CHC30113 Certificate III in Early Childhood Education Skills Workbook

This document is a comprehensive Skills Workbook designed for students pursuing the CHC30113 Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care. It outlines the course structure, including distance learning and practical placement requirements, emphasizing the need for 120 hours of workplace-based experience. The workbook is divided into subjects, each with assessment items and a Skills Workbook to evaluate practical competencies. It covers topics such as children's health and safety, workplace effectiveness, play and development, physical and emotional wellbeing, and culture and community. The document provides detailed instructions for students, supervisors' guidelines, and information on competency-based assessment, including the use of third-party reports and projects. It also specifies the resources needed for assessment, including simulated environments, workplace documentation, and access to relevant frameworks and guidelines. The workbook includes a skills logbook to record student progress, emphasizing the importance of supervisor observations and feedback. The goal is to ensure students demonstrate consistent competency in all areas to achieve a satisfactory result in each unit and, ultimately, the certificate.

CHC30113 Certificate III
in Early Childhood
Education and Care
Skills Workbook
Version 4.4 Produced 19 April 2017
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Version control & document history
Date Summary of modifications made Version
2 June 2016 Version 1 final produced following
assessment validation.
1.0
5 July 2016 Major amendments made following
assessment validation.
2.0
10 August 2016 Added assessment items in subject
1 for CHCECE016
3.0
22 August 2016 Clarified instructions for tasks in
Subject 5
4.0
9 March 2017 Updated units of competency in
course structure; updated Intranet
logins; minor changes in the
wording
4.1
20 March 2017 Updated unit of competency:
CHCCS400C in course structure
4.2
23 March 2017 Updated links under Vocational
Placement Section
4.3
19 April 2017 Inserted Self-Evaluation Form for
Subject 3 Project 1 Step 2
4.4
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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COURSE STRUCTURE...........................................................................4
VOCATIONAL PLACEMENT.....................................................................7
COMPETENCY BASED ASSESSMENT.....................................................10
SUPERVISOR’S GUIDELINES................................................................11
PLACEMENT GUIDELINES...................................................................13
ACCESS AND EQUITY..........................................................................14
SKILLS LOGBOOK COVER SHEET.........................................................15
INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS.............................................................16
VOCATIONAL PLACEMENT LOG............................................................17
SUBJECT 1: CHILDREN’S HEALTH AND SAFETY....................................18
SUBJECT 3: WORKPLACE EFFECTIVENESS...........................................23
SUBJECT 4: PLAY AND DEVELOPMENT................................................37
SUBJECT 5: PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLBEING............................47
SUBJECT 6: CULTURE AND COMMUNITY..............................................54
EVIDENCE CHECKLIST.......................................................................55
FEEDBACK........................................................................................ 66
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Learner
Workbook
Activities
Competence for each unit
Vocational Placement Skills
Workbook
COURSE STRUCTURE
Students will complete their learning through both distance learning and
a practical placement. Within the duration of the course, you will
required to complete 120 hours of workplace-based experience to
demonstrate the performance evidence in working within the Early
Childhood Education and Care sector.
The CHC30113 Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care
certificate course contains 18 units of competency clustered into 6
subjects. Students will be provided with 5 learner guides, 6 assessment
workbooks, and 1 skills workbook. The assessment workbooks focus on
assessing the student’s knowledge in each subject. The Skills Workbook
focus on assessing the students’ practical skills in the context of the
relevant work role. The Skills Workbook is to be completed in an
approved registered education and childcare service.
The unit HLTAID004 Provide an emergency first aid response in an
education and care setting must be completed with an external provider
prior to your vocational placement start date.
To be deemed competent in each unit of competency, you need to
complete the relevant Learner Workbook Questions including Case
Studies and/or scenarios plus complete your Skills Workbook. Your will
be asked to periodically submit sections of your Skills Workbook to your
assessor so that progressively you will complete the majority of your
units before you finish your Vocational Placement.
The following table indicates which workbooks need to be completed for
each unit of competency.
If you have any questions as you are working through the learning
materials you can contact your trainer and they will be more than happy
to provide you with guidance.
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Assessment Items For Each Unit
Cluster Units of Competency A B C D E F
1) Children’s Health
and Safety
HLTWHS001 Participate in workplace health and safety
CHCECE002 Ensure the health and safety of children
CHCECE004 Promote and provide healthy food and drinks
CHCECE016 Establish and maintain a safe and healthy
environment for children
  
2) First Aid HLTAID004 Provide an emergency first aid response in an
education and care setting
Credit Transfer - Completed by external
provider
3) Workplace
Effectiveness
CHCLEG001 Work legally and ethically
CHCECE009 Use an approved learning framework to guide
practice
CHCPRT001 Identify and respond to children and young people
at risk
 
4) Play and
development
CHCECE006 Support behaviour of children and young people
CHCECE007 Develop positive and respectful relationships with
children
CHCECE010 Support the holistic development of children in
Early Childhood
CHCECE011 Provide experiences to support children's play
and learning
CHCECE013 Use information about children to inform practice
 
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5) Physical and
Emotional
Wellbeing
CHCECE003 Provide care for children
CHCECE005 Provide care for babies and toddlers  
6) Culture and
Community
CHCDIV001 Work with diverse people
CHCDIV002 Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
cultural safety
CHCECE001 Develop cultural competence
 
