FÁS Healthcare Support - Care of the elderly.

rml20131

I am about to start a course with fás in healthcare support, it is a fetac level 5 qualification.Has anyone else done this course previously? Would love to know a bit more about the assignments and work load of the course!

Jaycdeluxe

rml20131 wrote: »

I am about to start a course with fás in healthcare support, it is a fetac level 5 qualification.Has anyone else done this course previously? Would love to know a bit more about the assignments and work load of the course!

Me and you are in the same boat. However I have my aptitude test tomoro. Have you done yours? and how did it go?

rml20131

I wasn't told about an aptitude test? Just did my interview and got called today to say I had been successful. Im looking forward to it now, just wanting to find out a bit more!

stareyboo

Hi
I'm about 2 months into the course with VEC and I love it. It started off slow paced for the first couple of weeks but there are 12 modules and you get assignments quick enough. If you do them as soon as you get them you wont fall behind and keep up with the work load.

Good luck with your courses.

rml20131

Started my 2nd week on the course today and I absolutely love it very intense already but luckily I have a knowledge of anatomy and physiology already so I'm doing okay! Thanks for your reply and all the best with your course!

The Witches Cat

Hi. Just a quick question about the healthcare course. Is it mostly women who do the course or do men do it as well. Im a guy and would be very interested in doing it. Any info greatly appreciated.

rml20131

Hi, there's actually 20 people in my course and 11 are men! It's a very popular course with men of all ages just as much as women. It's only week 4 and we have our christmas night out organised and everything , it's a great course. Hard work but very rewarding.

The Witches Cat

rml20131 wrote: »

Hi, there's actually 20 people in my course and 11 are men! It's a very popular course with men of all ages just as much as women. It's only week 4 and we have our christmas night out organised and everything , it's a great course. Hard work but very rewarding.

Great. Thanks a million for that.

petals rocks1

May i ask how u find the health care support course please?? Interview on tuesday and just wonderin about the course really....

lulu1

HI I know someone who done the course last year in Donegal and it was tight enough going There is alot of work involved. But what they did was they met one night in someones house and compared notes which they found a great help

petals rocks1

Just requested my exam results. Wont have these in time foe interview tomoro with fas. Will this matter? Course startin monday

lulu1

petals rocks1 wrote: »

Just requested my exam results. Wont have these in time foe interview tomoro with fas. Will this matter? Course startin monday

Dont see it being a problem is it the fetec level 5 you are doing?

petals rocks1

Yea its the fetac level 5 course. Thot i had all exam results but dont. Darn

tbann

I have just finished my communications module and moving on to care of the elderly next. How did you find it?