ssessors must satisfy the Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) 2015/AQTF mandatory competency requirements for assessors.
Role of the Trainer/Assessor
Your Trainer/Assessor will:
- answer any questions you might have about the assessment
- negotiate assessment activities if reasonable adjustment is required
- inform you of any variations to the assessment which may be required if you have any special needs or if you are a distance based learner
- assess your competency by making judgements about the evidenced presented in line with the rules of evidence: validity, authenticity, currency and sufficiency
- give you feedback on the outcomes of the assessment process
- counsel you on the outcomes of the assessment including advising you of your right of appeal if you disagree with the assessment decision
- help you address the work health and safety requirements of the assessment setting, if appropriate.
Instructions for students
In order to successfully meet the requirements of this unit you are required to undertake all assessment tasks. Each of these assessment tasks may have a series of activities or questions that you are required to complete.
Please note that at Diploma level it is expected that the questions will be answered in a manner that reflects significant understanding of the theory associated with the unit of competency. You are required to elaborate upon the answer sufficiently articulating your understating of the underpinning knowledge required for this unit of competency.
As a guide – each question will generally require 1 – 2 paragraphs to effectively address requirements. In some cases, this may be more. If you, in the course of answering a question, rely upon a text, document, webpage or other source of information, you must make reference to where this information came from.
You are required to submit:
- Student Assessment Workbook – this workbook needs to be submitted by the due date identified on your timetable.
Please refer to the Student Work Placement Guidelines for instructions about your work placement. This includes the assessment requirements of this qualification including:
- Student Work Placement Third Party Report
- Student Workplace Logbook and Learning Activities or letter of tenure to demonstrate the minimum 240 hours of mandatory work placement.
Submitting your Assessment and Due Dates
Your Trainer will advise you of the due date for each assessment. Please submit your assessment by the due date. The process for submitting assessments is provided on the assignment coversheet on page 1 of this document.
Feedback on your Assessment
Your Trainer will mark your assessment within 4 weeks of submission. Your Trainer will provide you with feedback about your assessment. Your result for the Student Assessment Workbook will either be:
- Satisfactory – you have successfully passed the workbook requirements OR
- Not Satisfactory – you are not yet satisfactory.
If your result is ‘Not Satisfactory’ you will be given an opportunity to improve your assessment. Your Trainer will inform you of the skill or knowledge gaps in your assessment. You will need to resubmit your assessment with the corrections or redo the practical exercise until you achieve the ‘Satisfactory’ result. Any student who plagiarises or cheats will be given a ‘Not Satisfactory’ result and will be required to resubmit their assessment again and may also be required to answer verbal questions.
Once you have completed both the Student Assessment Workbook and the work placement assessment requirements your results will be either:
- Competency Achieved – you passed OR
- Not Yet Competent.
Work Placement Guidelines
All students are required to complete 240 hours of work placement in a regulated education and care service, students must have a minimum Diploma trained staff member supervising them throughout the 240 hours.
Students need to be aware that Family Day Care can only be used as a work placement setting if the Family Day Care supervising them holds a Diploma and there are at least 3 different children aged 0-2 and 3 different children aged 2-6 enrolled on the same day. School Aged Care settings are not accepted as work placement settings for this course.
The CHC50113 Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care includes a mandatory work placement of 240 hours to cover the range of activities as outlined in the evidence requirements of the following units:
- Provide care for children (if not completed in Certificate III)
- Provide care for babies and toddlers (if not completed in Certificate III)
- Develop positive and respectful relationships with children (if not completed in Certificate III)
- Foster the holistic development and wellbeing of the child in early childhood
- Facilitate compliance in an education and care service (min 120)
- Design and implement the curriculum to foster children’s learning and development
Supplementary Evidence
Competence in this unit also requires further supplementary evidence. If a Candidate is working within a child care facility they will be required to provide a Third Party Report and Third Party Evidence Collection Agreement from a suitably qualified member of staff plus an Alana Kaye Assessor will be required to complete a workplace visit and observe the candidate in the completion of their tasks.
Working with Children card (Ochre card) NT
It is mandatory for people who have contact or potential contact with children in certain specified areas of employment to hold a Working with Children Clearance Notice. States and Territories may have different requirements and it is best to check.
For further information on NT requirements contact: Email: [email protected]
Phone: Freecall: 1800 SAFE NT (1800 72 33 68 – Australia wide callers only) or (08) 8985 8985
Complaints and Appeals Procedures
Alana Kaye has a Quality Management System documenting any appeals or complaints to ensure they are addressed efficiently and effectively. Should you wish to lodge an appeal or complaint in relation to your assessment, please follow the Complaints and Appeals procedure detailed in the Student Handbook. In the first instance, we encourage you talk with your Trainer.
Section Two: Assessment Tasks
Before you commence this assessment, please read the student declaration on the front page. It is important that you are ready for assessment and understand the assessment process. Please speak with your Trainer if you have any questions
Assessment Tasks 1
Developing a sustainability management plan
Purpose
This assessment task is designed to assess your skills and knowledge in developing a sustainability management plan.
Requirements
To complete this assessment task, you need:
- access to a children’s services environment
- access to the National Quality Framework, the National Quality Standard and the relevant approved learning framework
- access to sustainability legislation, policies and procedures
- to answer the questions and submit responses as directed by your trainer/assessor/training organisation
- Investigate the application of sustainability within your service’s delivery and environment. Consider the aspects of nature, waste, energy and toxins. For each aspect, include the following information:
- Current sustainable practices, policies and procedures that are linked to these practices
- Potential areas for change
- Barriers making this potential change difficult
