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. Educators at this level are responsible for designing and implementing curriculum that meets the requirements of an approved learning framework and for maintaining compliance in other areas of service operations. They use specialised knowledge and analyse and apply theoretical concepts to diverse work situations. They may have responsibility for supervision of volunteers or other educators.
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.
No occupational licensing, certification or specific legislative requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.
Under the Education and Care Services National Law (2011) the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA) publishes lists of approved early childhood education and care qualifications and information regarding regulatory requirements here: www.acecqa.gov.au
This course is ideally suited to:
Students may also be already working or upgrading their previous qualification and in this case would be recommended for our RPL pathway.
Students who complete this course can expect to gain work as an educator, room leader, educational leader, assistant director or director in an approved early childhood service.
The further study pathways available to learners who undertake this qualification include:
60 weeks including Holidays
Entry to this qualification is open to individuals who:
In addition to the above, EduNex Training requires that students:
To approve a student workplace, EduNex Training requires that workplaces:
Units of Competency
The CHC50121 Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care requires the completion of the following 15 (including #CORE core and 3 electives).
Code | Title | Core/Elective | Cluster |
|---|---|---|---|
CHCECE042 | Foster holistic early childhood learning, development and wellbeing | Core | Cluster 1- Individual Unit |
CHCECE041 | Maintain a safe and healthy environment for children | Core | Cluster 2- Individual Unit |
CHCECE050 | Work in partnership with children’s families | Core | Cluster 3- Individual Unit |
CHCECE047 | Analyse information to inform children’s learning | Core | Cluster 4 |
CHCECE048 | Plan and implement children’s education and care curriculum | Core | Cluster 4 |
CHCECE043 | Nurture creativity in children | Core | Cluster 4 |
CHCECE046 | Implement strategies for the inclusion of all children | Core | Cluster 5 |
CHCECE045 | Foster positive and respectful interactions and behaviour in children | Core | Cluster 5 |
CHCECE044 | Facilitate compliance in a children’s education and care service | Core | Cluster 6 |
CHCECE049 | Embed environmental responsibility in service operations | Core | Cluster 6 |
CHCECE053 | Respond to grievances and complaints about the service | Elective | Cluster 6 |
BSBTWK502 | Manage team effectiveness | Core | Cluster 7 |
CHCPRP003 | Reflect on and improve own professional practice | Core | Cluster 8 |
CHCDIV003 | Manage and promote diversity | Elective | Cluster 9 |
CHCECE052 | Plan service and supports for children and families | Elective | Cluster 10 |
Current
Current, Release 1.0, Release date 20/07/2021
Units are assessed individually and in clusters via a range of assessment methods as indicated in the CHC50121 Delivery and Assessment Schedule.
Assessment requirements for each cluster or unit are outlined in the Student Assessment Booklet.
Assessment is typically conducted through:
At the beginning of each cluster, the trainer/ assessor will go through the arrangements for assessment with each student and provide details about the assessment requirements including due dates.
The following assessment methods are used for some or all units, please refer to the Delivery Sequence and Methods section of this Training & Assessment Strategy for details of specific units and tasks.
Definitions of each of these methods has been drawn from the ASQA Guide for developing assessment Tools (page 5), https://www.asqa.gov.au/sites/g/files/net2166/f/Guide_to_developing_assessment_tools.pdf
Students will participate in a total of 1290 hours of training, learning and assessment activities.
This is broken up into 360 hours of webinars and 280 hours of work placement which is split over 4 blocks. In addition, the students will be required to complete 14.5 hours of self-study each week which may involve reading their textbooks, resource materials, discussing their work with their trainer/assessor and/or other students and completing assessment tasks.
Academic Entry Requirements
Entry to this qualification is open to individuals who:
In addition to the above, EduNex Training requires that students:
To approve a student workplace, EduNex Training requires that workplaces:
Language, Literacy and Numeracy (LLN)
As well as meeting the entry requirements listed above, students will be required to achieve a satisfactory result in a language, literacy and numeracy (LLN) assessment that will be conducted during the application process. The required level for this qualification is
The LLN assessment includes a written test and interview to complete the verbal component of the test. The LLN test assists EduNex Training to assess whether or not students LLN skills and are at a level suited to the course requirements. It also assists our trainers to prepare individual learning plans for each successful applicant where skill weaknesses are identified.
Pre Training Review Missing in TAS and LLN Test
As well as meeting the entry requirements listed above, students will be required to achieve a satisfactory result in a language, literacy and numeracy (LLN) assessment that will be conducted during the application process. The required level for this qualification is
The LLN assessment includes a written test and interview to complete the verbal component of the test. The LLN test assists EduNex Training to assess whether or not students LLN skills and are at a level suited to the course requirements. It also assists our trainers to prepare individual learning plans for each successful applicant where skill weaknesses are identified.
If training is required to achieve a full qualification (and the candidate wishes to gain the full qualification), you are to document a plan for meeting the training needs and make appropriate arrangements.
You must submit records of interviews and assessment outcomes to the office after each conversation or meeting during the RPL process. On completion of assessment, the following items must be returned to the candidate’s file for archiving:
All evidence items submitted by the candidate.
The candidate will then be issued with a qualification or statement of attainment.
Students with a significant amount of prior skills and/or knowledge or previous relevant qualifications are encouraged to apply for recognition of prior learning and/or credit transfer which may reduce the amount of training required
| Name | Enrol Myself | Group Booking |
| Diploma of Early Childhood March Intake | ||
| CHC50121 – Offer Class (Domestic) | ||
| Diploma of Early Childhood Jan 2025 Intake – Up-Skill |