Pragmatic Training - Practical learning for a dynamic workplace

Course Objectives

Start a rewarding career working with children, with the convenience of being able to study anytime and anywhere you choose. The nationally recognized CHC30402 — Certificate III in Children's Services course will give you the qualifications to work in child care centers, holiday care, family day care centers or home based care services.

Course Content / Structure

There are 15 units of competency which make up a CHC30402 — Certificate III in Children's Services. There are 11 compulsory units and 4 electives. Competency is required in all 15 units.

Workplace training gives you the opportunity to develop practical job skills, such as interacting with people in a professional environment, developing communication skills, as well as an insight into particular job roles and responsibilities. Others have found workplace training enhanced their chances of getting a job and succeeding at it.

As a mandatory part of this course, you are required to seek workplace training and complete a minimum of 150 hours. Workplace training and assessment is the gathering and evaluation of evidence during normal work activities in order to determine whether a required element within a competency has been achieved. Workplace assessment will entail a combination of recognition, observation, questioning, discussion and third party validation.

Following this, you are required to provide a signed Pre-Assessment Interview form, Workplace Assessment form, Record of Outcome form and also the Workplace Agreement form to verify you have successfully demonstrated the practical components of each of the required competency outcomes. A qualified manager/supervisor must sign the forms as validation.

Delivery Options

Flexible delivery options for this certificate course include classroom based, workshops or distance via correspondence. Correspondence students have minimum monthly contact with a Pragmatic Trainer.