding any restrictions and vaccination requirements that may be in place, please also be aware that work placement employers may have certain requirements in relation to vaccinations or other restrictions in addition to any mandated by government. If you have any questions regarding requirements for work placement, please contact the Student Support Team at [email protected].
On successful completion of this course you will receive the nationally recognised qualification:
CHC40221 Certificate IV in School Based Education Support
The qualification is awarded by Skills Generation RTO 41008, with training and assessment delivered by Skills Generation or an approved Third Party training provider on behalf of Skills Generation.
The Commonwealth Government requires all learners undertaking nationally recognised, accredited training courses to have a Unique Student Identifier (USI). Learners are unable to enrol without their USI.
If you are currently working, or have previously worked in a relevant industry, you may be eligible for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). RPL applies where you have workplace experience/competency that can be formally assessed against the units of competency in this course. If you wish to undertake an RPL process, please discuss with our Student Services enrolments team.
This is a Fee for Service course.
Payment Plans are available making it easy for students to make weekly, fortnightly or monthly payment instalments.
Skills Generation proudly partners with select Australian Universities to provide pathway options for university study. University pathways include guaranteed entry and credit for Skills Generation graduates of Certificate IV and Diploma qualifications.
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