Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care

As a Qualified Early Childhood professional, you can manage and motivate other staff and volunteers and put into practice programs you've created.

You'll spend much of your time in this program in children's services, watching and learning from other professionals.Once you graduate, you can work in long day care centres, pre-school centres, family day care centres and more.

You can even go on to study our Bachelor of Education (Birth - Year 6).The program is designed to provide students with the skills, knowledge and understanding required to work with children across a range of early childhood education settings.

Diploma qualified educators provide education and care which enhances and supports the holistic development of infants and children up to the age of 12.

They work closely with primary carers to foster optimum development for all children.Work in the early childhood field is both rewarding and demanding.

This qualification is highly regarded within relevant industries and will allow you to work in a leadership role within the children's services field.You can study this program as a traineeship or as an on-campus program.

Note that traineeship eligibility requires that you are employed as a trainee within the Early Childhood Care sector, and that you and your employer are able to enter into a training agreement.Areas of study include:

Childhood development, family and diversity, health studies, play and curriculum studies, program planning.

The course content below provides all possible units related to the course. If the course has various streams, the units you are required to study will depend on your chosen stream.

PROMOTE ABORIGINAL AND/OR TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER CULTURAL SAFETY CHCDIV002

DEVELOP CULTURAL COMPETENCE CHCECE001

ENSURE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF CHILDREN CHCECE002

PROVIDE CARE FOR CHILDREN CHCECE003

PROMOTE AND PROVIDE HEALTHY FOOD AND DRINKS CHCECE004

PROVIDE CARE FOR BABIES AND TODDLERS CHCECE005

DEVELOP POSITIVE AND RESPECTFUL RELATIONSHIPS WITH CHILDREN CHCECE007

USE AN APPROVED LEARNING FRAMEWORK TO GUIDE PRACTICE CHCECE009

ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A SAFE AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT FOR CHILDREN CHCECE016

FOSTER THE HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT AND WELLBEING OF THE CHILD IN EARLY CHILDHOOD CHCECE017

NURTURE CREATIVITY IN CHILDREN CHCECE018

FACILITATE COMPLIANCE IN AN EDUCATION AND CARE SERVICE CHCECE019

ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT PLANS FOR DEVELOPING COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOUR CHCECE020

IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES FOR THE INCLUSION OF ALL CHILDREN CHCECE021

PROMOTE CHILDREN'S AGENCY CHCECE022

ANALYSE INFORMATION TO INFORM LEARNING CHCECE023

DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT THE CURRICULUM TO FOSTER CHILDREN'S LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT CHCECE024

EMBED SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES IN SERVICE OPERATIONS CHCECE025

WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FAMILIES TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE EDUCATION AND CARE FOR CHILDREN CHCECE026

WORK LEGALLY AND ETHICALLY CHCLEG001

IDENTIFY AND RESPOND TO CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AT RISK CHCPRT001

PROVIDE AN EMERGENCY FIRST AID RESPONSE IN AN EDUCATION AND CARE SETTING HLTAID004

MAINTAIN WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY HLTWHS003

DEVELOP TEAMS AND INDIVIDUALS BSBLED401

SUPPORT THE HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN IN EARLY CHILDHOOD CHCECE010

PROVIDE EXPERIENCES TO SUPPORT CHILDREN'S PLAY AND LEARNING CHCECE011

USE INFORMATION ABOUT CHILDREN TO INFORM PRACTICE CHCECE013

REFLECT ON AND IMPROVE OWN PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE CHCPRP003

Entry requirements (year 12)

There are no formal entry requirements for this program

Extra Requirements

Applicants must have successfully obtained a Working with Children Check (WWCC) prior to undertaking their first work placement or any work based experiences.