Skills Workbook All units indicated in this TAS, except HLTAID004 Provide an
emergency first aid response in an education and care setting 
Key
A) Gather Documents
B) Written Questioning
C) Skills Workbook
D) Project
E) Case Study
F) Observation
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VOCATIONAL PLACEMENT
To complete the CHC30113 Certificate III in Early Childhood
Education and Care a practical placement is required in the education
and child care sector. Information regarding vocational placement can be
found in the Vocational Placement Student Information booklet.
 The Early Childhood Education and Care service must be
accredited. This ensures that the centre has adequate resources,
including supervisory staff and equipment to allow you to
complete all assessment tasks.
 The supervisor who observes your performance and signs your
skills assessment workbook must have a qualification equivalent
to or above a CHC50113 Diploma of Early Childhood
Education and Care and be in a position of authority higher
than the role you will fulfil.
Resources required for assessment include:
We will provide:
 Simulated environment for case studies
 Workplace documentation for the simulated environment
including job descriptions and sample care plans.
o Includes sample Policies and procedures and information
manuals relevant to the workplace, etc.
o Includes sample WHS, evacuation, fire safety and security
procedures.
 Risk assessment and other templates
 Information about accreditation standards.
 Anatomical diagrams where required.
 Access to the following:
o Guide to the National Quality Framework
o Guide to the National Quality Standard
o Guide to the National Law and National Regulations
o Belonging, Being and Becoming - The Early Years
Learning Framework for Australia
o Educators Guide: Belonging, Being and Becoming - The
Early Years Learning Framework for Australia
o My Time, Our Place - Framework for School Age Care in
Australia
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o Educators Guide: My Time, Our Place - Framework for School
Age Care in Australia
o Victorian Early Years Learning and Development
Framework
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The student to provide:
 Computer with Internet access with MS Word, Adobe Acrobat
Reader, Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox
 Recording devices (video or audio recorder), if needed
 Printer
Vocational Placement Provider to provide:
(Vocational Placement Coordinator must ensure the Vocational
Placement Provider will provide the following):
 Workplace in an Early Education and Care service which must
include:
o Access to play and learning centres to complete activities as
per the Assessment Skills Workbook
o Access to supervisory staff who will observe and mentor the
student during placement
o Job descriptions
o Information about accreditation standards
o Access to relevant centre policies, procedures and protocols
necessary to perform the function and role of an Assistant
Educator
o Access to relevant Learning Framework documentation as it
pertains to the role and functions of the student
o Access to relevant resources to ensure WHS requirements
including PPE where required
Before starting your vocational placement, check that you have:
 Completed the first six (6) Assessment Workbooks
 Completed the unit HLTAID004 Provide an emergency first aid
response in an education and care setting with an external provider
 Submitted the Language, Literacy and Numeracy Evaluation
 Submitted the Vocational Placement Agreement (Completed and
Signed)
 Received back a copy of the Vocational Placement Agreement
signed by all parties.
If the Vocational Placement Agreement is not completed and submitted,
you will not be covered by insurance. If we receive an incomplete
Vocational Placement Agreement, we usually post it back to you so that
you can complete it. Please make sure that you keep us updated on any
changes to your postal address, so that no postal correspondence is lost.
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During your Vocational placement:
While on your Vocational placement, you will be required to undertake
tasks that your vocational placement supervisor will observe and make
comments on.
You will need to work on the activities in the Skills Workbook.
Familiarise yourself with the content of each Assessment section before
starting your placement, so that you don’t miss out on documenting any
information that is required. On the first day of your vocational
placement, show and discuss this skills workbook with your vocational
placement supervisor.
SKILLS WORKBOOK (This workbook)
To complete your skills workbook, you will be required to complete a
variety of assessment methods:
1. Undertake a task, describe how you completed the task to meet
requirements, enter the date and get your supervisor to sign off
in confirmation and add any comments they have as a result of
their observation of the task.
2. Third Party Reports – some tasks require the direct supervision
and observation of you completing those tasks. The Vocational
Placement supervisor or nominated educator must complete the
relevant sections.
3. Projects – this workbook contains projects that require you to
conduct workplace observations, checklists, write reports, and
submit supporting documentation.
Important: Please read each section of this workbook thoroughly before
attempting to complete it. Review the assessment and consult with your
Vocational Placement Supervisor.
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COMPETENCY BASED ASSESSMENT
Competency based assessment requires students to be able to
demonstrate their competency consistently.
Any task within this workbook needs to be demonstrated, observed
and recorded. Some tasks may have specific requirements such as:
 Demonstrated a certain number of times, or
 Completing a task three (3) times with three (3) children of
different ages and/or background.
Recording the performance of an assessment tasks can be done in
three ways:
1. Undertake a task, describe how you completed the task to meet
requirements, enter the date and get your supervisor to sign off
in confirmation, and add any comments they have as a result of
their observation of the task.
2. 3rd Party Reports – some tasks require the direct supervision and
observation of you completing those tasks. The Vocational
Placement supervisor or nominated educator must complete the
relevant sections.
3. Projects – this workbook contains projects that require you to
conduct workplace observations, checklists, write reports and
submit supporting documentation.
Please ensure that your vocational placement supervisor is aware
that they need to include comments about their observation.
Once you have submitted your completed your skills logbook, your
Assessor will assess the evidence to determine your competence. The
Assessor will look at the information and comments that the supervisor
has provided and determine whether each task has been done
satisfactorily.
To be deemed competent in each unit, you are required to achieve a
satisfactory result for all of the assessment components that make up
that unit. Where a ‘not yet satisfactory’ judgement is made, you will be
given guidance on steps to take to improve your performance and be
provided the opportunity to resubmit evidence to demonstrate
competence. Once a ‘satisfactory’ judgement has been made on all
components for a unit, you will be deemed ‘competent’ in that unit.
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