Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care at Ourimbah

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

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.

You will need to provide for yourself the following resources which you will keep when you complete your study:

• TAFE Hat and Shirt http://www.atzsolutions.com.au/ Approximate cost $50.

• Karen Kearns (2020) Birth to Big School 5th Edition (Recommended Text) (ISBN 9780170457309) Cengage $90

• HLTAID012 First Aid Textbook 9th Edition (Optional) (ISBN 9781742365374) $19

To be enrolled in this course offering, you need to be able to meet the following work placement requirements:

A minimum of 160 hours of work placement in a regulated Education and Care Service in Australia is required for this qualification. The work placement will be arranged by TAFE NSW in partnership with the service and implemented within the student's program to enable consolidation, reflection, improvement and assessment to occur.

Work placement is an opportunity to learn on the job and complete assessment requirements and often leads to employment opportunities. The Public Health (COVID -19 Vaccination of Education and Care Workers) Order 2021 states that education and care workers are required to have received 2 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine or be issued with a medical contraindication certificate to be able to undertake relevant work. This applies to students on work placement in an early education and care facility. If you are not vaccinated we cannot assure you that this component of your course can be organized or fulfilled, which will impact your ability to successfully course complete. Details can be found https://education.nsw.gov.au/early-childhood-education/coronavirus/advice-for-services-and-providers. TAFENSW recognizes students' reasons for not being vaccinated. This can be discussed privately with TAFE NSW career counsellors prior to enrolment.

A valid Working with Children Check will be required by the Education and Care Service. This is a requirement for all students who are 18 years and over. To apply please visit https://www.kidsguardian.nsw.gov.au/child-safe-organisations/working-with-children-check.

Be physically fit to undertake first aid responses including performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) while kneeling on the floor.