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The Aged Care, Disability, Leisure and Health Qualification Review will evaluate and update 6 qualifications to enhance their relevance and assist the sector’s capacity to meet growing demand and evolving challenges.

It will align training with current and emerging roles, technology advancements, findings from the Royal Commissions and create a more sustainable career pathway for those in these sectors.

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This project will review key qualifications across the aged care and disability sectors including the CHC33021 Certificate III in Individual Support which acts as an entry qualification for aged care and disability support work.

Disability services and aged care have different purposes. Disability services facilitate independent living, social and community participation. Aged care supports dignified ageing. Both sectors aim to support and enhance quality of life. While this project will look at training products used in both sectors, we will distinguish them where possible. 

There are a number of areas informing this project including the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety and the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of People with Disability. There are regulatory challenges and recommendations, workforce shortages and growth projections, a lack of minimum qualification requirements and worker registration scheme. These will all be considered as part of the project.

The qualifications and associated skillsets being reviewed are:

You can provide us with any initial feedback on the current qualifications by emailing details to [email protected].

Project fact sheet (Aged Care)         Project fact sheet (Disability) 

 

View the Terms of Reference and Technical Committee members.

Our Project Consultation Strategy has been finalised and is available to download.

July to December 2025

During this phase, we will meet with employers and key stakeholders to conduct a functional analysis of the 6 qualifications, 30 units of competence and 15 skill sets.

We'll seek feedback on the qualifications and consult with the Technical Committee before drafting updated qualifications, units of competency and skill sets, qualification description, recognition of prior learning tools and a companion volume implementation guide.

January to March 2026

Our updated draft qualifications, units of competency and skill sets will be made available for feedback.  

We will conduct 16 in person workshops and 5 online workshops tracking feedback and suggestions which we will record in a consultation log to be published online. 

March to July 2026

Details to come

July to November 2026

Details to come.

How to get involved

If you would like to receive project updates and consultation opportunities, please register.

Project updates

Contact details

To contact the project team, please email [email protected].

 

Timeline

  • Project Overview

    Establish a Technical Committee to provide expert advice for the project.

  • Development

    Functional analysis undertaken via employer and key stakeholder interviews and functional analysis workshops.

    Development of draft qualifications, skill sets and units of competency.

  • Consultation

    Draft training products released for consultation.

    Consultation activities held nationally and online.

    Delivery of in person and online workshops.

    Stakeholder feedback is logged and consultation log published on project webpage.  

  • Finalisation & Submission

    Consensus views incorporated into revisions where compliant with the Training Package Organising Framework.

    Divergent views addressed through further consultations, advice from subject matter experts, negotiations and if necessary, dispute resolution processes.

    Revisions, rationales, dispute process and outcomes published in the Consultation Log.  

    Consultation held with Commonwealth and state/territory State Responsible Officers

    Feedback incorporated into draft documents.

  • Endorsement & Implementation

    Upload endorsed qualifications, skill sets and units of competency to the National Training Register.

    Update the Companion Volume to reflect changes to the Training Package, identified pathways information and mapping information.

    Delivery of virtual professional development workshops to highlight the features of the new qualifications, skill sets and units of competency.