CHC30113 - Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care

Course Brochure

www.mcfe.com.auMCFE is a division of iAscend Polytechnic Pty Ltd. RTO no. 21340.

OVERVIEW

Start a purposeful career working with children and ensuring their safety, wellbeing and develop-ment are achieved. This is a qualification for people who want to work as child-care workers/child care assistants in centre-based and family day care. Students will learn how to use organisational policies, procedures and individual children’s profiles to plan activities and provide care to children, facilitating their leisure and play and enabling them to achieve their developmental outcomes in an inclusive way.

Recommended self paced learning hours per week: 16

Duration, Delivery & Assessment

• 32 face-to-face sessions - 1 x 4 hour class per week.• Assessments include: written & oral questions, projects and observations of skills both in a simu-lated environment and in the workplace

Work Placement

Practical Placement is a required part of the Early Childhood Education and Care course program. The time spent in the workplace will allow you to gain a valuable insight into the industry and develop competencies required for employment and help in making further career choices. Placement is on a voluntary basis, unless employment is offered by the host employer.

This course requires you to undertake 150 hours of work placement at a regulated education and care service. Students will be required to work with babies, toddlers and children aged between 3 - 6 years of age.

MCFE will help source work placement venues for students to complete their placement hours at, or students can source this themselves. Please note that for MCFE to arrange placement, certain criteria must be met, such as meeting attendance and assessment requirements. This outlined in the pre-training review and in the workplace agreement given at enrolment.

Location

Our main campus is located at U39 / 617-643 Spencer St, West Melbourne, but we also consider where majority of the students have to travel from. We try to group people from the same location together and hire out venues that are closer to home making it easier for you to travel to. The exact location of the classes will be confirmed once you talk to a representative of Melbourne College of Further Education (MCFE).

Course duration 12 Months

Fees

This training is delivered with Victorian and Commonwealth Government funding. The course fees/costs depend upon eligibility for a Government subsidy, via the Skills First Funding Program. For more details view the fees and charges on our website. Check eligibility online via the Victorian Skills Gateway or call our office, please be aware using a funded place can affect your access to future funding

FULL FEE STUDENT

FUNDED FEES

CHC30113 - Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care

$3600 tuition fee + $140 material fee

$0 tuition fee +$140 material fee

You must be an Australian citizen, a

New Zealand Citizen or a Permanent Resident

You must be up-skilling to a higher qualification if you

already hold one.

You can enrol in a only two government subsidised courses in 1

year

You can undertake up to two funded courses at any one time

You can only ever begin a max of two funded courses at the same

qualification level.

(Unless under 20 years old at the

1st of January this year)

Basic Skills First Funding Info

Resources and Materials

You need access to a computer or smart device and the internet to complete this qualification. Self-paced learning includes case studies and articles via Cengage Brain and there will be an additional readings linked via our website that you will need to access for learning and assessment. Students will be provided with text books - Birth to Big School and The Big PicturePicture, written by Karen Kearns and a MCFE branded polo shirt and name badge to wear during placement.

Entry Requirements

• Must have the ability to travel to and from placements - placement hours can be early starts. • If you wish to apply for government funding, then you will need to meet the eligibility criteria. • Must have access to a computer or a smart device and the internet to complete your studies • You must obtain your Working With Childrens (WWC) prior to commencing your placement.

Pathways

On completion of this qualification, you may wish to undertake the Diploma of Early Childhood Education & Care (CHC50113)

Certificate III Early

Childhood Education &

Care

Diploma of Early

Childhood Education &

Care

AssociateDegree in

Early YearsStudies

Career Outcomes

Nanny

Playgroup Supervisor

Recreation Assistant Childhood Educator Assistant

Early Childhood Educator Kindergarten Assistant

Module 1

Legal and Ethics

Learn the skills and knowledge required to identifyand work within the legal and ethical framework that

applies to your individual job role as an educator. We also discuss legal and ethical responsibilities such as duty of care and go through scenarios relevant to

theworkplace.

Course Modules

There are 16 modules in this course, including optional units.

Course ContentTo be eligible for an award of CHC30113 - Certificate III in Early Child-hood Education and Care, students must successfully complete 15 core units and 3 elective units. We also include First Aid and CPR as bonus units as part of our course.

CORE UNITS

CHCLEG001CHCECE009HLTWHS001

HLTAID004CHCECE002CHCPRT001CHCECE004CHCECE005CHCECE003CHCECE007CHCECE001CHCDIV002

CHCECE010CHCECE013CHCECE011

Work legally and ethicallyUse an approved learning framework to guide practiceParticipate in workplace health and safetyProvide an emergency first aid response in an education & care setting Ensure the health and safety of childrenIdentify and respond to children and young people at riskPromote and provide healthy food and drinksProvide care for babies and toddlersProvide care for childrenDevelop positive and respectful relationships with childrenDevelop cultural competencePromote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural safetySupport the holistic development of children in early childhoodUse information about children to inform practiceProvide experiences to support children's play and learning

ELECTIVE UNITS

CHCPRP003CHCECE006CHCECE012

Reflect on and improve own professional practiceSupport behaviour of children and young peopleSupport children to connect with their world

BONUS UNITSHLTAID001 Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitationHLTAID003 Provide first aid

Module 2

Learning Frameworks

Belonging, Being and Becoming is the nationalapproved early years learning framework from birthto five years of age, which aims to extend and enrich

children’s learning experiences and gives them thebest start to life. Learn the principles and practicesthat make up this framework and how to apply in to

children’s learning

Module 3

Cultural Diversity

Working in childcare means being aware andinclusive of different cultural practices and

requirements and valuing differences. We will lookat our own perspectives and how to promote

understanding across diverse groups, includingactivities with children that explore different cultures,

heritage, backgrounds and traditions.

