Holmesglen Institute of TAFE Courses

Applicants for the ICT50220 Diploma of Information Technology (Advanced Networking) program must have prior basic skills and knowledge to:
configure, install and manage a small network
configure, install and manage a small wireless network
introductory skills in installing and configuring computer equipment and connecting to a network
setting up a network server
introductory knowledge and skills in installing and configuring virtual machines.
or
attainment of Certificate IV in Information Technology, or equivalent qualification with electives in networking and cyber security, ICT40418 Certificate IV in Information Technology Networking, ICT40120 Certificate IV in Information Technology (Networking), or 22334VIC Certificate IV in Cyber Security.

Applicants intending to learn remotely will require access to a computer or laptop with the following minimum specifications: Quad-Core CPU, 16GB of RAM, 4GHz processor or faster, 250GB of storage
PC Monitor 24" (dual monitor optional but preferred)
Headset/earphones with microphone (webcam optional but preferred)
Access to an internet connection (ADSL or cable connection desirable)

Applications:
Windows 10 - free access through Holmesglen OnTheHub
Windows server 2019 - free access through Holmesglen OnTheHub
Packet Tracer - free to download
NetLab - free access via web Holmesglen url
NetAcad - free access through Cisco learning academy
VMware workstation Pro - free access through Holmesglen OnTheHub
Kali Linux - free to download
LinkedIn Learning - free access via Holmesglen
Microsoft Office Suite - free access through Holmesglen MyHorizon
WebEx - free to download
Visual Studio Code - free to download
Exchange server - 120-day trial
Ticketing systems - 120-day trial
VoIP/Skype for business - 120-day trial
ESXI 7.0 - free version
Storage - free access via Holmesglen OneDrive or students can access free storage offered by Google drive or Dropbox. Alternatively, students can purchase an external SSD hard disk with a minimum of 250GB (prices vary).
7Zip or an equivalent compression utility - free to download
Google Chrome - recommended web browser, free to download

Prior to enrolment all applicants are required to complete a literacy and numeracy assessment and attend a pre-training interview. These will assist with determining your suitability to the course, verify your training plan, and identify any learning support needs. Your digital and computer skills are determined and confirmed during these assessments and interview.

COVID-19 vaccination requirements
Please refer to our coronavirus update page to view current vaccine requirements.

All applicants must be at least 17 years of age. Holmesglen requires learners to have completed one of the following qualifications:

ICT30120 Certificate III in Information Technology - including games stream electives
ICT40915 Certificate IV Digital and Interactive Games
ICT40120 Certificate IV in Information Technology (Gaming Development)

or have basic prior knowledge in the use of industry-standard game design technologies equivalent to the following:

Unity
C#
3D Maya
Adobe Photoshop

Applications:
Microsoft Word - access through Holmesglen MyHorizon
WebEx - free to download
Unity - student license free
Maya - student license free
3D Coat - free access through Holmesglen MyHorizon or student may purchase
ZBrush - access through Holmesglen MyHorizon
Substance Painter - student license free
Adobe Photoshop - free access through Holmesglen MyHorizon or students may purchase
Adobe Premier - free access through Holmesglen MyHorizon or student may purchase
GitHub desktop - free to download
7Zip or an equivalent compression utility - free to download
Google Chrome - recommended web browser
Onedrive or Google drive/Dropbox account for storage

Prior to enrolment or commencement of training, you will be required to complete a literacy and numeracy assessment via Basic Key Skills Builder (BKSB) and a Pre Training Review interview. These will assist with determining your suitability for the course and identify any learning support needs.

Prior to commencing this qualification an individual must have completed the following units of competency (or equivalent).
* FNSACC321 Process financial transactions and extract interim reports
* FNSACC322 Administer subsidiary accounts and ledgers
* FNSACC418 Work effectively in the accounting and bookkeeping industry
* FNSACC421 Prepare financial reports (this unit is the equivalent version of BSBFIA401 Prepare financial reports).
These competencies may have been achieved through completion of the following (or their equivalent):
* FNSSS00014 Accounting Principles Skill Set
Or
* FNS40222 Certificate IV in Accounting and Bookkeeping.

Prior to enrolment or commencement of training, learners will be required to complete a literacy and numeracy assessment and a pre-training interview. These will assist with determining your suitability to the course, verify your training plan, and identify any learning support needs.

