HLTHIR301C Communicate and work effectively in health

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededNonEquivalent

The currency period for HLTHIR301C ended on 4 August 2015 — 11 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

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Product type
Unit of competency
Training package
HLT07 — Health Training Package
Currency period ends
4 August 2015
Latest release
Release 1 · 7 May 2012
Supersedes
HLTHIR301B
Superseded by
CHCCOM005 not equivalent

Where the register points next

Each step below is one supersession training.gov.au publishes between two products. The label on the rail is the equivalence the register declares for that step — not our reading of it.

  1. HLTHIR301CSuperseded — not equivalentCommunicate and work effectively in health
  2. not equivalent
  3. CHCCOM005CurrentCommunicate and work in health or community services

What the register says changed

These are the mapping notes training.gov.au attaches to each supersession, quoted as the register writes them. They are the only public record of what actually changed between two versions.

  • HLTHIR301BHLTHIR301Cequivalent6 May 2012

    ISC upgrade changes to remove references to old OHS legislation and replace with references to new WHS legislation. No change to competency outcome.

  • HLTHIR301CCHCCOM005not equivalent5 August 2015

    Merged CHCCS411C and HLTHIR301C. Significant changes to performance criteria. New evidence requirements for assessment, including volume and frequency requirements. Significant changes to knowledge evidence.

Official documents on the register

What training.gov.au lists for HLTHIR301C and for its training package HLT07 (release 5.1), with the name and date the register publishes for each file. We link them; we have not read them, and nothing on this page is taken from their contents.

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Where HLTHIR301C is used

training.gov.au lists HLTHIR301C inside 38 training products, none of them current. Every one of them is below, with the register's own core or elective flag for HLTHIR301C in that product.

Products no longer current 38 listed

The register still records HLTHIR301C inside these, but it no longer recommends them as current. They are here because a scope history or an old enrolment can still point at them.

CodeTraining productTypeHLTHIR301C is
HLT21112Certificate II in Emergency Medical Service First ResponseQualificationelective
HLT21212Certificate II in Health Support ServicesQualificationelective
HLT21312Certificate II in Aboriginal and-or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health CareQualificationelective
HLT30212Certificate III in Non-Emergency Client TransportQualificationelective
HLT31112Certificate III in Sterilisation ServicesQualificationelective
HLT31412Certificate III in Hospital-Health Services Pharmacy SupportQualificationelective
HLT31512Certificate III in Nutrition and Dietetic AssistanceQualificationelective
HLT31812Certificate III in Dental AssistingQualificationelective
HLT31912Certificate III in Ambulance Communications (Call-taking)Qualificationelective
HLT32012Certificate III in Mortuary Theatre PracticeQualificationelective
Show the remaining 28 products no longer current
CodeTraining productTypeHLTHIR301C is
HLT32112Certificate III in Prosthetic-Orthotic TechnologyQualificationelective
HLT32412Certificate III in Allied Health AssistanceQualificationelective
HLT32512Certificate III in Health Services AssistanceQualificationelective
HLT32612Certificate III in PathologyQualificationelective
HLT32712Certificate III in Dental Laboratory AssistingQualificationelective
HLT32812Certificate III in Health Support ServicesQualificationelective
HLT32912Certificate III in Health AdministrationQualificationelective
HLT33112Certificate III in Basic Health CareQualificationelective
HLT40312Certificate IV in Massage Therapy PracticeQualificationelective
HLT41012Certificate IV in Health Care (Ambulance)Qualificationelective
HLT41112Certificate IV in Ambulance CommunicationsQualificationelective
HLT41212Certificate IV in Ayurvedic Lifestyle ConsultationQualificationelective
HLT41312Certificate IV in Audiometric AssessmentQualificationelective
HLT41412Certificate IV in Cast TechnologyQualificationelective
HLT41512Certificate IV in Hyperbaric TechnologyQualificationelective
HLT41712Certificate IV in Neurophysiology TechnologyQualificationelective
HLT41912Certificate IV in Sleep technologyQualificationelective
HLT42112Certificate IV in Cardiac TechnologyQualificationelective
HLT42512Certificate IV in Allied Health AssistanceQualificationelective
HLT42612Certificate IV in Anaesthetic TechnologyQualificationelective
HLT42712Certificate IV in AromatherapyQualificationelective
HLT42812Certificate IV in KinesiologyQualificationelective
HLT43112Certificate IV in Defence Health CareQualificationelective
HLT43312Certificate IV in Medical Practice AssistingQualificationelective
HLT43512Certificate IV in Optical DispensingQualificationelective
HLT43612Certificate IV in Rehabilitation and Assistive TechnologyQualificationelective
HLT43712Certificate IV in Optical TechnologyQualificationelective
HLT50612Diploma of Paramedical Science (Anaesthesia)Qualificationelective

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