NDS Workforce Essentials
Comprehensive NDIS Training Modules for Disability Service Providers
- Disability Support

Course Overview
NDS and etrainu have partnered to create a comprehensive training library designed to help disability service providers meet their obligations under the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission while delivering high-quality, safe supports that people with disability deserve.
Organisations and individuals can access this content through a flexible, cost-effective licensing model, providing service providers with an affordable solution for sourcing and delivering online training to staff supporting NDIS participants.
With over 100 NDIS training modules, including essential topics such as rights and responsibilities, our training ensures that support workers are well-prepared
Learning Outcomes
- Understand the NDIS Practice Standards and your role and responsibilities under them
- Be aware of the different types of disability and current support models, including person-centred care
- Recognise the different demands of a disability support worker, from support to financial management
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NDS Workforce Essentials Course List
- Bullying Awareness for Senior Managers
- Bullying Awareness for Workers
- Disability Induction
- Food Safety for Disability Support Workers
- Human Rights and You - Zero Tolerance
- Human Rights Resources
- Impairment in the Disability Sector
- Infection Prevention and Control
- Managing Biohazards
- Managing Stress and Building Resilience
- Manual Handling
- Manual Handling Resources
- Orientation for External Support Workers in Tertiary Settings
- Professional Boundaries
- Risk Management
- Slips, Trips and Falls Awareness Training for the Disability Sector
- Understanding Abuse - Zero Tolerance
- Working with People with Disability
- Adapting to the NDIS
- Business Writing Skills
- Coaching The Coach
- Communication Skills
- Dealing with Complaints and Difficult Customers
- Effective Record Writing
- Emergency and Disaster Management
- First-Response Evacuation Instruction
- Incident Management and Reporting
- Managing Change and Communication
- Reliable Record-Keeping Webinars (Resource)
- Resolving Conflict
- Safeguarding for Boards (Resource)
- Sustainable Service under NDIS
- The Science and Art of Realising Human Potential
- Foundations of Positive Behaviour Support
- NDIS Financial Management: Cost Attribution
- NDIS Simple Financial Management
- Participation Project - Resources
- Person-Centred Practice Across Cultures - Resources
- Positive Behaviour Support
- Recognising Restrictive Practices
- Supported Decision-Making
- Supported Decision-Making (Resource)
- Understanding Care Plans
- Support Coordination 101
- Child Safe Standards (Victoria)
- Child Safe Standards (National)
- Cough Etiquette
- COVID-19
- Hand Hygiene
- Leading Work Health & Safety in the Disability Sector
- Waste Management Polciies and Procedures
- Waste Management Process
- Introduction to Mealtime Management
- Medication Storage and Waste Management
- Medications and Support Workers Roles and Responsibilities
- Medication Incidents, Administration & Documentation
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Positive Cultures Films (Resource)
- Trauma Informed Support Films (Resource)
Our Bites are 5-minute on-the-job skill boosters. They are designed for moments when you haven't performed a task in a while and want to double-check best practices or need a quick confidence boost.
Take a look at what Bites are in NDS Workforce Essentials:
- Infection Control Bite: Precautions in Infection Prevention and Control
- Managing Biohazards Bite: Identifying Biohazards
- Managing Biohazards Bite: Preventing Exposure to Biohazards
- Waste management bite: Basic Waste Management
- Manual Handling Bite - Repositioning in Bed
- Manual Handling Bite - Using a Hoist
- Manual Handling Bite - Using a Standing Hoist
- Manual Handling Bite - Using a Slide Sheet
- Manual Handling Bite - Using a Transfer Belt
- Manual Handling Bite - Assisted Sitting, Standing, and Walking
- Manual handling Transportation Bite - Wheelchair Management
- Medication Assist Bite - Preparing to Assist
- Medication Assist Bite - Assisting with Medication Administration
- Recognising Restrictions Bite - Basic Co-regulation and De-escalation
- Recognising Restrictions Bite - Applying Seclusion
- Recognising Restrictions Bite - Applying Physical Restraint
- Recognising Restrictions Bite - Applying Chemical Restraint
- Recognising Restrictions Bite - Applying Mechanical Restraint
- Recognising Restrictions Bite - Applying Environmental Restraint
- Incident Management and Reporting Bite - Reportable Incidents
- Incident Management and Reporting Bite - Reporting Incidents
Business Licence Inclusions
A business licence allows admins to have more functionality, including:
- Bulk enrolment of staff
- Progress reporting on completion rates and more
- Access to the Skills Passport