Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care Online

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The Diploma of ECE is approved by the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority, or ACECQA, Australia’s main industry body for child care. ACECQA requires at least 50% of all educators who work with children in centre based facilities to have a diploma-level qualification. For this reason, the CHC50113 has become one of the top qualifications those seeking child career careers.

The Diploma of ECE is delivered through online learning. This allows you to study from anywhere across Australia, follow your own schedule, set your own pace and complete the course workbooks in your preferred time.

CHC50113 is ideal for anyone seeking to get into positions such as Child Care Centre Manager, Group Leader, Children’s Services Director and other similar roles. If you want to advance your career by doing something that you are passionate about, the diploma course is ideal for you.

This child care education course supersedes and replaces the old Diploma of Children’s Services (CHC50908).

Online Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care: What Will You Learn?

During your online course, you will learn a wide variety of skills and knowledge that are essential to succeed in the child care industry. This ranges from the responsibilities you will carry out daily, the theoretical framework that guides this highly important industry to how to work effectively with other educators and teachers.

The CHC50113 covers both the fundamental units all educators need and the advanced skills necessary to take up higher positions. You will learn how to ensure the health and safety of children who are under your care. This includes how to treat babies and toddlers and develop a positive relationship with other children. Providing food and drinks that are healthy and how to support them in their play and learning experiences will also be taught to you.

General workplace skills that are relevant to the child care industry are covered by the Cert III ECE as well.  You will learn how to work with colleagues and clients from different cultures, participate in occupational health and safety and working within a legal and ethical framework.

All these skills and more will prepare you for working in an actual centre-based facility, family day care or other child care service providers.

Online CHC50113 Units

The Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care has 28 total units.  This consists of 23 core units and 5 electives.

This online diploma course will teach you the core skills required for all early childhood educators plus the advanced skills you need to pursue higher roles.

All 28 course units are clustered into only 10 easy to follow workbooks along with a practical skills journal. This means that you can complete your course faster because Inspire Education has significantly decreased the amount of duplicate content and assessments between the different units.

Core Units:

CHCDIV002- Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety
CHCECE001 – Develop cultural competence
CHCECE002 – Ensure the health and safety of children
CHCECE003 – Provide care for children
CHCECE004 – Promote and provide healthy food and drinks
CHCECE005 – Provide care for babies and toddlers
CHCECE007 – Develop positive and respectful relationships with children
CHCECE009 – Use an approved learning framework to guide practice
CHCECE016 – Establish and maintain a safe and healthy environment for children
CHCECE017 – Foster the holistic development and wellbeing of the child in early childhood
CHCECE018 – Nurture creativity in children
CHCECE019 – Facilitate compliance in an education and care service
CHCECE020 – Establish and implement plans for developing cooperative behaviour
CHCECE021 – Implement strategies for the inclusion of all children
CHCECE022 – Promote children’s agency
CHCECE023 – Analyse information to inform learning
CHCECE024 – Design and implement the curriculum to foster children’s learning and development
CHCECE025 – Embed sustainable practices in service operations
CHCECE026 – Work in partnership with families to provide appropriate education and care for children
CHCLEG001 – Work legally and ethically
CHCPRT001 – Identify and respond to children and young people at risk
HLTAID004 – Provide an emergency first aid response in an education and care setting *
HLTWHS003 – Maintain work health and safety

Electives:

CHCECE006 – Support behaviour of children and young people
CHCECE010 – Support the holistic development of children in early childhood
CHCECE013 – Use information about children to inform practice
CHCDIV001 – Work with diverse people
CHCMGT003 – Lead the work team

*The HLTAID004: Provide an emergency first aid response in an education and care setting unit is NOT delivered by Inspire Education, students must organise the completion of this unit via an external provider.

Nominal hours for this course is 2190 hours which already counts the required Vocational Placement duration. You will have 12 months to complete the course, but you can study online on your own schedule and complete the course as fast as you can because you are free to set your own pace.

You will be assessed throughout the course using a variety of tools. This includes a skills journal, case studies, projects and written questions.

Vocational Placement for Child Care

You are required to undergo Vocational Placement in a registered child care facility to gain the Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care. This will give you valuable hands on experience where you can apply the lessons you’ve learned in the course and be familiar with how the industry works. Vocational Placement prepares you to work with children, including babies and toddlers, when you pursue educator roles after you gain your qualification.

You need to complete at least of 240 hours of service in a registered child care provider over a period of 2 years to fulfill the Vocational Placement requirement.

Prerequisites

There are no formal prerequisites to study the Diploma of ECE, but it is recommended that you are at least 18 years old, have Year 10 English or its equivalent since literacy and language skills are integral for child care workers. Basic knowledge in computers is also recommended.

Take note that students are required to undergo a background check by the police before being able to complete the vocational placement. Requirements and criteria vary depending on your state or territory.

Recognition of Prior Learning

You can apply for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) if you already posses the competencies taught by the Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care. RPL is granted depending on whether you can provide sufficient evidence to back up your claims.

You can refer to the RPL Guide if you would like to know more about how the RPL process works and the application requirements.

Training Schedule

Online advanced training courses in child care are available throughout the year Australia-wide. You can enrol and start studying anytime by accessing the resources on the online student portal.