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CHC50121 Diploma of
Early Childhood Education
and Care
CHC50121 Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care
Working in early childhood and want to apply for a Centre Coordinator or Director role? The demand for qualified directors has increased in recent years, with some shortages. A mid-career centre director would expect around $31 an hour and of course, this is always in review.
This comprehensive diploma will qualify you to design and implement early childhood education and care programs.
Potential roles on completion include:
Early Childhood Educator, Nominated Supervisor, Service Director/Centre Director
Course Information
International Student
- CRICOS Course Code:107179F
- Delivery Mode: Full time (20 hrs per week Face to Face including 32.5% online component)
- Online/Distance
- Correspondence and online for domestic students
- Combination of on the-job plus additional support via emails (traineeships only)
- Industry work placement
- Course Duration: Total weeks 52 including holidays
Tuition Weeks 21
Hours Work Placement 300 (15 Weeks)
- Volume of Learning: Total Hours:1080
• 420 hours of supervised instruction including online tasks/activities
• 300 hours of work placement
• 360 (10 hours per week) of individual studies
- Material Fee: $ 900.00 ($100 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: $ 13,000.00
Students are required to complete all of the following 15 units:
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Core/Elective |
|---|---|---|
| CHCECE044 | Facilitate compliance in an education and care service | C |
| CHCECE048 | Plan and implement children’s education and care curriculum | C |
| CHCECE042 | Foster holistic early childhood learning, development and wellbeing | C |
| CHCECE045 | Foster positive and respectful interactions and behaviour in children | C |
| CHCECE046 | Implement strategies for the inclusion of all children | C |
| CHCECE047 | Analyse information to inform learning | C |
| CHCECE043 | Nurture creativity in children | C |
| CHCECE041 | Maintain a safe and healthy environment for children | C |
| CHCECE057 | Use collaborative practices to uphold child protection principles | E |
| CHCECE050 | Work in partnership with children’s families | C |
| CHCECE049 | Embed environmental responsibility in service operations | C |
| CHCMGT003 | Lead the work team | E |
| BSBTWK502 | Manage team effectiveness | C |
| BSBHRM413 | Support the learning and development of teams and individuals | E |
| CHCPRP003 | Reflect on and improve own professional practice | 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
• Nominated supervisor
• Service Director/Centre Director
• 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)
For detailed information regarding the assessment of each unit of competency, including timing and resources can be found in the assessment planners for each unit which are saved on the network in the following location:
All students enrolled in this course must undertake 300 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.
Study Pathways
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
Employment pathways are available to students who complete this qualification in:
- Early childhood educator
- Nominated supervisor
- Service Director/Centre Director
Note: SSBT does not offer the Bachelor of Early Childhood Education and Care.
The specific course entry requirements are:
Entry to this qualification is open to individuals who:
- Hold a CHC30121 Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care or
- CHC30113 Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care.
- Overseas students must demonstrate English language proficiency of IELTS 6.0 or equivalent.
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.
*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 environment where the qualification will be delivered includes:
- Institutional delivery
- Simulated work/industry environment
- Work in industry/work placement – For traineeships
- Other (specify) online
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 (Suit 203), 9 - 15 Bay Street SouthPort QLD 4215 |
