CHC30121 Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care

Flexible, affordable, interest-free payment plans to suit your budget and a ‘Price-Match’ opportunities available.

The training package does not stipulate any mandatory entry requirements for the qualification delivered by this course.

The admission criteria are articulated through Australian College marketing and pre-enrolment information and include the following:

• Students will undertake a Language, Literacy and Numeracy review before Australian College accepts their application for enrolment. The student must have a good command of spoken and written English. They must have the skills to understand different numeracy concepts and to read and write a range of business documents and communications.
• Depending on the unit, students may be required to interact with actual or simulated team members, clients and staff and may be required to participate in audio/video-recorded role-plays with others.
• It is recommended that students be at least 15 years of age before the date of enrolment. Where a student is less than 18 years of age, parents or guardians must also provide enrolment consent.

Students must have access to and be able to operate:

• An internet-enabled PC/Laptop or similar running a current operating system (e.g. Windows 10 or Mac OSX).
• An audio/video recording device (such as a mobile phone) for the purpose of preparing audio/video assessment recordings.
• Zoom for the direct observation assessment tasks.
• Microsoft Office (or compatible software).
• Current web browser (e.g., Chrome).
• Adobe Acrobat Reader or another PDF document viewer.
• Valid email address.

Childcare Work Placement Requirements:

• Working with Children Check (WWCC) or Blue Card (State Specific).
• Health checks (where required by the childcare centre).
• Current immunisation records.

Overseas Students Policy

This course is not available to students on an Overseas Student Visa.

There is a work placement requirement of 160 hours (minimum) in a regulated children’s education and care service in Australia to successfully complete the course. However, the majority is online, so you can study at your own pace in your own time. Work placement requires the commencement of the following units of competency: CHCECE031, CHCECE032, CHCECE033 and CHCECE035. The total number of hours may be applied collectively across these units and will be observed by your supervisor. Some units also require direct observation by the RTO Assessor.

This course is a pre-requisite and entry requirement for the CHC50121 Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care course. Graduates may choose to further their studies through enrolment in the CHC50121 Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care.

RPL and Credit Transfer are available for all students to consider. students will be provided with information about RPL and Credit Transfer prior to enrolment. The course provider will recognise the AQF qualifications and statements of attainment issued by other RTOs upon verification with the issuing organisation. Please submit your official enquiry for more information.