Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care

The CHC50121 Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care is a 74 or 96 week course, delivered through the blended learning experience of either face-to-face and/ self-paced classroom learning, which provides students with a range of skill and knowledge to work in the childcare industry:

• Developing, Implementing and Evaluating Learning Programs for Children

• Facilitating Children's Holistic Development and Wellbeing

• Managing and Maintaining Legal and Ethical Compliance

• Leadership and Basic Management Responsibilities

The CHC50121 Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care is delivered face to face or blended learning which includes 15 units of study and 280 hours of work placement. If you are not already working within the Industry, Educare College will assist you with work placement in an approved childcare centre.

Our training has been designed to provide students with the skills and knowledge required to become a carer within the early childhood education and care industry and to follow an individualised plan which is tailored to provide care and support to children.

Throughout the program, students will learn the skills to enable them to use discretion and judgement in relation to individual support as well as taking responsibility for their outputs.

We at Educare college aim to assist you in providing you with opportunities to achieve the following outcomes:

• Link off job learning at college to on job training in the workplace.

• Establish pathways to qualifications nationally recognised by industry, education and vocational training authorities.

• Students may apply for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) to determine on an individual basis, the competencies obtained by a person through previous formal or informal training, work and/or life experience.

• Receive a Statement of Attainment or Certificate from Educare College listing competencies successfully achieved for each training program studied.

• Successful completion of a Language, Literacy and Numeracy (LLN) Assessment