CHC50113 – Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care | International Students

• Applicants are required to be 18 years old and above
• International English Language Testing System (IELTS) examination (Academic) with a minimum total band score of 6.0 and minimum score of 5.5 in each of the four components of listening, reading, writing and speaking or meets equivalent English language proficiency requirements

It is essential for the student to possess basic computer skills.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE PLACEMENTS (PEP)

Professional Experience Placements (PEP) is a compulsory component of this course and 100% attendance is mandatory. Students must complete all theory and simulation components satisfactorily prior to attending placements.

The Professional Experience Placements will be 5 days a week. Students may be allocated a morning (AM) or afternoon (PM) shifts. Morning shifts usually start at 7 am and evening shifts can finish at 10.30pm. Each shift is 8.5 hours long (including 30 mins meal break).

PEPs are undertaken in partnership with a wide range of placement providers. These providers are located throughout metropolitan, regional and rural areas, and in some cases interstate. Students must consider that they may be required to travel or relocate for the duration of the placement to the facility location. Students must attend as per schedule; no special arrangements or changes will be made on the allocated placements. PEPs may be cancelled without prior notice by the facility.

Additional Requirement for professional experience placement.

• A satisfactory National Police Clearance / Australian Federal Police Clearance Certificate(AFP) / NCC will be required for all practical placements.
• IHNA highly recommends students to complete the immunization process before the Professional Experience Placement start date as some facilities will not provide placement to student without Immunisation.
• Achieve competency in the unit HLTAID004 Provide an emergency first aid response in an education and care setting.
• A satisfactory Working with Children Clearance is required.

Please note that care provided in someone’s home/FDC will only be considered if the following requirements are met/fulfilled by the student and the FDC scheme:

• FDC service management/supervisor signs and agrees to work along with the RTO ECEC trainer to ensure the student is assessed as per the RTO’s training requirements.
• FDC service and the student agree for more visiting arrangements from the RTO approved trainer to assess the student for different units of competency.
• In situations where the student working as an FDC educator has not got an access of all appropriate age group of children attending their care, the student is required to undertake allocated extra placement hours in a childcare centre to verify and meet the requirements of particular unit of competency.
• Student working as an FDC educators will be required to complete all required documentation and assessment like attending SBA’s, PEP’s and KBA’s to achieve competency and fulfil course requirements.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

While IHNA will work with you to make “reasonable adjustments” in the campus lab and classroom, there are work place practice conditions that occur in the workplace environment that are beyond IHNA’s control.

The physical requirements below are necessary to function in the healthcare facility and/or community setting. Students must be able to perform and complete course objectives and requirements with or without reasonable adjustments. Our courses cater to a range of candidates. The candidates are required to be physically fit to manage tasks.

Skills and abilities that are needed to perform client care to pass the course objectives and requirements are:

• Strength: Sufficient to assist with lifting and transferring a client, and perform CPR
• Mobility: Sufficient mobility to bend, stoop, and bend down to the floor; ability to move around rapidly; and to move in small, confined areas.
• Hearing: Sufficient to hear through the stethoscope to discriminate sounds; to hear cries for help; to hear alarms on equipment and emergency signals; and various overhead pages.
• Vision: Sufficient to make physical assessments of client and equipment.
• Communication: Able to communicate in both verbal and written formats; and interact with clients, staff, and faculty supervisors.

If you have a disability or disorder or on any longer medications that will require reasonable adjustments to fulfil these requirements, then please declare in your course application.