Adult Pay rate for Trainee Childcare position

[chichi]

Hi again Lorina,

Wanted to ask for your advise.

I'm unsure about which path to take.

Whether to take the traineeship
or take the educator role and enroll a course myself.

What do you recommend?

[Lorina]

Just clarifying, can you take the educator role now... or when you start/complete the course?

Have you thought about the Diploma traineeship?

,
Lorina

[chichi]

from my understanding I can start now as an educator and study myself but I will clarify that with the center to make sure thats the case.

For some reason they don’t allow diploma traineeships...

[chichi]

Hi,

I just checked with the center they said I could start working as an educator if I enroll myself to a diploma course myself.

What would your advise around this should I take the Traineeship or enroll the diploma myself?

[Lorina]

Since they are not offering the Diploma traineeship only the cert 3 qualification, it's probably better to enrol in the diploma yourself. A Diploma will give you a higher qualification then a cert 3 and since you can just do the diploma without having to complete the cert 3 qualification first then I'd say go for it. Do the diploma instead...

,
Lorina

[chichi]

Hi

Thank you.
I'm thinking of taking an online chilcare diploma course from seeklearning.com I was wondering is this course legitimate? Do you know of anyone had done through seeklearning?

[chichi]

This is the course I'm thinking of Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care (CHC50113)
http://m.seeklearning.com.au/tafe/diplo ... n-and-care


Or

another online one from Open College. CHC50113 Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care
http://www.opencolleges.edu.au/courses/ ... n-and-care

Are they the same as TAFE? Are they legitimate course to enroll in??

[Lorina]

From what I can see they are both legitimate... They are not TAFE but they offer the TAFE Diploma.

You just need to contact both of them and find out which one suits you... You can ask questions like:

Do you have to find your own work placement or do they organise it?
What happens if you fail a unit?
Can you complete the course quicker if you do more study hours during the week? (E,g, can you complete the course within a year instead of 2)
Are you able to contact the trainer if you need further clarification on a assignment?
Do they have online study groups?
Do you need to purchase textbooks for the course? (you don't usually...)
Due to circumstances, if you miss a due date for an assignment what happens?
Can you ask for extensions for assignments? How many? How long?

These are some questions you can ask to get a better idea of what they are offering...

Hope this helps,

,
Lorina

[chichi]

Thank you!! You are awesome. I will find out from the trainer.

[Lorina]

Happy to help!

,
Lorina

[chichi]

After all the questions you advised.
It's so exciting. I've enrolled with the college. I will be starting the course soon. )

[Lorina]

Which one did you enrol with?

,
Lorina

[chichi]

I went with Open College. They have online support and its very flexible of paste that I can do if I start working the field I can also use paid work as work experience. If I wish to complete it quicker I can. They have online student support so its accessible 24/7.

The course it self is less expensive than the seek learning.

[Lorina]

That's great! It is very exciting!! What a good week you had! You found a job and enrolled yourself into a course!:thumbup:

I'm always here if you need any extra support!

,
Lorina

[chichi]

Hi Lorina,

Thank you so much for your help. Yes I will definitely great week. I'm very excited and at this stage I will be letting the center know my choice and progress. The center currently waiting on licensing to come out and do a visit to grand the licence as soon as that happens they can open. So in the mean time I will start learning navigating this online course and hope I can do as much as I can before the Center open to get a head start.

I will be back for more guidance for sure. Many many thanks for your support and it's been so helpful. I really appreciate it.

[Lorina]

Wow! A brand new centre!

I'm glad I've been able to point you in the right direction to help you figure out what you want to do!

I wish you all the success in your new job role and happy studying!!

See you around the forum,

,
Lorina

[chichi]

Thank you Lorina. I've started my first assignment.