Duration:1 Year
Sector:Care & Community Services
Sub-Sector:  Elderly Care
Course Code: CC-013-3:2013

Modules: 
•    Residents Receiving & Returning
•    Independent Residents Care Handling
•    Dependent Residents Care Handling
•    Residents Activities Handling
•    Residents Area Housekeeping
•    Premise Hygiene, Safety & Security Handling
•    Emergency Response Handling
•    Residents End Of Life Handling

Pre-requisite 
The minimum requirements proposed by the industrial experts for those interested to enrol for this course are as follows: 
•    Completion of Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) or equivalent. 
•    Physically and mentally fit. 
•    Malaysian citizen 
•    18 years old and above

Employment Prospect
The provision of old folk homes or nursing homes for the purpose of long-term care will soon become a necessity, as the ageing phenomenon becomes more prevalent in Malaysia. The decline in family as the primary caregiver for the elderly who need long-term care has created an increasing demand for institutional care. Elderly care centres currently are in current demand of institutional care givers and the management of these centres must also be skilled and competent to cater to the needs of the elderly.

Possible Job Roles include:
•    Elderly care worker assistant
•    Elderly care worker, day care
•    Day care worker
•    Elderly assistant
•    Elderly educator
•    Early childhood educator assistant
•    Early childhood program staff assistant
•    Pre-school helper