Please Note: Holders of Subclass 500 visas are ineligible to study with ACTAC. Any application to enrol by any holder of a subclass 500 visa will be rejected and subject to a $199 administration fee.
ACTAC’s CHC50113 Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care is just $1299, no large government debts to pay back just one simple fee to fast track your entry into the childcare industry.
This is paid by the student in two installments of $999. The first installment at time of enrolment and the second installment of $999 after 12 months or half way through the course (which ever comes first). This payment method allows our students more flexibility and access to education opportunities.
ACTAC’s Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care is available online. If you are eligible ACTAC is an approved institution by the Department of Human Services including Centrelink, students are encourage to speak with Centrelink directly prior to enrolling to determine eligibility for benefits. The CHC50113 Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care Online will give students the knowledge and skills to enhance your childcare career. Whether students are thinking of entering into or building upon your childcare career this childcare course is the leading Diploma for the Childcare industry.
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The Australian College of Teacher Aides and Childcare only provides courses relating to childcare and working with children. Our trainers are childcare industry specialists who not only have practical experience ‘on the floor’ but also understand the employers perspective having worked in various management roles across the industry. ACTAC’s Online Childcare Courses offer students the unique opportunity to have direct contact with an industry specialist to assist them with their studies and gain practical knowledge throughout this Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care.
Further your career with a highly sought after Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care.
Students who wish to study this nationally recognised qualification with ACTAC must be over 18.
This qualification, ACTAC’s Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care (the leading industry online childcare course) is ideal for those who wish to work in the child services industry. This qualification reflects the role of early childhood educators who are responsible for designing and implementing curriculum in early childhood education and care services.
Once completed, graduates have access to an array of professional careers including roles such as:
Seek JOBS – Childcare staff with Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care
*Please note ACTAC cannot guarantee any transfer credit or employment outcomes for students of the Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care, childcare course.
CHC50113
Diploma of Early Childhood education and Care
This course is self paced and students have up to 24 months to complete their studies.
The Volume of study for this course is 2,008 hours
Australian College of Teacher Aides and Childcare
The course is made up of 28 units in total, 23 core units and 5 elective units.
Students will be required to undergo a ‘Working with Children Check’ and receive a positive notice and blue card
Be eligible to study in Australia with ACTAC
All learners are required to ensure that their progression is maintained in accordance with the Training Schedule provided in the welcome email and in accordance with the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA) National Quality Framework, which requires learners working towards a qualification to make ‘satisfactory progress towards completing the course’.
Where it is identified that a learner is not progressing in accordance with the Training Schedule and the requirements of ACECQA, they will be provided with three written warnings. The final written warning may result in cancellation of their enrolment.
No refunds will be payable for learners failing to meet the obligations outlined above.
It is the responsibility of all learners to source their own work placement and ensure that the provided placement resource checklist is signed by the learner and the workplace supervisor prior to the commencement of placement
In the event that the facility is unable to provide all of the required facilities, equipment and resources, following confirmation by the College, it is the learner’s responsibility to find an alternative facility at which to undertake their placement. Where a learner is unable to locate a suitable placement, a proportionate refund may be offered based on the learner’s ongoing progression and completion of theory learning and/or assessment
ACTAC will provide the following resources
To complete your qualification you will need to have access to:
All students will have the opportunity to have their prior learning assessed
Current
Effective 31st August 2020, all courses will be offered via our online delivery mode only.
Online Mode. You will also undertake a work placement (Minimum 240 hours in an approved education and care service)
Industry Requirements
Students must complete at least 240 hours work experience in an approved Early Childhood Education & Care Centre to successfully graduate from this online childcare course. Please note: ACTAC does not accept work placement being carried out in a family day care setting.
New government legislation states that 50% of centre-based educators must now have, or be actively working towards, at least a diploma qualification.
The course comprises of 28 units in total:
23 core units
5 elective units
Provide an emergency first aid response in an education and care setting
Please note that you must complete HLTAID004 (Provide an emergency first aid response in an education and care setting) to successfully complete this online childcare course (the Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care). You must successfully complete this unit through an external provider such as St Johns Ambulance at your own costs. ACTAC is an online educator and cannot provide hands on courses like HLTAID004 to students.
Develop positive and respectful relationships with children
Provide care for children
Provide care for babies and toddlers
Ensure the health and safety of children
Promote and provide healthy food and drinks
Work legally and ethically
Use an approved learning framework to guide practice
Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety
Develop cultural competence
Foster the holistic development and wellbeing of the child in early childhood
Analyse information to inform learning
Promote children’s agency
Design and implement the curriculum to foster children’s learning and development
Identify and respond to children and young people at risk
Maintain workplace health and safety
Establish and implement plans for developing cooperative behaviour
Nurture creativity in children
Establish and maintain a safe and healthy environment for children
Facilitate compliance in an education and care services
Implement strategies for the inclusion of all children
Work in partnership with families to provide appropriate education and care for children
Embed sustainable practices in service operations
Work with diverse people
Develop and implement policy
Research and apply evidence to practice
Lead the work team
Reflect on and improve own professional practice
ACTAC’s Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care is the best way for students to complete an online childcare course. Students have 7 day a week contact with their childcare course trainer who is an expert in the industry. The Diploma in Early Education and Care is fast becoming the industry standard qualification for those wanting to work in the childcare industry. Pay rates for those who have completed a higher level qualification like ACTAC’s Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care online childcare course are often higher than lower level qualifications. You can find out more about ACTAC’s Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care.