High demand for aged care workers and cost-cutting is contributing to the deterioration in cert III quality, writes Dr Maree Bernoth. If the Certificate III in Aged Care Work and the Certificate IV Assessor and Trainer were designed to be ...

The highly variable quality of Certificate III training across the country has emerged as an unlikely recurring theme in the Productivity Commission’s ongoing public hearings. At various hearings in Melbourne, Hobart, Brisbane and Sydney, providers, unions and academics have raised ...