ET Australia Magazine Issue #1 December 2016

A Bright Future
for Leanne
A colourful past leads to a
bright future for Leanne in the
aged care industry.
Growing up in Victoria and spending
twenty years climbing corporate
ladders in Sydney and another ten
years teaching English to primary
school students in Thailand Leanne
decided it was time to return back to
Australia to live and settle on the
Central Coast.
Tragedy struck Leanne in 2015 with
her father passing away. Leanne says
this is what sparked her interest in
aged care and drove her towards a
career change. “I had never had an
interest or passion for looking after the
elderly up until my interactions with
the nurses who looked after my father,
I found their line of work fascinating
and rewarding as they were helping
the elderly maintain their quality of
life” she said.
What’s next for Leanne?
After doing research online into aged
care training Leanne came across ET
Australia’s CHC33015 Certificate III in
Individual Support so she signed up to
commence early 2016.
Concerned about studying again, her
Trainer, Mary Seeto, reassured her
that she would be surprised how far
she could go with a little bit of focus
and dedication, “Mary was reassuring
and very generous with her time, she
had time to answer any question I
had. Mary was also able to assist me
understand the processes involved
with studying the content of the
course” Leanne said.
After gaining work placement
opportunities at Aurrum at Erina and
Presbyterian Aged Care, Leanne was
extremely thankful on the job training
I would like to do my CHC43015 Certificate IV in Ageing
Support with ET Australia next and then would like to
study to become a palliative care nurse. Hopefully in five
years’ time I will be a fully qualified palliative care nurse.
This would not have been possible without Mary or the
team at ET Australia.
Leanne Thomas, ET Australia Training
College 2016 graduate
I loved the fact we
did practical training
throughout the course.
was completed during the course,
“I loved the fact we did practical
training throughout the course.
I have spoken to other students who
trained with other RTOs who had
completed all of the theory and
were then onto the practical
component of their course, most of
these students were finding it difficult.
I am very happy with the structure of
training ET Australia provided”
she said.
With her personal achievement of
completing ET Australia’s CHC33015
Certificate III in Individual Support,
Leanne quickly found employment
while completing the last of her work
placement hours. “I was invited to
submit an application at Aurrum whilst
completing my work placement, ET
Australia and Mary ensured I was
workplace ready which assisted me
to be confident enough to undertake
tasks that would impress our potential
employers. After working for two
months I have now been offered to be
a medicator” she said.
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