Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care

Work legally and ethically

• Identify and respond to legal requirements
• Identify and meet ethical responsibilities
• Contribute to workplace improvements

Use an approved learning framework to guide practice

• Identify learning frameworks
• Apply the learning framework

Develop cultural competence

• Reflect on own cultural identity and biases
• Identify and develop cultural competency
• Research Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities
• Support individual cultural identities
• Create environments to support children’s cross-cultural understanding and relationships
• Support the implementation of inclusive learning experiences
• Support children in developing confidence and strength in personal and cultural identity

Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety

• Identify cultural safety issues in the workplace
• Model cultural safety in own work
• Develop strategies for improved cultural safety
• Evaluate cultural safety strategies

Identify and respond to children and young people at risk

• Implement work practices which support the protection of children and young people
• Report indications of possible risk of harm
• Apply ethical and nurturing practices in work with children and young people

Ensure the health and safety of children

• Support each child’s health needs
• Provide opportunities to meet each child’s need for sleep, rest and relaxation
• Implement effective hygiene and health practices
• Supervise children to ensure safety
• Minimise risks
• Contribute to the ongoing management of allergies
• Contribute to the ongoing management of asthma

Provide care for babies and toddlers

• Promote safe sleep
• Provide positive nappy-changing and toileting experiences
• Promote quality mealtime environments
• Create a healthy and safe supporting environment
• Develop relationships with babies and toddlers
• Develop relationships with families

Provide care for children

• Provide physical care
• Promote physical activity
• Adapt facilities to ensure access and participation
• Help children with change
• Settle new arrivals

Develop positive and respectful relationships with children

• Communicate positively with children
• Interact positively with children
• Support and respect children
• Maintain the dignity and rights of children

Promote and provide healthy food and drinks

• Promote healthy eating
• Plan food and drinks that are nutritious and appropriate for each child
• Maintain food safety while carrying out food-handling activities

Support the holistic development of children in early childhood

• Support physical development
• Support social development
• Support emotional development
• Support cognitive development
• Support communication development
• Create an environment for holistic learning and development

Use information about children to inform practice

• Gather information about the child through observation
• Gather information about the child from secondary sources
• Record observations appropriately
• Use observations and information collected to contribute to program planning

Provide experiences to support children's play and learning

• Create an environment for play
• Support children’s play and learning
• Facilitate children’s play, learning and physical activity

Participate in work health and safety

• Follow safe work practices
• Implement safe work practices
• Contribute to safe work practices in the workplace
• Reflect on own safe work practices