Statement of Attainment in Provide Basic Foot Care
Unit CHCCCS032
Overview
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to determine foot care requirements and prepare and use basic equipment and medicaments for those people not requiring services of a professional podiatrist.
About this course
During this two-day course you will gain knowledge of the basic anatomy and physiology of the foot. You will also learn:
- nail filing
- skin care
- biological waste disposal
- foot and nail pathology
- structure and functioning of skin and integuments
- indicators suggestive of need for podiatry assistance
- ways to minimise risk from manual task risk factors, for both the individual and the worker
- principles of basic foot hygiene and infection control
- nature of common foot and nail complaints and ways to address them
- function of medicaments, including; emollients, astringents, moisturisers and antiseptics
- personal care record-keeping requirements: types of documentation and information required
Course Units
Units of Competency
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CHCCCS032 - Provide Basic Foot Care
How to Enrol
To find out when our next course will be, please give us a call on 6559 6699 or email our training manager on noni@chace.org.au. You can also submit an expression of interest below.