If you are interested in beginning your career in childcare, this qualification is for you. Or, if you are already working as an early childhood educator, this course will enable you to upskill your current qualifications. Gain advanced skills to enable you to assist in developing, implementing and evaluating programs for children in a sensitive, caring and ethical way. Learn how to supervise staff and volunteers and to work as a director or service manager. **Accelerated Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care pathway to Bachelor of Early Childhood Education qualifications** With the recent announcements by the Victorian Government, Diploma-qualified Early Childhood Educators will be able to trim the three-year Bachelor of Early Childhood Education down to 18 months. If you have a career goal of becoming an Early Childhood Educator and teaching children in the foundation school years, in kindergartens, preschools and early learning centres, the Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care enables you to study and work in industry while completing a qualification that will be recognised against 18 months of course work at the Bachelor qualification level. While completing the Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care qualification with Wodonga TAFE, you will gain advanced skills to assist in developing, implementing and evaluating programs for children in a sensitive, caring and ethical way. You will also learn how to supervise staff and volunteers and to work as an educational leader, a director or service manager.

Start your childcare career now! Learn the skills and knowledge for employment in an early childhood setting where you use organisation policies, procedures and individual children’s profiles to plan activities and provide care to children, facilitating their leisure and play and enabling them to achieve their developmental outcomes. Depending on the setting, as an early childhood educator you may work under direct supervision or autonomously. New government regulations stipulate that all child care workers require at least a Certificate III qualification, while half of all staff in long day care centres and preschools need at least a Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care.

Start your childcare career now! Learn the skills and knowledge for employment in an early childhood setting where you use organisation policies, procedures and individual children’s profiles to plan activities and provide care to children, facilitating their leisure and play and enabling them to achieve their developmental outcomes. Depending on the setting, as an early childhood educator you may work under direct supervision or autonomously. New government regulations stipulate that all child care workers require at least a Certificate III qualification, while half of all staff in long day care centres and preschools need at least a Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care.

Gain the skills and knowledge required to provide first aid to infants, children and adults. This course is for educators and support staff working in an education and care setting who may be required to provide first aid in an emergency including cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in line with Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) guidelines. This course is approved first aid, asthma and anaphylaxis emergency management training under the Education and Care Service Regulations (2011). This course is also available as ‘refresher’ training for people already holding a current First Aid in an Education and Care Setting certificate (please see 'Requirements' tab for additional information).