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To be eligible, students must be at least 16 years of age.

Prior to enrolment or commencement of training you will be required to complete a literacy and numeracy assessment and a pre-training interview. These will assist with determining your suitability to the course, verify your training plan, and identify any learning support needs.

Before you can start your practical placement, you will be required to provide:
a clear National Criminal History (Police) Check
evidence of influenza vaccination (required from May each year)
evidence of COVID-19 vaccinations (mandated by the Australian Government from 17 September 2021 for all workers in aged care).

All applicants must be at least 17 years of age. Holmesglen also requires that all applicants possess the following abilities:
* turn on a computer
* connect to the internet
* use a mouse, keyboard, headset with microphone or speakers and webcam
* open and close a software application
* conduct a search in a web browser
* send and receive emails
* save a file, and locate a saved file
* download and install software application
* use webinar software to participate in remote learning.

Learners opting to BYOD or intending to learn remotely will require access to:

* A Mac with the following minimum specification: M1 Processor, Memory 8GB, Storage 512GB
OR
* A PC/laptop with the following minimum specification: Quad-Core CPU, 16GB of RAM, 256GB of Storage, 2 GHz or faster processor, Windows 10 OS, or higher
* Headset with microphone and webcam (if learning remotely)
* Internet access

Access to applications used in learning is available through Holmesglen MyHorizon or can be downloaded via the link provided:
* Brightspace (Learning Management System) - https://holmesglen.brightspace.com/
* 365 Microsoft office suite - https://portal.office.com
* WebEx - https://holmesglen.webex.com/
* Holmesglen OneDrive
* MyHorizon - https://myHorizon.holmesglen.edu.au
* Google Chrome - recommended web browser https://www.google.com/intl/en_au/chrome/
* 7-Zip - https://www.7-zip.org/download.html
* Visual Studio Code - https://code.visualstudio.com/
* GitHub Desktop- https://desktop.github.com
* Figma - https://www.figma.com/
* Adobe Photoshop
* Adobe Illustrator
* Bootstrap - https://getbootstrap.com/
* Apache - https://httpd.apache.org/
* PHP - https://www.php.net/
* MySQL - https://www.mysql.com/
* WordPress - https://wordpress.com/
* FileZilla - https://filezilla-project.org/
* WAMP - https://www.wampserver.com/en/
* MAMP - https://www.mamp.info/en/downloads/

Prior to enrolment or commencement of training, you will be required to complete a literacy and numeracy assessment via Basic Key Skills Builder (BKSB) and a Pre Training Review interview.

These will assist with determining your suitability for the course and identify any learning support needs.

There are no prerequisite units. Learners do not have to be employed already or have any particular employment skills.

Entry into the skill set for Australian Government SLPET program (Settlement Language Pathways to Employment and Training) will be determined according to a participant's
* current English language skills (an initial assessment is conducted)
* learning and pathway needs including employability skills, digital and other literacies and further educational and vocational training needs.

Learners need to be over 18 years' old
Be eligible for the AMEP

To be eligible, students must be at least 17 years of age.

There are no entry requirements as per the Training Package. However, Holmesglen requires learners who undertake this program require digital literacy skills and the ability to:
* turn on a computer
* use a mouse and keyboard
* open and close a software application

Prior to enrolment or commencement of training you will be required to complete a literacy and numeracy assessment and a pre-training interview. These will assist with determining your suitability to the course, verify your training plan, and identify any learning support needs.

Applicants must be 18 by February 1 of the year they commence the course.

Prior to enrolment or commencement of training, you will be required to complete a literacy and numeracy assessment. These will assist with determining your suitability to the course, verify your training plan, and identify any learning support needs.

You will need to attend an interview to assess suitability for the course. You must be able to commit to attending off-campus field excursions that require overnight camping and stays throughout the year.

You must also have the physical capacity to be able to successfully operate and work within the field where you may be required to assist with set up and loading of outdoor leadership equipment, while making sure you follow all Manual Handling WHS legislation.

There are no prerequisites.

All applicants must be at least 18 years of age. Applicants for the ICT50220 Diploma of Information Technology (Advanced Programming) program must have prior basic skills and knowledge in:
HTML
CSS
C#
JavaScript
Python

or attainment of
ICT40518 Certificate IV in Programming
ICT40120 Certificate IV in Information Technology (Programming)
ICT40118 Certificate IV in Information Technology - with programming electives.

