CHC50113 Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care

You'll develop skills in providing activities and care to children, with an emphasis on play-based learning. You'll learn to facilitate learning and play in order to enable children to achieve developmental outcomes.

This practical course will prepare you to enter a rewarding industry where you'll provide education and care to children during their most influential years. It includes four work placements and a first aid course.

Upon completion, you will be a qualified early childhood educator with skills and knowledge in:

• childhood development (aesthetic, creative, physical)
• planning for children with additional needs
• networking and family partnerships
• first aid, health and safety.

This industry-focused diploma will prepare you for a rewarding and varied career in children's services. With this nationally recognised qualification, you'll be able to work at a high level in early-childhood education and care. You'll be confident to work in roles that require designing and developing curriculum and supervising staff.

Our graduates find work in preschools, childcare centres and family-daycare centres. Potential job titles include:

• children's services coordinator
• family-daycare coordinator
• team leader or room leader in a service
• early-childhood educator
• playgroup coordinator
• assistant director of early childhood services
• early-childhood educator - team leader
• reliever in early-childhood programs
• nanny.

Demand for childcare professionals in Melbourne's west is set to remain high, with large population growth in the area. Find out about employment growth for:

• early childhood (pre-primary school) teachers (JobOutlook)
• childcare centre managers (JobOutlook).

To be awarded CHC50113 Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care, a student must successfully complete a total of twenty-eight (28) units of competency, consisting of:

• twenty-three (23) core units, and;

• five (5) elective units, of which:

• at least two (2) must be selected from the elective units listed below, and;

• up to three (3) units may be selected from any endorsed training package or accredited course relevant to the work outcome.

All electives chosen must support the overall integrity of the AQF level of this qualification and contribute to a valid, industry-supported vocational outcome and must be in accordance with the packaging rules specified in CHC Community Services Training Package as well as be approved by the Polytechnic.

Use our credit calculator to find out how much credit you could get towards your course, based on your previous study.

You may be able to complete your qualification sooner through formal recognition of your existing skills. This is known as Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).

To receive RPL, we assess your previous work, education and life experiences against recognised qualifications. Applications for RPL can be made prior to enrolling.

Call us on 1300 TAFE VP (1300 823 387) to discuss RPL options with the course manager.