Course Summary
Course Category: PLC (Further Education - FET) - Apply directly to College
QQI Healthcare 5M4468 NFQ Level 5 over 2 years
Course Details
This course prepares you for working in the following Career Sectors:
What will you study?
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Care Skills 5N2770
Client Needs
Daily Activities
Personal Care
Client Wellbeing
Individual Care Programme
Infection Prevention and Control 5N3734
Basic Microbiology
Principles of Infection Control: Precautions and Transmission-Based Precautions
Healthcare-Associated Infections
Health Management: Corporate and Individual Responsibility
Understanding Special Needs 571709
Concepts and Policies related to Special Needs
Identify Special Needs conditions and impairments
Role of support staff and teams
Good Practice
Word Processing 5N1358
Application Management
Text Processing
Tabs and Tables
Mail Merge and Labels
Important
- Colleges may add/remove modules to keep the course updated and to meet demands.
- Almost all PLC courses have a Work Experience module, which requires students to find their own placement in an area directly related to their course.
Progression to CAO Courses
Higher Education Links Scheme (HELS)
This course results in a QQI Major Award, and provides progression opportunities to a number of Higher Education courses, including those in the CAO.
To view CAO courses to which this award provides a direct progression route, click below:
QQI Code
To calculate Points based on your QQI award results, use the PLC Points Calculator.
The Student - Career Interests
This course is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests:
Social
The Social person's interests focus on interacting with the people in their environment. In all cases, the Social person enjoys the personal contact with other people in preference to the impersonal dealings with things, data and ideas found in other groups.
Many will seek out positions where there is direct contact with the public in some advisory role, whether a receptionist or a counsellor. Social people are motivated by an interest in different types of people and like diversity in their work environments. Many are drawn towards careers in the caring professions and social welfare area, whilst others prefer teaching and other 'informing' roles.
Realist
Realists are usually interested in 'things' - such as buildings, mechanics, equipment, tools, electronics etc. Their primary focus is dealing with these - as in building, fixing, operating or designing them. Involvement in these areas leads to high manual skills, or a fine aptitude for practical design - as found in the various forms of engineering.
Realists like to find practical solutions to problems using tools, technology and skilled work. Realists usually prefer to be active in their work environment, often do most of their work alone, and enjoy taking decisive action with a minimum amount of discussion and paperwork.
Further Research
National Statistics for this Award (All Ireland)
The following data provides general information about this Award from colleges across Ireland.
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Career Progression
Successful participants WITH THE FULL AWARD find employment in hospitals, residential care facilities, with health boards and as special needs assistants in mainstream classrooms and in special national schools.
