Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care at Port Macquarie

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

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 undertaken in your place of employment. For Trainees that need a work placement for under two years old this will be arranged in a regulated early childhood service by TAFE NSW in consultation with the Employer and Trainee.

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 by 8 November 2021 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 organised 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 recognises 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.

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

• First Aid Booklet $25 to be purchased prior to the start of unit HLTAID012 Provide an emergency first aid response in an education and care setting.

To be enrolled in this course, you need to be able to provide evidence that you are:

• an apprentice (you will work in industry and study at the same time)

• employed full time

• signed up with an Apprentice Network Provider and have a Training Plan Proposal

• seeking to gain skills and knowledge to become a qualified carer/educator after successful completion