About Health Skills Australia

If you'd like to make a real difference to the lives of the people you care for, then Health Skills Australia can support your professional development with specialist health and community services training.

Our nationally accredited qualifications range from Certificate II through to Diploma level in health and community services areas, including aged care, disability work, health supervision and mental health. We also provide a number of short courses, such as first aid, infection control and medication administration. You'll find a full list of courses on our Training Program pages

You can fit your study around your other commitments with flexible study options. Choose on-campus study in NSW, Victoria or Queensland, or study online. We also provide in-service training at your workplace.

We work closely with industry groups and healthcare professionals to ensure our courses meet the needs of the sector and the community it serves, and our teaching staff are all practising healthcare professionals who draw on their depth of experience.

Health Skills Australia is a Registered Training Organisation (RTO), and has provided excellence in healthcare training since 2005. We've been part of the Navitas Group since 2010.

Health Care Fact File

Did you know?

  • Community services and health industries provide essential services for all Australians, and are the third largest employer with over 10% of the Australian workforce.
  • It is predicted to be one of the fastest growing sectors in Australia, with over 30,000 new jobs being created every year.
  • In terms of public spending, health care is one of the largest government service sectors in Australia.
  • Over 100,000 Australians work in aged care and disability services.
  • There are good employment prospects for aged and disabled carers, nurses, health information managers and medical administration staff.

(DEWR, ABS, Community Services & Health Industries Skills Council)