Disappointed - New Diploma
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2014 8:08 pm
Hi
I'm currently not working in childcare and wanted to make a career change. I currently work for state govt. I studied my Cert 3 in Childrens Services in 2012 and successfully completed it. I then thought this year I best get round to finishing the diploma component. Only to be told that the diploma is all changing. I note that a few places are still offering the old course but most places to study are offering the new course. I thought I could enroll in the old course and finish it this year and then get my diploma.
After speaking to seek learning today I'm told this is impossible. Apparently the lady said that if no one can legally graduate from the old diploma after June this year. If you enrol in old diploma you need to finish by June which is impossible. So she said I have to enrol in new Diploma. I feel like I totally wasted my time doing cert 3 cause now I have to start all over again! So disappointed.
Is what this lady told me correct? Does anyone know? I asked her if I could get any credits and she said they will look into that after I enrol. She couldn't tell me on the phone how many credits I would get. She said I'd have to enrol then they would look at it. I need more than a year to finish the diploma as I'm currently working in a totally differnt field and need to use my annual leave to finish the prac components which would probably equate to my 4 weeks annual leave that I need to save up for prac.
Can anyone suggest a good place to study online with in Qld? Has anyone had some outstanding training organisations?
Thanking you for any insight you can give.
I'm currently not working in childcare and wanted to make a career change. I currently work for state govt. I studied my Cert 3 in Childrens Services in 2012 and successfully completed it. I then thought this year I best get round to finishing the diploma component. Only to be told that the diploma is all changing. I note that a few places are still offering the old course but most places to study are offering the new course. I thought I could enroll in the old course and finish it this year and then get my diploma.
After speaking to seek learning today I'm told this is impossible. Apparently the lady said that if no one can legally graduate from the old diploma after June this year. If you enrol in old diploma you need to finish by June which is impossible. So she said I have to enrol in new Diploma. I feel like I totally wasted my time doing cert 3 cause now I have to start all over again! So disappointed.
Is what this lady told me correct? Does anyone know? I asked her if I could get any credits and she said they will look into that after I enrol. She couldn't tell me on the phone how many credits I would get. She said I'd have to enrol then they would look at it. I need more than a year to finish the diploma as I'm currently working in a totally differnt field and need to use my annual leave to finish the prac components which would probably equate to my 4 weeks annual leave that I need to save up for prac.
Can anyone suggest a good place to study online with in Qld? Has anyone had some outstanding training organisations?
Thanking you for any insight you can give.
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