Description
Conducts first aid training courses in a variety of settings to a range of clients including corporate clients, school students, community groups and other members of the public.
Skill Level
3
Alternative Titles
- First Aid Instructor
Specializations
NULL
Skills Assessment Authority
VETASSESS
Caveats
Not eligible if:
Caveat 10
TSS – The position is not located in regional Australia (within the meaning of subregulation 5.19(7) of the Regulations).
Group: 4518 Other Personal Service Workers
Description
This unit group covers Personal Service Workers not elsewhere classified.
It includes Civil Celebrants, Hair or Beauty Salon Assistants, Sex Workers or Escorts, Body Artists, First Aid Trainers and Religious Assistants.
Tasks
Civil Celebrant – Conducts civil marriage ceremonies, funerals, commitment ceremonies, namings and other ceremonies, and maintains appropriate records. Registration or licensing is required.
Hair or Beauty Salon Assistant – Assists Hairdressers or Beauty Therapists by performing routine tasks in a hairdressing or beauty salon.
Sex Worker or Escort – Provides clients with sexual services or social companionship.
Body Artist – Decorates, adorns or modifies the human body either permanently or temporarily by using a range of techniques such as tattooing by inserting ink under layers of skin, painting or dyeing the skin; piercing by implanting jewellery and other bio-compatible material in or under the skin; and modification by cutting, branding, manipulating, stretching and scarring to change the shape of or create patterns in the skin, using scalpel, heat and restraining techniques.
First Aid Instructor – Conducts first aid training courses in a variety of settings to a range of clients including corporate clients, school students, community groups and other members of the public.
Religious Assistant – Supports Ministers of Religion or a religious community in performing a variety of religious functions associated with the practise of a religion, including worship, spiritual guidance, pastoral care and teaching.
Skill Level
Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with an AQF Certificate II or III (ANZSCO Skill Level 4).
At least one year of relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualifications listed above. In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification.
The occupations Civil Celebrant and First Aid Trainer have a level of skill commensurate with an AQF Certificate III including at least two years of on-the-job training, or AQF Certificate IV (ANZSCO Skill Level 3).
At least three years of relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualifications listed above. In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification.
The occupations Hair or Beauty Salon Assistant and Sex Worker or Escort have a level of skill commensurate with AQF Certificate I, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5).
In some instances no formal qualification or on-the-job training may be required. In the case of some Skill Level 5 occupations, a short period of on-the-job training may be required in addition to or instead of the formal qualification, or no formal qualification or on-the-job training may be required.