MGSC Curriculum Handbook

Certificate III in Early Child Education & Care*

Campus: Holmesglen, Moorabbin campus. Wednesday afternoons.

Assessment:  Not scored. Partial completion.

Code:  VEEC

 

This course enables you to plan and implement appropriate care and educational experiences for young children. Through the combination of face-to-face, online and practicum based learning, you will acquire the necessary skills and knowledge to work effectively as a professional team member in an early childhood service.

 

These skills include gaining an understanding of legal and ethical requirements, engaging with young children and their families, facilitating children’s leisure and play, and fostering holistic development and wellbeing.

 

Graduates may work under direct supervision and may also have limited supervisory responsibilities of volunteers.

 

As part of the course you will be required to undertake a number of days of field placement in an early childhood setting.

 

During the two year course you will:

  • Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety
  • Develop cultural competence
  • Ensure the health and safety of children
  • Promote and provide healthy food and drinks
  • Provide care for babies and toddlers
  • Use an approved learning framework to guide practice
  • Provide experiences to support children’s play and learning
  • Use information about children to inform practice
  • Provide an emergency first aid response in an education and care setting
  • Participate in workplace health and safety
  • Support behaviour of children and young people
  • Support children to connect with their world

Holmesglen Course Information

https://holmesglen.edu.au/Courses/English-Education-and-Teacher-Training/Early-Childhood-Education/Certificate-III-in-Early-Childhood-Education-and-Care-VET-Delivered-to-Secondary-Schools/ 

 

Assessment

This program is not a scored study. Students who successfully complete the Unit 3 & 4 sequence will receive one ATAR increment which is calculated as 10 per cent of the fourth study score of the primary four Unit 3 and Unit 4 VCE studies. 

 

Costs

It is anticipated the course costs for 2023 will be $850. Costs will be confirmed in October 2022 and an invoice sent to parents/guardians in November. Fees need to be paid in full prior to the end of the current school year in order to secure a place.

 

* Students will be required to undertake some units after the completion of their VCE course if they wish to receive the full qualification.