Delivered bySparrow FET CollegeOccupational Certificate: Early Childhood Development Practitioner
Leads to the Occupational Certificate: Early Childhood Development Practitioner (QCTO, NQF level 4)
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QCTO qualification · NQF level 4 · Includes a workplace
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- Starts
- Not open for applications yet
- Length
- ~12 months
- Leads to
- A registered qualification (QCTO), NQF level 4
- Workplace
- Get on-the-job experiencePart of this course is spent learning at a real workplace.
What the course covers
The course is taught in learning modules. Each covers parts of the qualification: what you learn (knowledge), what you practise (practical skills) and what you do at a workplace (work experience).
What you learn
7 knowledge modules
- 1
Introduction to the early childhood development sector
234201000-KM-01
- 2
Theories and Perspectives of Child Development
234201000-KM-02
- 3
Planning and Programme Development in early childhood settings
234201000-KM-03
- 4
Facilitation and mediation of active learning
234201000-KM-04
- 5
Observation and assessment in early childhood development
234201000-KM-05
- 6
Promotion of health, safety and well-being of children
234201000-KM-06
- 7
Administration for early childhood development services and programmes
234201000-KM-07
What you practise
6 practical skill modules
- 1
Build and maintain collaborative relationships with parents and other service providers
234201000-PM-05
- 2
Plan and prepare inclusive educational activities and routines using an approved programme based on the curriculum framework
234201000-PM-01
- 3
Facilitate and mediate active learning in an integrated and holistic learning programme
234201000-PM-02
- 4
, Observe, assess, record and report each child's progress according to the age and stage
234201000-PM-03
- 5
Prepare and maintain administrative systems
234201000-PM-06,
- 6
Support and promote the health, nutrition, safety, protection and well-being of children
234201000-PM-04
At a workplace
4 work experience modules
- 8
Learning programme and routines planning and preparation process
234201000-WM-01
- 9
Processes of facilitating and mediating the learning programme in a variety of contexts
234201000-WM-02
- 10
Processes of observation, assessment, recording and reporting on children's learning and development
234201000-WM-03
- 11
Processes and procedures of promoting the health, nutrition, safety, protection and well-being of children in an early childhood development setting
234201000-WM-04