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About giving vaccines (AGV) course
From 1 January 2017 the Northern Territory (NT) About Giving Vaccine Course will no longer be available.
Registered nurses, midwives and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioners who need to complete immunisation training are advised to complete the South Australian (SA) online course titled 'Understanding Vaccines and National Immunisation Program' or another approved interstate course.
NT Upskilling Course
Vaccine providers who have completed a recognised vaccination course or upskilling course in the last three years are required to complete NT AGV Upskilling Course at least every three years.
The Northern Territory About Giving Vaccine (NT AGV) Upskilling Course is now available online via the Remote Area Health Corps (RAHC) eLearning Portal.
Students should first register an account on the RAHC site https://rahc.cls.janisoncloud.com/
Once you have completed your registration you will receive an email with a link to register a password. Please note that, as this is an automatically generated email, it can get picked up by spam filters so please check your spam/junk mail folder.
Once you have registered your password with your RAHC account on the RAHC eLearning site, or if you already have a RAHC account, please email AGVCoordinator.THS@nt.gov.au to provide the email address you have used for your RAHC account.
The NT AGV upskilling course will be enabled in your RAHC eLearning account within 2 working days.
Once enabled you can access and complete the course and then generate a Certificate of Completion
The following courses are accepted as recognised prior learning.
| State/ territory | Institution | Course |
|---|---|---|
New South Wales | The Australian College of Nursing | Immunisation for Registered Nurses and Midwives
|
Northern Territory | Centre for Disease Control | About Giving Vaccines Course |
South Australia | Department of Health and Ageing (SA) |
|
Queensland | Australian Catholic University | The Program for Nurse Immunisers |
Cunningham Centre | Immunisation Program- Registered Nurse Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996 | |
| University of Southern Queensland | ANP5004 Immunisation Nursing | |
| Yangulla Centre Rural Health Training Unit | Advanced Nursing Practice: Immunisation Course | |
Tasmania | University of Tasmania | Immunisation Education for Registered Nurses |
Victoria | La Trobe University | Nurse Immuniser Program |
University of Melbourne General Practice and Primary Health Care Academic Centre | Immunisation and travel health |
More information
Contact the AGV coordinator on (08) 8922 8026 or through CDC contacts.