Test the AOD field. Then commit.
One nationally recognised qualification.
Built from real CHC units, designed as the proper sector entry point into Alcohol and Other Drugs support work.
Alcohol and Other Drugs Skill Set
Covers the essentials of AOD support work: the AOD sector, person-centred support, intervention strategies, and developing individual treatment plans. Designed for sector entrants, community services workers adding AOD capability, and people with lived experience formalising their knowledge.
Two ways forward when you're ready.
Complete the Skill Set, then pick the next step that matches your career goal. Your study credits across in full either way.
Alcohol and Other Drugs Skill Set
Alcohol & Other Drugs in Australia
Alcohol and other drugs support sits within Australia’s broader health and community services workforce, helping people through counselling, rehabilitation, education and person-centred support.
FAQs
It's a nationally recognised short-form qualification comprising real CHC units, designed as the proper entry point into AOD support work. It covers the AOD sector, person-centred support, intervention strategies, and the development of individual treatment plans. On completion, you receive a Statement of Attainment.
Most students complete it within a few months. Because it's 100% online and self-paced, you can move at your own pace, adjusting to your schedule and how much time you can commit each week.
You have two pathways. The CHC43215 Certificate IV in Alcohol and Other Drugs is the direct route for dedicated AOD roles such as AOD Worker, Outreach Worker and Harm Reduction Worker. The Dual Certificate IV in AOD and Mental Health (CHC43215 / CHC43315) gives you two qualifications and the broadest options across both fields, which often co-occur in practice.
The Skill Set is a foundation rather than a licence to practise on its own, but it points towards roles in AOD support, outreach, harm reduction and community-based care. These are usually reached by progressing to the Certificate IV, which is the qualification employers look for in dedicated AOD positions.
Yes. CHCSS00093 is nationally recognised, and Upskilled is a Registered Training Organisation (RTO No. 40374), so your qualification is valid Australia-wide.
Travis Hackett
Head of Vocational Education — CHC, Upskilled
Travis leads the CHC Community Services stream at Upskilled and brings more than 28 years of frontline and leadership experience across the sector. His career spans disability services, child protection casework with FaCS, youth services, harm minimisation programs with NSW Health, youth justice conferencing, and counselling. Travis is also a registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner with the Attorney-General's Department. He reviews Upskilled's CHC course content to ensure it reflects current sector practice and prepares students for meaningful, impactful work in Community Services roles.
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