BE REWARDED
CHC30121 Certificate III in
Early Childhood Education
and Care
CHC30121 CERTIFICATE III IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CARE
Get started in your childcare career with this Certificate, the minimum required to work in early childhood centres (including long day care).
Your trainer will help to find a childcare centre for your work placement, where you can work with children and extend your all-round skills. Extend yourself further with our Learning pathway to CHC50121 Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care.
Potential roles on completion include:
Out of School Hours assistant, Family Day Care provider (from home), Early Childhood Care and Education Assistant
Course Information
International Student
- CRICOS Course Code:107178G
- Full time (20 hrs per week Face to Face including 32.5% online component)
- Correspondence and online for domestic students
- Online/Distance
- Industry work placement
- Course Duration: Total weeks 52 including holidays
Tuition Weeks 26
Work placement hours: 200 (10 weeks)
- Volume of Learning: Total Hours:1080
• 520 hours of supervised instruction including online tasks/activities
• 200 hours of work placement
• 360 (10 hours per week) of individual studies
- Material Fee: $ 700.00 ($75 per term)
(includes text books, arts and crafts, T-shirt and materials)
- Non-Refundable Enrolment Fee: $ 250.00
- Non-Refundable Application Fee: $ 250.00
- Tuition: $ 11,800.00
Students are required to complete all of the following units:
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Core/Elective |
|---|---|---|
| CHCECE056 | Work effectively in children’s education and care | C |
| CHCECE055 | Meet legal and ethical obligations in children’s education and care | C |
| CHCECE031 | Support Children’s Health, Safety and Wellbeing | C |
| CHCECE034 | Use an approved Learning Framework to guide practice | C |
| CHCECE032 | Nurture Babies and Toddlers | C |
| CHCECE033 | Develop positive and respectful relationships | C |
| CHCECE035 | Support the holistic learning and development of children | C |
| CHCECE038 | Observe children to inform practice | C |
| CHCECE030 | Support inclusion and diversity with children | C |
| CHCECE054 | Encourage understanding of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples cultures | C |
| CHCDIV001 | Work with diverse people | E |
| HLTFSE001 | Follow basic food safety practices | E |
| CHCPRT001 | Identify and respond to children and young people at risk | C |
| CHCECE037 | Support children to connect with the natural environment | C |
| CHCECE036 | Provide experiences to support children’s play and learning | C |
| HLTWHS001 | Participate in workplace health and safety | C |
| HLTAID012 | Provide First Aid in an education and care setting | C |
None
Students wishing to apply for course credit must refer to Student Handbook
On successful completion of the course, students will receive Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care qualification.Graduates from this course will be able to perform the duties of Early Childhood Educator.
Employment pathways are available to students who complete this qualification in:
• Early childhood educator
• Face to Face classes will be conducted at any of our campuses as specified on your confirmation of enrolment
• Learning Resources are available on Learning Management System (Moodle)
• Students will be given access to Moodle
The following learning support will be available to learners:
- Access to well qualified and experienced trainers from multicultural backgrounds.
- Additional support for students with language barriers from the ELICOS arm of SSBT. The following processes will be applied for students considered to be ”at risk”:
Please refer to the ‘Course Progress and Attendance Monitoring Policy’
Evidence gathering technique used for this course:
• Direct observation, role-plays written/verbal questioning, interviews and self-evaluations, case studies, projects, assignments are used to assess required knowledge and skills
• Structured Activities (Simulation exercises/role-plays, Projects, Presentations, Activity sheets)
• Third Party Feedback (Reports from employers/supervisors, Evidence of training, Authenticated prior achievements, Interviews with employers, supervisors or peers)
All students enrolled in this course must undertake 200 hours work placement in an accredited early childhood education and care service. Work placement must be completed successfully in order to gain this qualification.
All students must satisfy the Working with Children Check (WWCC) requirements prior to starting their work placement.
- Please note that below applies ONLY when your work placement is taking place and not during the whole course
- Also, during Term BREAKS, you can work unlimited hours
For example: a student is studying a commercial cookery course on a subclass 500 visa and is offered work experience during school holidays. The Student works 75 hours a fortnight and is allowed to work unlimited hours while the course is not in session. The student visa holder did not break their work condition.
The exception to this is if a work experience unit forms a mandatory component of a student’s course and is included in the CRICOS registration of that course. In this circumstance, the work experience will not be included in the student’s work restriction of 48 hours a fortnight. Any work experience/work placement that is not a mandatory course requirement, or that is in excess of the period required in the course registration, is included in a student’s work limitation of 48 hours a fortnight.
For example: a pharmacy student undertaking a mandatory 4 week block of on the job training has unlimited work rights for the purpose and duration of the work placement, as documented in the registered course structure.
The further study pathways available to learners who undertake this qualification include:
- Learning pathway to Bachelor of Early Childhood Education and Care or BSB80120 Graduate Diploma of Management (Learning) which would support career progression.
Employment pathways are available to students who complete this qualification in:
- Early childhood educator
- Nominated supervisor
- Service Director/Centre Director
The specific course entry requirements are:
All students entering this course must have completed Year 10 or equivalent qualification. Students with no formal qualifications are required to successfully complete the LLN test and meet with the Training Manager to be admitted. Candidates will be made aware of the specific skills that underpin the outcomes and performance requirements of the course units to ensure they are capable of demonstrating competence prior to entering the course
Overseas students must demonstrate English language proficiency of IELTS 6.0 or equivalent.
*Student must bring their own tablet or laptop for online learning and research work
Provider: SYDNEY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY PTY LTD
CRICOS Provider Code: 02140E | ABN: 32094385618 | RTO No: 90438
Tel: 1800 31 81 81 | Email: info@ssbt.edu.au
Course Offered at: BURWOOD | BRISBANE | GOLD COAST
The target participants for this course are students who seek employment in early childhood education and care industry or existing workers working in the industry seeking to obtain a formal qualification. This group may include domestic and/or overseas students.
The target group for this course includes Smart & Skilled Funded Program clients. These clients are assessed for suitability into the program through eligibility checker at Smart and Skilled website and upon presentation of documentary requirements and placed into the program to enhance their employment options in this industry area.
The target group is a mixture of existing childcare educators currently working in children’s services environment and require to be working towards a formal childcare qualification; or those new to the childcare industry seeking employment as childcare educators.
The location of training facilities for this target group will be at:
Address:
|
Level 4 4 Railway Pde, Burwood, NSW 2134 |
445, Upper Edward Street Brisbane City QLD 4000 |
Level 2, 9 - 15 Bay Street SouthPort QLD 4215 |
