Aussie Childcare Network Forum

Hi everyone,

I am new here but found this forum really helpful. I have some questions and I am sorry if they have been asked somewhere before n i m not aware.

I am currently doing my cert 3 face to face in Perth and will finish next year in June. I started volunteering at a centre few months ago and was offered a casual position last week which is great. I have some questions regarding my future journey planning and bit unclear on what to do—-

1. After cert 3 I wanna do my diploma. How long will it take doing it online through tafe and working at a centre part time as versus doing through traineeship at a centre ? Which one is better option? I have children so can’t do full time work only may be three days max.

2.When doing a traineeship diploma, does my employee pay my fee? If yes, do I get paid for working there as well or not?

3. In future I would like to be a trainer and do my cert 4 in training. How many years experience do I need as an educator before I can be a trainer? Is it easy to find trainer jobs?

4. As in am working towards my cert 3 , how much should I be getting paid per hr as a casual? Not very clear which level I am on the fair work award chart.

Thank you for any help or suggestions

Hi Lorina,

Thank you so much for your reply. Its cleared up my concerns.
I started cert 3 in July this year and got my first casual work day 2 weeks ago. I stsrted as a volunteer there once a week and still do that but if they r short on staff, they ask me to work that day.

Thank u again for your help

Hi All

Fairly new to the site. I am currently working as a ESL teacher in NSW and want to enroll into CERT iii in childcare at Tafe. Can you please suggest minimum qualification need to work in a childcare and in future I would like to open my own childcare. What do I need and where can I get all the relevant information?

Thank you