Pact signed for Clark nursing, caregiving program

CLARK FREEPORT – Officials of three educational institutions, one of which is based inside this Freeport, have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) that would help provide B.S. Nursing graduates employment opportunities in Australia.
Officials of the Australian International Training and Management Group (AITMG), Careers Australia Group (CAG), and Systems Plus College Foundation, Inc. (SPCF) signed recently the MOA at the Clark Education City (formerly the Clark Expo) here.
AITMG Chief Executive Officer Kingsley Clark, who signed the MOA with Kaylene Kranz, Head of School Careers Australia College of Healthcare, and SPCF Trustee/Assistant Corporate Secretary Francis Bustamante, said the agreement aims to “promote mutual interest through cooperation in the fields of nursing and caregiving.”
According to Clark, AITMG would exclusively provide SPCF nursing graduates further training in preparation for employment opportunities in Australia.
“The program aims to support graduating nursing students from SPCF to increase their opportunities for employment abroad through further education at AITMG in the Certificate III in Aged Care program,” Clark said.
He added that “The program will enable students, subject to Australian Department Immigration approval, to obtain work in the health care profession as soon as practicable after their arrival in Australia as international students in the Australian qualification of Diploma of Nursing leading to a Division 2 Nursing qualification and enrolled with the Australian Nurses Licensing Authority.”
Clark said students may be recommended by the dean and/or faculty members of the SPCF College of Nursing.
He stressed that the “qualification held with SPCF will be mapped by AITMG to the Diploma of Nursing. This mapping may enable the duration of the diploma studies to be shortened and the cost to be reduced.”
Interested or qualified students must apply through the usual enrolment processes of AITMG and will be interviewed by both AITMG and SPCF as necessary, Clark noted.
“AITMG cannot guarantee that the students will receive international students’ visas, but will ensure to make the selection process one that guarantees an opportunity of receiving the visa,” Clark stressed.
He added that “AITMG, through its partnership with Careers Australia College of Healthcare, will do everything possible to help students entering Australia on an international student’s visa studying at Careers Australia College Healthcare obtain employment as holders of the Certificate III qualification once they arrive in Australia.”