Hospital general duty assistant
Learn on the job at a nursing home
Start as an attendant at a local nursing home and learn while working.
- Route type
- Learning on the job
- How long
- 1 year
- What it costs
- Not yet verified
- Likely starting pay
- Not yet verified
Entry qualification: Class 10 pass
You begin earning immediately, with no course fee, and some employers later support formal training.
The hard parts
No certificate, so moving to a better employer is harder. Conditions and pay vary enormously, so ask current staff before joining.
How to do it
Visit two or three nursing homes in your town and ask directly whether they take and train attendants.