Self paced
Combination
1 year 6 months
Any time
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15 hours per week
$7,420
This course may be fee free, or available at a reduced cost.
An individual training plan will be provided when you enrol in this course. Your plan will outline the recommended study timetable and detail your units and assessments.
Assessments give you the opportunity to demonstrate what you have learnt and to identify the knowledge or skills that may need further development.
Knowledge tasks: online quizzes, short answer questions, case studies, written tasks and research projects, matching and true or false activities
Practical tasks before starting work placement: interviews, role-plays, creative projects, presentations and practical demonstrations
Workplace assessment tasks: written tasks, reflective journals, verbal or written questioning, planning and implementing activities, practical demonstrations
Submission of a training logbook
Workplace portfolio
Work placement provides you with opportunities to respond to situations and circumstances that cannot be replicated in a learning or simulated environment. Work placement strengthens your training and supports continued learning and assessment in the workplace.
You will undertake a mandatory 160 hours of work placement with a suitable industry employer.
You need to meet the following requirements to be able to undertake work placement. Your teacher will let you know when you need to provide evidence of:
A Working with Children Check (WWCC)
Vaccination and health screenings
Any additional evidence your work placement provider requires
At TAFE NSW we provide training that includes hands-on, practical experience. Work placement ensures you have the job-ready skills to achieve competency in this course.
Depending on your mode of study, TAFE NSW will arrange your work placement for you or support you to find one.
TAFE Digital students:
You are responsible for arranging your own work placement. Our Skills Team can offer support and guidance to assist you.
To complete this course, the following materials are required:
There are no materials needed for this qualification.
To make sure this delivery option is the right fit for you, we will need you to demonstrate that you can meet the additional requirements below.
There are no additional requirements for this qualification.
Courses are made up of a combination of both core and specialty units. In the Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care qualification, you’ll need to successfully complete 17 Units of competency, including 15 core and 2 speciality units.
Core units are central to the job outcomes of a particular industry or occupation. These are the units industry has agreed are essential to be capable and qualified at a particular study level.
Learn through a combination of classroom based, online and/or workplace activity. For example, you may participate in scheduled classroom activity, have an element of self-directed learning with online content, and/or receive supervised training while on the job, doing work experience, or on placement.
Classroom activity will be scheduled, but online learning can provide more flexibility. Teacher support will be provided for all study. Access to a computer with an internet connection is required.
TAFE NSW Loftus is located right next to Loftus station in the south of Sydney's Sutherland Shire, directly across the road from the beautiful Royal National Park. Sharing its location with the Sydney campus of the University of Wollongong, TAFE NSW Loftus has a modern and spacious facility, with staff focused on how industry, community and learning expertise can help you change your life.
Rawson Avenue Loftus 2232
Parking on campus grounds is available.
Refer to your local bus timetables, visit transportnsw.info
Loftus Station is 400 metres from campus.
TAFE NSW campuses work closely with the community and industry to ensure you have access to the industry standard technologies, equipment and facilities.
Auditorium and conference room
Childcare Centre
Student fitness centre and gymnasium
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