If you are enrolling in this course as a Traineeship, you must have employment in the relevant industry before commencing the course.
Bendigo City campus: Full-Time Diploma 18 Months
Classes are delivered remotely online with several workshops for practical classes and assessments.
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Start Date: September 2021
End Date: May 2023
Days & Times: 2 Days per week (Days TBC)
Practical Placement requirements are met in the workplace
The Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care (CHC50113) will provide students with the knowledge and skills to design and implement curriculum in early childhood education and care services, using an approved learning framework.
Our course delivery features a combination of on-campus and remote (online) learning. This flexibility allows our students to continue to study in a safe, guided and supported manner.
Free TAFE and JobTrainer
You may be entitled to free tuition fees for this course if you meet the eligibility criteria for the State Government’s FREE TAFE for Priority Courses initiative. If you are aged 17-24 or looking for work, you may be eligible for 80% discount on the tuition fee through JobTrainer. It's important to know that you may incur other fees, such as student services fees or materials fees, and you'll need to cover these costs yourself. To find out more, call 13 TAFE (13 8233).
Normally a Skills First student is only entitled to one Free TAFE fee waiver. However, you may be able to enrol even if you have previously used your Free TAFE entitlement in a second Free TAFE course under JobTrainer. You may be able to get an exemption if you don’t meet the upskilling requirement.
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This qualification reflects the role of workers in a range of early childhood education settings who work within the requirements of the Education and Care Services National Regulations and the National Quality Standards. Workers in this field support the implementation of an approved learning framework, and support children's well-being, learning and development.
This is a full time course delivered over 18 months
Practical placement- students will complete 1 x 2week block and 2 X 4 weeks blocks of placement where student is expected to complete 5 full days for each week, totalling approx. 380hrs, which will be planned by our placement coordinator. Some students may need to travel outside of their home suburb/town to complete placement, but we will make every attempt to keep as local as possible
Practical Placement is a mandatory component of this course. Bendigo TAFEs Industry Placement Coordinator will assist students with their placement needs in approved host organisations. Bendigo TAFE will make efforts to secure an appropriate placement.
Before you can start your practical placement, you will need to provide the following compulsory requirements:
A valid Working with Children Check (Volunteer)
A satisfactory National Police Check - National Police checks are conducted via fit2work. An account with fit2work will be created using the students name and the BT issued student email address, once studies in the program have commenced. Further information will be provided once enrolment has been completed.
Your fees are made up of four parts.
Once you have determined the fees applicable to your
situation you will be able to calculate a indicative total fee
for your qualification.
Some
or all of this training is provided with State or Federal
Government funding. Are you eligible for Government Subsidised fees?
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Free TAFE and JobTrainer courses only:
Students eligible for Free TAFE receive the tuition rate
free. Students eligible for JobTrainer pay 20% of the
tuition. Materials, consumables and student services
fees are payable by all students and do not receive a
JobTrainer discount, however concession rates for student
services fees are available for concession card holders,
apprentices, trainees and 100% off campus delivery courses.
Please note that these tuition rates only apply to courses offered under the Free TAFE or JobTrainer schemes.
Concessions for Diploma and Advanced Diploma course
categories are only available to Aboriginal or Torres
Strait Islanders.