CHC30121 Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care

CHC30121- Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care

Course Description:

This qualification reflects the role of workers in a range of education settings, including public and independent schools and community education settings, who provide assistance and support to teachers and students under broad-based supervision.

Entry Requirement:

Learners must show appropriate levels of LLN to be eligible to complete this course. Learners need a level of English language both written and verbal to accurately collect and report information. Learners will be guided to support LLN requirements / improvements by trainer(s). Learners complete a LLN screen during the Pre-Training Interview process.

Students needing Language, Literacy and Numeracy (LLN) support are identified on application through the Pre Training Interview process. In most cases, LLN support can be provided. Where only a low level of support is needed, the program manager may arrange for the student to receive extra-curricular assistance from the trainer or other qualified staff member. Where extensive support is needed, specialised LLN classes may be set up. Where an applicant’s LLN deficiency will clearly inhibit achievement of learning outcomes and the applicant refuses LLN support, enrolment may be declined.

The RTO’s determined Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF) entry levels for this course are:

Criteria	Entry Level
Learning	3
Reading	3
Writing	3
Oral Communication	3

Other Requirements:

• Police record check
• Work with Children Check

Practical Work Placement

To achieve this Qualification, students are required to undertake work placement of 100 hours. Workplace documents are provided and students are advised to complete a National Police Record Check and Work With Children Check on commencement of the course in preparation for work placement. Students who have these already can commence practical work placement immediately (if desired).
Assessor will visits work place to assess students on the practical workplace components of study.
Student can commence work placement at any time but after 5th week upon conclusion of Delivery of CHCEDS002 Assist in implementation of planned educational programs and can continue to undertake work placement during delivery.
Student may undertake work placement upon completion of delivery between week 49 – 52.
To be assessed as competent student must have performed the activities outlined in the performance criteria of this unit during a period of at least 100 hours within at least one education provider in relation to the following units:
• CHCEDS003 Contribute to student education in all developmental domains
• CHCEDS002 Assist in implementation of planned educational programs

Career Outcomes

After successful completion of this qualification student may expect to have following job outcomes:

Education support worker
Education support officer (ESO)
Learning support officer (LSO)
Teachers’ aide
Integration aide
Education assistant
Language and literacy worker
Note taker
Tutor

We do not guarantee the desired outcome after successful completion of this qualification. Students are advised to undertake analysis of the market before deciding to start the course.

Further Studies

Students if they wish to continue with further studies, they can enrol in Certificate IV in Education Support, Certificate IV in Disability or the Bachelor of Education

Course Structure

Completion of 17 units (including 12 core units and 5 elective units)

Unit Code	Unit of Competency	Core / Elective	Scheduled Hours
CHCEDS003	Contribute to student education in all developmental domains	Core	80
CHCEDS002	Assist in implementation of planned educational programs	Core	75
CHCDIV001	Work with Diverse people	Core	85
CHCDIV002	Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety	Core	75
CHCECE006	Support behaviour of children and young people	Core	55
CHCEDS004	Contribute to organisation and management of classroom or centre	Core	80
CHCEDS005	Support the development of literacy and oral language skills	Core	95
CHCEDS006	Support the development of numeracy skills	Core	85
CHCEDS007	Work effectively with students and colleagues	Core	40
CHCEDS017	Contribute to the health and safety of students	Core	80
CHCEDS018	Support students with additional needs in the classroom environment	Core	75
CHCEDS001	Comply with legislative, policy and industrial requirements in the education environment.	Core	75
CHCEDS008	Comply with school administrative requirements	Elective	50
CHCPRT001	Identify and respond to children and young people at risk	Elective	50
HLTWHS001	Participate in workplace health and safety	Elective	25
CHCEDS025	Facilitate learning for students with disabilities	Elective	70
CHCEDS012	Set up and sustain individual and small group experiences.	Elective	70
			1165

Expected Duration

Students are required to undertake face to face, work placement and home study over the period of 52 weeks including 6 weeks break and 4 weeks the work placement. Study load of students have been worked out as under:

Face to face in class (5 hours a day and one day a week for 42 weeks) (Note 6-week break is not taken into account)	210 Hours
Work placement (Week 49 to 52)	100 Hours
Home Study, research, Assessments etc	955 Hours
Total	1,265 Hours

Home study, research and assessment timings may vary depending upon individual student LLN level.

This course requires 52 weeks to complete. The maximum duration of this course is based on the total nominal hours of this course (1,265 hours) and a recommended overall average minimum number of hours devoted to study each week, which includes practical, self-study and assessments.

This meets the established volume of learning as indicated by AQF 2nd Edition January 2013 and Volume of Learning an Explanation May 2014.

