Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care

What You Will Learn:

This qualification reflects the role of educators in early childhood education and care who work in regulated children’s education and care services in Australia. Early childhood educators work in long day care centres, family day care, pre-schools or kindergartens.

To achieve this qualification, the individual must have completed a total of least 280 hours of work in a regulated children’s education and care service in Australia as detailed in the Assessment Requirements of units of competency.

The total number of hours may be applied collectively across all units of competency that include the requirement for workplace hours.

Assessment Arrangements

There are a variety of assessment methods used for this qualification including:

• Written questions

• Observations

• Portfolios

• Research