Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care

As a Qualified Early Childhood professional, you can manage and motivate other staff and volunteers and put into practice programs you've created. You'll spend much of your time in this program in children's services, watching and learning from other professionals.

Once you graduate, you can work in long day care centres, pre-school centres, family day care centres and more. You can even go on to study our Bachelor of Education (Birth - Year 6).

The program is designed to provide students with the skills, knowledge and understanding required to work with children across a range of early childhood education settings. Diploma qualified educators provide education and care which enhances and supports the holistic development of infants and children up to the age of 12. They work closely with primary carers to foster optimum development for all children.

Work in the early childhood field is both rewarding and demanding. This qualification is highly regarded within relevant industries and will allow you to work in a leadership role within the children's services field.

You can study this program as a traineeship or as an on-campus program. Note that traineeship eligibility requires that you are employed as a trainee within the Early Childhood Care sector, and that you and your employer are able to enter into a training agreement.

Areas of study include: Childhood development, family and diversity, health studies, play and curriculum studies, program planning.

Early childhood educator
Room leader
Long day care educator
Out of school educator
Family day care educator

A Bachelor level qualification is necessary to facilitate a four year old pre-school program. However delivery of an activity based 3 year pre-school program is possible.

If what you have learned at work, from other programs, courses, from life experience or training provided at work is relevant to this program, you may be entitled to gain subject credits or exemptions. The University is obliged to recognise the AQF qualifications and statements of attainment issued by other registered training organisations. For further details contact Federation University on 1800 333 864.