Victorian training package purchasing guides – Community services and health
Victorian purchasing guides contain nominal hour allocations for units of competency and maximum hour allocations for qualifications within training packages.
Community services and health
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- CHC Community Services
VPG date
19 February 2026
VPG current
Description
This release includes code changes to three qualifications in the Early Childhood Education and Care sector.
VPG superseded
15 October 2025
Description
This release includes code changes to four qualifications and one unit in the Community Services, Child/Youth/Family Intervention and Youth Work sectors.
- HLT Health
VPG date
10 July 2023
VPG current
Description
This Victorian Purchasing Guide reflects the changes made to HLT Health Training Package Release 9.0 and includes revised qualifications and units in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Massage Therapy sectors.
VPG previous
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Description
This VPG reflects the remaining changes made to HLT Health Training Package Release 8.0, after the February 2023 VPG release which reflected 2 revised infection prevention and control units only. In addition, Maximum Payable Hours have been revised for 21 qualifications updated via a minor change to replace superseded infection control units in the core.
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