Certificate IV in Massage Therapy Practice(HLT40307)

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Massage is the therapeutic use of human touch. Combination techniques are used to enhance the healing process of the soft tissue, facilitating a therapeutic response to many bodily systems. This course offers training to ensure the graduate is able to apply professional massage to a range of soft tissue dysfunctions as well as offering quality relaxation massage, which is the cornerstone to all massage.

Course Code
Certificate IV in Massage Therapy Practice HLT40307 ( Download Student learning program for this course here)

Units of study:

• Introduction to Massage 
• Therapeutic massage Pathophysiology 
• Clinical Practicum 
• Sports Massage
• Anatomy & Physiology Surface Anatomy 
• Introduction to Reflexognosy 
• Introduction to Aromatherapy
• Acupressure
• Business Portfolio 
• Effective communication for the health practitioner 
• First Aid, OHS Infection Control
  
  National units of competency:
  Compulsory units:
  BSBCMN204A Working effectively with others
  HLTCOM404B Communicate effectively with clients
  HLTCOM406B Make referrals to other health care professionals when appropriate
  HLTCOM408B Use specific health terminology to communicate effectively
  HLTFA301B Apply basic first aid
  HLTHIR301 Communicate and work effectively in health
  HLTOHS300A Contribute to OHS processes
  HLTIN301A Comply with infection control policies and procedures in Health work
  HLTAP401A Confirm physical health status
  Specialisation units:
  HLTREM401B Work within a massage framework
  HLTREM409B Perform massage health assessment
  HLTREM408B Apply massage assessment framework
  HLTREM407B Plan the massage treatment strategy
  HLTREM406B Provide the massage treatment

Units include introduction to massage, therapeutic massage, remedial massage, pathophysiology, sports massage, aromatherapy, acupressure, reflexognosy? , communication and business skills.

The course offers an in-depth investigation of relevant massage units and includes an introduction to reflexognosy? as part of the training. This modality is unique to the National College of Traditional Medicine.

Anatomy and physiology is offered as a distance education unit which includes CDs, a workbook and textbook. It is supported by in-class tutorials.

Students are required to perform 100 clinical hours in the professionally supervised college clinic, which are additional to the course calendar.

Senior first aid training (level 2) requires additional hours and may be taken with an external trainer.

Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course.

Centrelink approved course
This course is approved as a full time course through Centerlink for Youth Allowance, Austudy & ABSTUDY.

Delivery modes
This course is delivered in-class due to its tactile nature. Anatomy and physiology is offered as a distance(correspondence) education unit and is supported by in-class tutorials.

Course Duration
This is a 723 hour course that is conducted on Tuesdays, Thursdays 6:30pm to 9:30pm 
and Saturdays 10:00am -5:00pm over 9 months. 

This course articulates with the Diploma of Remedial Massage (national code: HLT50307)

Lecturers
Sandi Rogers
Sharon Malcolm
Royce Borgelt

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