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Please read the following terms and conditions that govern your enrolment with North Metropolitan TAFE.
 

Student code of conduct

The Student Code of Conduct defines what is required of students with regard to student academic integrity and personal behaviour, what...

11 October 2022

A group of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students started their engineering journey in our free Koomba Birdal Program last week.

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Please complete this form to register your interest to study a skill set at North Metropolitan TAFE.

You may be required to provide evidence of study and/or work history. If you have previously studied at North Metropolitan TAFE we can use your previous studies to support your...

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North Metropolitan TAFE is a vocationally oriented adult learning environment.

It prepares you for employment in your career of choice and must, out of necessity, provide a mature age learning environment to responsibly prepare you for the workforce.

At the same time, our...

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13 September 2021

New requirements have been introduced for residential aged care workers, including students on work placement

The Commonwealth Department of Health and the Western Australian Department of Health have advised that it will be mandatory for residential aged...

Healthcare students preparing for work placement are eligible to access vaccinations under Phase 1b of the vaccination program. Go to VaccinateWA and complete the registration and consent process.
 
When you come to the eligibility questions you should choose the following:

  •  Do you work in a critical or high-risk industry:  "Yes"
  • Priority population:  "Non-WA Health Healthcare Worker"

 
Once you have chosen these options (and any other eligibility criteria that might apply to you) the system will advise you are eligible and will give you the option to book in for an appointment.
  
GP clinics are now providing some vaccines, and appointments for these can also be booked through the Australian Government's Vaccine Clinic Finder(opens in a new tab)

 

We will keep you updated with any changes or advice via email, Blackboard(opens in a new tab) and/or teaching departments as soon as information becomes available.

 

We know you may have questions or concerns, feel free to contact us at enquiry@nmtafe.wa.edu.au 
 
Your lecturers will also discuss this requirement with you in classes over the next couple of weeks.

  

Frequently asked questions

The definition of a student on placement is:

“A person who is a student and is on a placement at a residential aged care facility as a formal part of their education.”

That is, do the new guidelines apply to students in these settings?

  • Disability
  • Allied Health
  • Hospital pharmacy
  • Anaesthetic technology
  • Pathology
  • Health Service Assistant
  • Dental Assisting
  • Enrolled Nursing
  • Community services – where placement is undertaken in aged/disability care.

Answer: The current guidelines apply to students on work placement in residential aged care facilities

 

At this stage, academic staff are not required to be vaccinated to supervise students on work placement in residential aged care facilities.  

A student on a work placement at a residential aged care facility must produce evidence, in the form approved by the Chief Health Officer, that they have been vaccinated against COVID-19 if:

  • directed to do so by an emergency officer; or
  • required to do so by their employer or by the owner, occupier or person apparently in charge of a residential aged care facility. 

Please contact enquiry@nmtafe.wa.edu.au or speak to your lecturer.

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