Learners are required to undertake a minimum of 160 hours of vocational placement within a registered and approved day care centre. This must occur after the student has satisfactorily completed all the other units/subjects in this qualification.

During this time, the learners are required to complete a skills workbook.

Learners have the option to:

• Do their vocational placement through one of The Academy of Early Learning Training’s owner’s day care centre Parafield Airport Early Learning Centre or
• Source their own Vocational Placement providers (The Academy of Early Learning Training to check suitability).

The Academy of Early Learning Training will provide learners a Vocational Placement Pack that outlines all the requirements for finding a suitable Vocational Placement provider that will facilitate the required workplace assessments and allow the learner to complete the required vocational placement hours. Learners are recommended to initiate contact with potential vocational placement providers as soon as enrolment is confirmed to allow sufficient time for The Academy of Early Learning Training to confirm the workplace’s safety and suitability.

To support you in your new course with Academy of Early Learning Training, we will provide the following:

1. CHC30121 Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care learning and assessment suite which includes:
   • Learner Guides Assessment Workbooks Templates for Projects and other activities;
   • Simulated resources to provide students with simulated assessment pathways (not applicable to all assessment tasks specially those to be done during vocation placement)
2. Additional course readings and resources recommended by trainers.

Vocational placement providers must allow access to:

• Vocational workplace supervisor(s) to supervise and confirm completion of the required tasks included in the Skills Workbook. The workplace supervisor must:
  • Have adequate knowledge and understanding of the provision of early childhood education and care 
  • Have the ability to effectively supervise and manage early childhood education and care services
  • Have the necessary experience and qualification(s) in the area of early child hood education and care (e.g. you have the relevant VET qualification/s, Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care or higher)
• Organisational policies, protocols, and procedures including but not limited to:
  • Work health and safety
  • Safe work practices
  • Manual handling
  • Infection control
• Workplace to conduct a work health and safety inspection
• Opportunities to participate in meetings and discussions with clients and colleagues including but not limited to:
  • One (1) work health and safety meeting/debriefing
  • Continuous improvement meeting with the supervisor and at least one (1) colleague
  • Discussions with supervisor and or colleagues relevant to student’s workplace performance.
• National Quality Framework:
  • National Quality Standard
  • The relevant approved learning framework
  • Early Childhood Australia Code of Ethics
  • Service standards, policies, and procedures for:
    • Collaborative partnerships with families and communities
    • Educational program and practice
    • Relationships with children
    • Inclusion
    • Children in a regulated education and care service in Australia
• Eating areas equipped with tables, chairs, utensils
• Drinking water
• Handwashing facilities
• Personal protective equipment
• Indoor and outdoor play areas
• Sleeping and rest areas equipped with beds and linen
• Sun protection materials
• Toilet facilities
• Toys and other play equipment
• Information technology for record keeping and documentation
• Recommendations for physical activity in the National Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines for Australians and Australian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for the Early Years (Birth to 5 years)
• Recommendations for children’s healthy eating as detailed in the following sources or their successors:
  • Australian Dietary Guidelines
  • Australian Guide to Healthy Eating
• Education and Care Services National Regulations

• Areas for:
  • Eating
  • Food preparation
  • Sleeping
  • Playing
  • Bathroom equipped with age-adjusted toileting equipment
• Equipment for:
  • Eating:
    • Bottles
    • Solid food
    • Heating equipment
    • Utensils
    • High chairs
    • Bibs
  • Nappy changing:
    • Nappies
    • Wipes
    • Change table
    • Receptacle
    • Ointments/creams
    • Gloves
    • Nappy bags
    • Paper towel
  • Hand washing facilities
  • Play:
    • Appropriate toys
  • Sleeping:
    • Cots and bedding
• Service standards, policies, and procedures for children’s health and safety
• Service standards, policies, and procedures for relationships with children
• Educators for collaboration
• Babies and toddlers under the age of 23 months in a regulated children’s education and care service in Australia
• Children up to 6 years of age in a regulated education and care service in Australia
• Information technology for research
• Service standards, policies, and procedures for educational program and practice
• Curriculum documentation
• Resources that support specific play and learning experiences covering all developmental domains
• The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child – Article 31
• An indoor environment
• An outdoor environment
• Observational-recording tools
• Children’s records (real or simulated)
• Information technology for recording information
• Curriculum from the regulated service or school
• Sources of information on local Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples’ histories and cultures
• Service standards, policies, and procedures for collaborative partnerships with families and communities including direct relationships with First Nations families and communities

To complete your course, you will need ongoing access to the following:

• Appropriate clothing (e.g., long pants, shirts that are sun safe and protect the shoulder)
• Enclosed shoes
• Sun Protection (e.g., sun hat, sunscreen, etc.)
• Computer/laptop with relevant software such as, but not limited to, the following:
  • internet access preferably through Google Chrome
  • MS Word and PowerPoint
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader

The CHC30121 Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care course covers 17 units of competency (15 core units and 2 elective units).