Introduction to Early Childhood Education and Care Skill Set
Step you way into a career in Early Childhood Education and Care
It is the perfect stepping stone to start your career in Early Childhood Education and Care, preparing you for further training.
This course is fee free* for residents of Western Australia.
Some eligibility conditions apply for the fee free training and other fees may apply for some courses. Please refer to the FAQs for more information.
*Please note that eligibility requirements apply to some of the fee free training.
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Step you way into a career in Early Childhood Education and Care
With this Skill Set, you'll gain an understanding of children's learning, basic learning support, identifying and responding to children at risk, and workplace health and safety and much more! It is the perfect stepping stone to start your career in Early Childhood Education and Care, preparing you for further training.
When choosing a course, it's important to think about the key skills and knowledge you'll need, as well as how you'll be assessed. Take a look at this information and consider if you might face any challenges in meeting the course expectations and requirements.
- Be able to work with others and relate to and respect people from a range of ages, cultures and backgrounds
- Have a kind and enthusiastic nature to work with young children birth to 5 years and their families.
- Excellent observational skills - to be able to identify changes in behaviour, abilities and environment
- Good communication skills to liaise/work with a range of people
- Have sound computer skills
- Good listening and writing skills
- Be able to deal with physical demands of manual tasks. A good fitness level to be able to lift children and child care equipment
- Basic problem-solving skills and the ability to respond to immediate safety risks
- Tolerance, patience and the willingness to work with people from different backgrounds and cultures
- Be able to undertake mandatory work placement outside of schedule classes 90 hours in total with workplace tasks to complete.
- Be able to obtain a Work with Children clearance and the Education Departments Criminal History Check (over 18s)
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