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Do you love working with children? If you’re ready to take the next step in your early childhood education and care career, then the CHC50121 Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care is just for you! This Nationally Recognised Training course equips you with the skills and knowledge to meet the requirements for a leading role in this exciting and challenging industry.
About this course
With this course, you could become a skilled early childhood professional and qualify to work in a wide range of early childhood careers, for example:
- Authorised supervisor
- Children’s services coordinator
- Centre manager
- Centre director
- Childhood educator
- Group/team coordinator/leader
- Children’s adviser
- Program leader (children’s services)
- Children’s service director / manager
- Child development worker
- Early childhood educator
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What this course covers
This course comprises 15 units consisting of 12 core units and 3 elective units, covering skills and knowledge that includes:
- ensuring the health and safety of infants and young children
- caring for babies and toddlers
- using an approved learning framework
- analysing information to inform learning
- designing and implementing the curriculum to foster children’s learning and development
- working in partnership with families to provide appropriate education and care for children
- developing teams and individuals
- and more!
Delivery
Class-based or Online with 280 hours practical placement included to ensure you have ample opportunity to practise your skills and knowledge throughout the course. The class-based program is held one day per week at our Carnegie campus. The duration of the class delivery is over three school terms, or about 40 weeks, but you may extend to 52 weeks if you are still completing your placement or assessments.
Learning Resources
Included in your fees, you will receive online resources in your first sessions and further resources will be supplied by your trainer as required, including your Phillips Institute student polo shirt and other resources for placement. These comprehensive resources will support your learning throughout your course and become an excellent point of reference for your future career.
Assessment Methods
Assessment tasks are practical and oriented to the work or placement context for relevance. They consist of a variety of tasks requiring the ability to research, analyse and present your responses in written form, including reports and as practical demonstrations. Feedback on completion of tasks is given as you progress through the course. You will also be assessed while on site completing your placement of minimum 280 hours. Your placement supervisor will also be asked to provide third party reports on your progress and feedback on your overall placement performance.
Entry Requirements
You must hold either the CHC30121 or CHC30113 Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care to enrol in this course.
To gain maximum benefit from this training, you will need to be able to speak, read and write fluently in English. It is recommended that applicants have completed to at least a Year 11 secondary school level or higher. All applicants will be required to undertake a pre-training review, including an evaluation of existing language, literacy and numeracy skills.
Special note regarding placement during this course and employment after completion of this course
There are requirements for working and learning in the early childhood education and care sector that all applicants should be aware of prior to enrolment. As you must complete a placement in an approved, regulated early childhood education and care provider, you will be required to undergo a Working With Children check, as well as a National Police Check. You can find more information about the WWC here. Please consider this information carefully prior to enrolment to ensure you will be eligible to fulfil these requirements, as Phillips Institute cannot be held responsible for an inability of any student to meet their practical placement assessment requirements which are a non-negotiable component of this program. For more information about these requirements, speak to one of our course advisors.
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Pathway qualifications
On completion of this qualification, you can:
- apply for a senior role working in the early childhood education and care sector;
- take your studies further with a higher education course in early childhood education and care.
Units of competency
| BSBTWK502 | Manage team effectiveness |
| CHCECE041 | Maintain a safe and healthy environment for children |
| CHCECE042 | Foster holistic early childhood learning, development and wellbeing |
| CHCECE043 | Nurture creativity in children |
| CHCECE044 | Facilitate compliance in a children’s education and care service |
| CHCECE045 | Foster positive and respectful interactions and behaviour in children |
| CHCECE046 | Implement strategies for the inclusion of all children |
| CHCECE047 | Analyse information to inform children’s learning |
| CHCECE048 | Plan and implement children’s education and care curriculum |
| CHCECE049 | Embed environmental responsibility in service operations |
| CHCECE050 | Work in partnership with children’s families |
| CHCPRP003 | Reflect on and improve own professional practice |
| BSBHRM413* | Support the learning and development of teams and individuals |
| BSBOPS502* | Manage business operational plans |
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BSBPEF502* | Develop and use emotional intelligence |
Please note: this qualification has superseded the previous version the CHC50113 Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care. Phillips Institute is completing current students in their original course or transitioning current student enrolments to the updated version according to our transition policy.
**These units require candidates to complete minimum 280 hours placement with a regulated education and care provider *Elective units. Please note: elective units as published may be subject to change – please confirm prior to enrolment.
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