This qualification reflects pre-hospital and out-of-hospital workers employed to provide patient assessment, healthcare and transport services. These workers possess clinical skills and theoretical knowledge and provide clinical assessment and pre-hospital and out-of-hospital interventions to patients in an emergency, including providing advanced skills in life support. This qualification applies to a variety of roles within the health care and patient transport system.

The following are the admission requirements of ISMT college:

• Must be 18 years of age or older at the time of course commencement.
• Some prospective students may be asked to undertake an LLN assessment or enrolment interview prior to acceptance.
• Must have completed Australian Year 12 or equivalent level of schooling or a Certificate IV or higher qualification with an Australian institution.
• Must demonstrate English level of IELTS 6.0 with no band less than 5.5 or equivalent, such as:
  • IBT 60
  • PTE Academic 50
  • CAE 169
  • OET C
  • Duolingo 95
  • General English Advanced*
  • MOI Certificate
  • Certificate III or Higher Qualification with an Australian Institution.
• Must have the ability to undertake a work placement in a clinical setting.

*General English Upper Intermediate is generally considered to be between 5-5.5 IELTS.

This qualification enables the student to seek employment in the following job roles:

• Emergency Services Officer
• Industrial Medic
• Advanced Life Support
• Ambulance Transport Attendant
• Emergency medical technician
• Private Patient Transport Officer
• Emergency Patient Transport Officer
• Emergency Medical Technician