Study mode

Full time (Day)

Mode of Delivery

Blended: Classroom Delivery
Location(s)

This Qualification will be delivered at the following locations:
Victoria:
Unit 5 49-55 Riverside Ave, WERRIBEE VIC 3030 Plenty of parking available at site.
Other places may be made available depending upon the requirements / group of learners.

Course Fees

Mode of Payment: - Both cash and card are accepted.
Initial Deposit: - A deposit of $150 is required to secure your vacancy, unless paying in full
Details of fees: -
NOTE:
• the above fees include student amenities and services
• the above fees are GST Free
• The student tuition fees are indicative only and subject to change without prior notice

For fee terms and conditions, payment plans and refund, please refer student handbook or contact office.

Fee protection

To ensure the protection of fees paid in advance, we will not accept payment of more than

$1,200 from each individual student prior to the commencement of a course. Following course commencement, we require payment of additional fees in advance but ensure that at any given time, the total amount pre-paid for services does not exceed $1,500.

Payment plan

Student are required to pay fees as per following fee schedule:

Instalment No	Timing of Payment	Administration / Material Fee	Tuition Fee	Total
Down Payment	Before Commencement	–	–
1^st Instalment	After 3 months	–	–
2^nd Instalment	After 6 months	–	–
3^rd Instalment	After 9 months	–	–
4^th Instalment	After 12 months	–	–
5^th Instalment	After 15 months	–	–
Final Instalment	Upon Completion	–	–
Total

Refund Policy

For information about the refund policy please refer to the student handbook or speak to one of our staff.

Award

On fulfilling the requirements, an AQF Qualification in CHC30213 Certificate III in Education Support will be issued to the student within 30 days of completion of the qualification.

Students completing units but not completing the qualification will be issued with Statement of Attainment detailing the units that have been completed successfully.

Assessment Requirements

We use competency based assessment, our assessments include a range of different assessment types to determine competency as well as industry required practical placement.

The Trainers/assessor’s are given a marking guide and instructions that is used across the board to ensure quality and provide a benchmark for marking assessments. We use following methods of assessments:

We have implemented assessment instruments that uses range of assessment method to assess the learner’s performance.
The following methods of assessment may be employed in the course:
A. Written/ Verbal Questions and Answers
B. Project / Report
C. Demonstration
D. Third party feedback/observation
E. Case Study / Scenario Analysis
F. Portfolio
G. Practical Placement
It should be noted that a single assessment activity may employ more than one assessment methodology indicated in the above table.

Recognition of Prior Learning

RPL is offered in all programs.
You will need to indicate this on your enrolment form and fill out an RPL application form and read the RPL information sheet as to the process involved.
Students are given a check list of documentation to submit as evidence based on this submission the trainer will determine if the evidence is sufficient meeting all elements and essential criteria, knowledge and skills. If they are lacking in any area the trainer will then use competency based questioning, practical assessment and if necessary gap training.
Once competency has been established the qualification will be issued to the student.

Unique Student Identifier

Each participant enrolling in the course will need a Unique Student Identifier (USI) number to obtain their certification or qualification when studying nationally recognised training in Australia. A USI gives you access to your online USI account which will help keep all your training records together. Certificates and Statement of Attainment cannot be issued without this number.

Credit Transfer

Credit transfer applies to situations where learners have completed unit(s) at another provider identical to those in which they plan to enrol. Credit will be granted in accordance with the Credit Transfer procedure. To apply for credit transfer learners must complete the credit transfer application form and attach copies of verified documents to support the application. A reduction in tuition fees will be applied if Credit Transfer is granted. A Credit transfer will also result in reduction in duration of the course.

Student Information

The students need to bring the following during their training and assessment:
a. Notebook/Note pad
b. Pen (either blue or black)
c. Lunch/Snacks

Cooling Off Period

The standards for Registered Training Organisations require an RTO to inform the prospective students of their right to statutory cooling off period. A statutory cooling off period of 10 days is applicable under Consumer Law to withdraw from a consumer agreement, if the agreement has been through unsolicited marketing and sales tactics. However, it may be noted that we do not engage in any aggressive marketing tactics like door to door marketing, hence Statutory cooling off period will not as such be applicable to our students who have enrolled into a program. However, for refund options students may refer to our refund policy available in Student Handbook.

Complaints & Appeal Process

If student have any complaint against Christa College policies, procedure, staff, fellow students, assessments, marking or learning resources, they can obtain complaint form from reception and launch their complaint formally.
For further information about the complaints and appeal process, please refer to student handbook or speak to one of our staff.

Financial Hardship

We may be able to assist you, if you are going through financial hardship, please contact us for further information.