AST Adult Literacy and Numeracy Courses
Access Skills Training understand the importance of supporting students develop and improve their core and soft skills. Much of this skill development is at the heart of all our delivery. Our Adult Literacy and Numeracy courses offer both pre-accredited and accredited programs to develop the language, literacy and numeracy skills of individuals, whether it is for their own personal development, social requirements or to improve their employability skills.
22554VIC Course in Initial Adult Literacy and Numeracy
This qualification is the entry level in supporting students with an intellectual disability to support the development of their literacy and numeracy skills. Students will learn to read and write simple texts, learn about money, basic maths skills and measurements for everyday situations.
Course details:
Accredited course
7 units required
1 day a week for 41 weeks
Fees: Government Subsidised $220.00 Concession $364.00 Non-Concession Fee for Service $2,520.00
Units:
- VU22892 Recognise and use letters of the alphabet
- VU22896 Recognise pictures and symbols
- VU22906 Identify and use basic mathematical symbols and processes
- VU22905 Recognise coins and notes
- VU22897 Read simple words
- VU22899 Write simple words
- VU22904 Recognise and use time
22555VIC Certificate I in Initial Adult Literacy and Numeracy
The Certificate I builds on the entry level content of the Course In and explores topics in more detail, such as understanding weight and measurements, writing simple sentences, creating short texts, understanding how to complete forms and using basic addition and subtraction.
Course details:
Accredited course
11 units required
1 day a week for 43 weeks
Fees: Government Subsidised $314.00 Concession $546.00 Non-Concession Fee for Service $4,316.00
Units
- VU22910 Read simple sentences
- VU22911 Write simple sentences
- VU22912 Communicate orally using simple sentences
- VU22918 Use simple metric weights
- VU22919 Use simple liquid measures
- VU22920 Use simple linear measures
- VU22344 Engage with short simple texts for learning purposes
- VU22349 Create short simple texts for learning purposes
- VU22109 Complete forms
- VU22922 Use simple addition skills
- VU22923 Use simple subtraction skills
Pre-Accredited Course – Digital Literacy
Fee: Fully Funded
Location: Bendigo, VIC
Delivery Mode: Face to face
Duration: 20 Hours: 2.5 hourly sessions over an 8 week period
This course will focus on introducing the use of computers to a learner group who have limited ability and confidence with digital technology and basic aspects of the internet. It will focus on providing learners opportunities to learn how to use a word processing application, as well as online communication, usage and safety.
The content will include the following sessions:
1: Computer components and basic functions
2: Online Safety
3: Accessing the Internet/Searching Online/Social Media
4: Microsoft Word processing/resume
5: Microsoft Excel spreadsheets/simple budget
6: Email
7: Video Calling/Communicating in the Digital World
8: Real estate online searches/Employment online searches/Accessing MyGov and Centrelink online
Pre-accredited Course – English for Living and Working in Australia
Fee: Fully Funded
Location: Bendigo, VIC
Delivery Mode: Face to face
Duration: 30 hours; 1 day per week for 20 weeks
This course will support learners from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities to learn about life in Australia in preparation for entering the Australian workforce.
This course is designed to pathway into further study of pre-accredited and accredited English courses, as well as employment opportunities.