Module 4

Keeping Children Safe

Children’s health and wellbeing includes physical,mental and individual health needs. Creating a safe

environment, administration of medications, sunsafety and infection control are just some of the skills

we go through. We will also discuss protectingchildren and their rights including identifying children

at risk of neglect or abuse as well as reportingrequirements.

Module 5

Healthy Diets

Learn the skills and knowledge to promote healthyeating, ensure hydration levels are met and plan

food and drinks that are nutritious and appropriate for each child. You will also learn about food safety,

including food handling techniques.

Module 6

Providing Care for Babies and Toddlers

Safe and quality care for children from birth to 24months and ensuring that the children’s physical andemotional wellbeing is maintained. Implement safesleep practices, providing positive nappy changing

and toileting experiences and develop positiverelationships with babies and toddlers and their

families.

Module 7

Caring for Children

Caring for children over 2 years of age is focused onmaintaining physical and emotional wellbeing.

Learn strategies to build self-sufficiency, protecting the child’s self-esteem and helping them deal with

change. Promote and provide a physical environment and understand principles of scaffolding for learning and development

Module 8

Relationship Building

Developing and maintaining effective relationshipsand promoting positive behaviour to create an

environment that supports and respects children.Learn techniques to guide children’s behaviour and

identify children’s cues to guide level and type ofinvolvement in their play and learning.

Module 11

Personal Development

This module is about you. Reflect on your ownprofessional practices, self-evaluating and reflectingon your performance and outlook. Access and stay up to date with industry news and regularly review

your own practices. Determine any improvements or gaps of knowledge you may have and create a plan

setting goals and targets to achieve.

Module 9

First Aid in an Education and Care setting

Provide basic first aid and CPR in any situationwhether it be a child, adult or elderly person,

including asthma and anaphylactic emergencies. Understand incident reporting,

workplace forms & evaluating the incidents and impacts to children & staff

Module 10

Health and Safety

This module covers legislation and workplacepolicies and procedures as well as identifying risks

and hazards, how to assess level of danger andreporting any incidents or concerns. We also go

through how to promote safe work practices andreflect on your own levels of stress and fatigue.

Module 12

Children’s Behaviour

Observe and collect data to assist in developingstrategies to support children who require additional

support. Understand how to identify any areas ofconcern and use positive support techniques to

redirect unwanted behaviour and defuse situations.

Module 13

Cultural Diversity

Maximise children’s connection with the environmentand support children to develop an understanding & respect for nature around them. Be able to identify

changes in workplace procedures to enhanceenvironmental sustainability.

Module 14

Development

Support the physical, social, emotional, cognitive & communication development of children aged frombirth to 6 years old in a holistic manner by providing

the opportunity for scaffolding learning & development. Use routines to practice skills & devel-op their fine & motor skills, create opportunities for

one-on-one interactions & join in play modelling best practices.

Module 15

Inform Practice

Gather information by observing, listening and talkingto children for a sustained period, identifying interests,ideas knowledge and skills. Learn how to be objective

and not include biased comments and use informationgathered to plan programs that promote children’s

learning and development.

Module 16

Play and Learning

Creating safe, challenging environments for children to play and learn to enhance their development.

Understand different types of play, assist children toparticipate in a variety of experiences and knowinghow to respond to children’s reactions ensures each

child remains interested and challenged but notfrustrated by play and learning.

REGISTER

CALL BACK

INFORMATION SESSION

Visit our course page and fill out the ‘Tell me more’ form on the website or contact us at nfo@mcfe.com.au or call 1300 368 883 to register your interest.

During the call back stage, you will be offered the opportunity to attend our information session where you will meet the trainer.

During the information session, a MCFE member will go through the training program, funding options and course outcomes. You will complete a pre-training review and the trainer will answer any questions you may have.

If there is no information session scheduled for your course, you have the option to come into our head office to complete an information session with MCFE staff or we will contact you when the next session runs.

An option to enroll after the information session will be available. Please bring ID to this session (Medicare card + Driver’s License or passport)

An email will be sent to you with our course brochure attached for you to look over and you will receive a call from a representative of MCFE to chat with you about the course.

How to Apply

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) & Credit Transfer (CT)

RPL: You can ask for your relevant existing skills, qualifications and experiences to be assessed and taken into account when your level of competency is being evaluated. There will be a cost associated, refer to the statement of fees and charges. CT: If you have previously completed a unit with the same code as your new course you will be eli-gible for a credit transfer and you will not have to repeat that unit. There is no cost associated with this process.

Support Services

If you need support with progress throughout your course or other personal issues, we have a student services officer who can help or direct you to the most appropriate service. Your trainer will also be available every session to cover additional support if required. For further information on welfare and educational support please refer to our student handbook available on the website.

Third Parties/Brokers

Our approved Third Parties/Brokers can refer students to this course. MCFE staff members will undertake the following:

•Complete pre-training reviews and assess individual capabilities to undertake the course•Enrolment and information sessions including reviewing enrolment paperwork and confirming acceptance in the course•Undertake training and assessment activities and sign off competency .

Approved third parties/brokers are listed on our website. If you would like to make a complaint, please call or email as per details below.

Phone: 1300 368 883Email: info@mcfe.com.auWeb: www.mcfe.com.au

Head Office: U39 / 617 - 634 Spencer St,West Melbourne Vic 3003

For further information, please refer to our student handbook on the website, which contains key information including our complaints and appeals process, refund policy and

enrolment conditions.

MCFE cannot guarantee employment, access into further university courses or successful completion of any course.

Phone: 1300 368 883Email: info@mcfe.com.auWeb: www.mcfe.com.au

Head Office: U39 / 617 - 643 Spencer St,West Melbourne Vic 3003

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