Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care

• Identify learning frameworks. 
• Apply the learning framework. 
• Reflect on use of the learning framework.

• Implement hygiene and health procedures. 
• Support each child’s health needs. 
• Promote physical activity. 
• Promote healthy and safe eating. 
• Provide opportunities for sleep, rest and relaxation. 
• Supervise children. 
• Minimise risks in the environment. 
• Support children to respond to risks. 
• Provide a safe and healthy environment. 

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

• Reflect on values and biases. 
• Demonstrate respect for inclusion and diversity. 
• Support children’s understanding of inclusion and diversity. 

• Identify perspectives on Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples’ cultures. 
• Investigate the local context for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples’ cultures. 
• Contribute ideas for embedding Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples’ cultures in daily practice. 
• Support children’s understanding and respect.

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

• Respond to an emergency situation.
• Apply appropriate first aid procedures.
• Communicate details of the incident.
• Review the incident.

Open Colleges does not offer this Unit of Competency. You will be required to undertake the Unit of Competency with an external provider at your own cost.

• 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.

• Interact positively with children. 
• Support and respect children. 
• Identify factors that influence behaviour of individuals. 
• Identify factors that influence group dynamics. 
• Support the development of pro-social behaviours. 
• Reflect on relationships with children. 

• Support children to develop an understanding of the natural environment. 
• Develop children’s appreciation of the natural environment. 
• Enhance children’s engagement with the natural environment. 

• Reflect on own perspectives
• Appreciate diversity and inclusiveness, and their benefits
• Communicate with people from diverse backgrounds and situations
• Promote understanding across diverse groups

• Establish sustainable work contexts. 
• Implement sustainable work practices.
• Monitor performance of sustainable work practices.

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