Collect Specimens for Drugs of Abuse Testing Skill Set
Apply your skills across Australia by completing this nationally recognised skill set.
If you're currently employed as a pathology worker, successful completion of this skill set will give you the unit of competency, HLTPAT005 Collect specimens of drug of abuse testing.
This course is low fee* for residents of Western Australia and temporary residents holding certain visa types. An annual fee cap of $400 for those aged 15-24 or concession holders or $1,200 for everyone else, applies to this course. Some eligibility conditions apply for the low fee training and other fees may apply for some courses. Please refer to the FAQs(opens in a new tab) for more information.
*Please note that eligibility requirements apply to some of the low fee training.
Overview
When Semester 1, 2024
How On campus
Gain further skills to broaden your employment scope in the field of pathology collection
This skill sets suits anyone currently employed in a collection centre, hospital, or other health care environment where drugs of abuse testing takes place, e.g. you may be a phlebotomist, an emergency nurse, or work in the mining industry.
Successful completion of this skill set will give you the unit of competency, HLTPAT005 Collect specimens of drug of abuse testing. This unit is required to conduct National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA) accredited drug testing.
This skill set will only run with sufficient enrolments.
You'll learn how to
• collect breath alcohol specimen for screening and testing of alcohol
• collect oral fluid (saliva) specimen collection of the screening of drugs.
• collect urine specimen for the screening of drugs
• prepare and despatch oral and urine specimens to an authorised laboratory for further screening or analysis
to the standard required for drug testing according to Australian and NZ standards and industry code of practice.
I have the following attributes:
- attention to detail
- ability to work under pressure
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