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We’ve seen significantly higher engagement and far more meaningful classroom discussions after students complete VR training.
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We’ve seen significantly higher engagement and far more meaningful classroom discussions after students complete VR training. Being immersed in realistic care situations reshapes how learners think about responsibility, consent and choice, because they can directly experience the consequences of their decisions.
Introduction
Limestone Coast Training delivers nationally accredited vocational education and training across aged care, disability support and community services, with multiple facilities across South Australia, primarily along the Limestone Coast.
To expand and strengthen its existing face-to-face delivery, Limestone Coast Training partnered with Start Beyond to introduce scenario-based learning into their aged care training and disability support courses for current and future aged care workers.
The VR training program was designed to equip workers with strategies for identifying moments of duty of care and dignity of risk, and implementing the appropriate response with confidence.
Solution
An immersive, facilitator-led program was created to train and test the disability and aged care workforce, while meeting the 2025 standards for training and assessment as per ASQA requirements.
It supports accessible classroom-based education while giving learners a safe space to practise challenging real-world scenarios.
Development of an immersive training product
Start Beyond worked with Limestone Coast Training subject matter experts to develop training modules that build essential care skills, particularly where nuance and human judgment are difficult to replicate through traditional classroom methods or role play.
Users are led through branching narratives to complete four modules which assess their ability to provide the appropriate responses to common aged care and disability situations.
Presenter-led learning model
Delivered through a facilitator-led model, one trainer can guide a classroom of up to 28 learners using a single control interface. It includes analytics reporting capability and supports classroom-based delivery, learner monitoring and integration with existing learning management systems.
Training can be completed using VR headsets or tablets which enable delivery at scale while supporting shared learning through guided discussion.
Simulated real-world care scenarios
The VR training program draws on real care situations and everyday decision-making to simulate crucial learning outcomes. Each experience features real people captured in 360° video, placing learners directly inside complex, realistic care environments, allowing them to practise interpersonal skills while avoiding emotional and physical risk.
The modules are designed to give learners space to slow down, observe and think through complex care situations, helping them build confidence in how they respond before encountering these moments in practice.
The Result
The VR learning solution was successfully implemented within Limestone Coast Training’s accredited delivery framework, demonstrating that immersive VR learning can operate at full classroom scale while supplementing and enhancing existing programs.
Incorporated into existing classroom delivery, it supports 5 units of competency across Certificate 3 in Individual Support (Ageing or Disability) and Certificate 3 in Active Volunteering.
Additionally, upon successful completion, users have a micro-credential that’s applicable within a range of Certificate 2 and 4 aged care, disability and individual support modules.
As learners progress through each module, results are captured in a report that Limestone Coast Training can upload to their learning management system to support assessment and credential validation in line with ASQA requirements.
The project was partially funded by the South Australian Government through an Equipment and Capital Grant, and formally presented in early 2026 to the Department of State Development’s Skills SA.
It was positively received by Skills SA representatives, validating the approach as a credible and compliant model for immersive aged care and disability support training.
A proven model, now available as a plug-and-play solution
The Limestone Coast Training VR program demonstrates how immersive technology can be seamlessly embedded into accredited vocational education. By combining subject-matter expertise, immersive scenario design, and facilitator-led delivery, the project provides a practical example of how complex care concepts can be taught in ways that are scalable, engaging, inclusive, and grounded in real-world practice.
Through close collaboration and supported by government funding, the program has established a foundation for immersive training that can inform future approaches to aged care and disability support education.
It’s been well-received by the team at Limestone Coast Training, and its strong performance has informed the development of an off-the-shelf version, Sacadi VR, now available to other registered training organisations, aged care providers and disability support services across Australia.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The immersive training program is designed for aged care and disability support training, guiding learners working across various community services settings.
The Limestone Coast Training VR program is an immersive, facilitator-led training solution developed with Limestone Coast Training to support accredited aged care and disability support education through interactive scenario-based learning.
It contributes to 5 units of competency across Certificate 3 in Individual Support (Ageing or Disability) | CHC33021, commonly referred to as Certificate 3 in Aged Care, and Certificate 3 in Active Volunteering | CHC34015.
Training is delivered in a facilitator-led classroom environment, with one trainer guiding a cohort of up to 28 learners using a combination of VR headsets and tablets through a single control interface.
Scenarios include working with aged people living with dementia, managing privacy and confidentiality in shared living environments, supporting neurodiverse individuals and responding to poor practice by other care workers.
Limestone Coast Training delivers the program within its region, while the underlying application is offered Australia-wide through Start Beyond, with enquiries managed accordingly.
Limestone Coast Training is a South Australian registered training organisation and a division of Limestone Coast Work Options, delivering nationally accredited vocational education across aged care, disability support, and community services.
The program supports VR headsets and iOS tablets, enabling learners to participate together in the same classroom session based on suitability and accessibility needs.
Start Beyond is Australia's award-winning VR/AR studio, founded in Surry Hills in 2015 and now spanning Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Led by CEO Angus Stevens, the team builds immersive training experiences for clients including Meta, Strivr, UTS, CommBank and Woolworths.
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