Applicants intending to learn remotely will require access to a computer or laptop with the following minimum specifications: Quad-Core CPU, 16GB of RAM, 4GHz processor or faster, 250GB of storage
Access to an internet connection (ADSL or cable connection desirable)
PC Monitor 24" (dual monitor optional but preferred)
Headset/earphones with microphone (webcam optional but preferred)

Applicants will be able to access:
Windows 10 - free access through Holmesglen OnTheHub
LinkedIn Learning - free access through Holmesglen URL
Microsoft Office Suite - free access through Holmesglen MyHorizon
WebEx - free to download
Visual Studio Community - free to download
Visual Studio Code - free to download
7Zip or an equivalent compression utility - free to download
Google Chrome - recommended web browser, free to download
Thonny - free to download
Netbeans - free to download
SQL Server - free to download
SQL Server Management Studio - free to download
MySQL - free to download
MySQL workbench - free to download
Microsoft Visio - free to download
Adobe Dreamweaver - free access through Holmesglen MyHorizon or students may purchase
Git Bash - free to download
GitHub - free to download
Sourcetree - free to download
Onedrive or Google drive/Dropbox account for storage - free to use

Prior to enrolment all applicants are required to complete a literacy and numeracy assessment and attend a pre-training interview. These will assist with determining your suitability to the course, verify your training plan, and identify any learning support needs.

Holmesglen requires applicants who undertake this program to have the digital literacy to:
turn on a computer
connect to the internet
use a mouse, keyboard, headset with microphone or speakers and webcam
open and close a software application
conduct a search in a web browser
send and receive emails
save a file, and locate a saved file
download and install a software application
use webinar software to participate in remote learning

Applicants intending to learn remotely will require access to a PC or laptop with the following minimum specifications:
Quad-Core CPU, 8GB of RAM, 200GB of storage, 2 GHz or faster processor
Access to an internet connection (ADSL or cable connection desirable)
Windows 10 - available free through Holmesglen OnTheHub
Windows server 2019 - available free through Holmesglen OnTheHub
PC Monitor 24" (dual monitor optional but preferred)
Headset/earphones with microphone (webcam optional but preferred)
Packet Tracer - free to download
NETLab - free, accessed via web Holmesglen url
NetAcad - free, accessed through Cisco learning academy
VMware Workstation Pro - available free through Holmesglen OnTheHub
Kali Linux - free to download
LinkedIn Learning - free access via Holmesglen url
Microsoft Office Suite - free access through Holmesglen MyHorizon
WebEx - free to download
Visual Studio Code - free to download
Storage - free via Holmesglen OneDrive or student can access free storage offered by Google drive or Dropbox. Alternatively, a student can purchase an external SSD hard disk with minimum of 250GB (prices vary)
7Zip or an equivalent compression utility - free to download
Google Chrome - recommended web browser

Prior to enrollment or commencement of training you will be required to complete a literacy and numeracy assessment and a pre-training interview. These will assist with determining your suitability to the course, verify your training plan, and identify any learning support needs. Learners' digital and computer skills are confirmed during the interview.

COVID-19 vaccination requirements
Please refer to our coronavirus update page to view current vaccine requirements.

There are no prerequisite units. Learners do not have to be employed already or have any particular employment skills.

Entry into the skill set for Australian Government SLPET program (Settlement Language Pathways to Employment and Training) will be determined according to a participant's
* current English language skills (an initial assessment is conducted)
* learning and pathway needs including employability skills, digital and other literacies and further educational and vocational training needs.

Learners need to be over 18 years old
Be eligible for the AMEP

Applicants must be aged at least 18 at course commencement and are required to
- commit to 200 hours of mandatory fieldwork placement during their course.
- commute up to 2 hours each way to their placement location.
Before you can start your practical placement, you will be required to:
- provide a clear National Criminal History (Police) Check
- provide a Working with Children Check
- You may be required to apply for an NDIS Worker Screening Check.

Prior to enrolment or commencement of training you will be required to complete a literacy and numeracy assessment and a pre-training interview.

These will assist with determining your suitability to the course, verify your training plan, and identify any learning support needs.