Certified Nanny & Childcarer
CHC15, Certificate III CHC30402
Business, Education & Industry

Do you love working with children? Do you like playing games and making up fun activities? If you really want your days filled with frolicking, fun and play then you should really consider becoming a nanny or childcare worker.

Working with children, watching them grow and helping them to develop can be one of the most rewarding jobs available. You will play an important role in their lives and can be the person who influences their future.

Of course, you need to take a responsible approach with children. You need to be aware of their curiosities and antics, watchful of their behaviour and inquisitiveness, and always ready with a game or two.

If this sounds like you then undertaking the Certified Nanny & Childcare Worker Course may just be the best decision you make all year. What's more, it's a career that can lead to an interesting range of opportunities.

This course is highly practical with a blend of workplace activities and projects for you to do. You will learn everything you need to know to move into this industry from caring for babies to developing play activities and games for a range of children, both boys and girls. Your course also includes the fabulous online interactive program 'Cybertots'. Cybertots takes you into a virtual child care centre allowing you to experience the role of a caregiver. Through problem-based projects and communication activities you learn the skills and knowledge necessary for working in the child care profession. This is the most comprehensive nanny and childcare worker's course available through distance education. What's more, it's the most recently nationally approved program available.

Career opportunities include: Nanny, Childcarer, Childcare Worker, Childcare Assistant, Creche Attendant, Childcare Coordinator, Education Aide, Family Day Carer, Home Care Worker, Early Childhood Teacher.

Industries include: Private nanny placements, au pair (domestic or international), child care centres*, corporate child care, community services, government.

Childcare workers look after the social, emotional, physical and educational needs of infants and young children in a variety of home or out-of-home care settings. A nanny or childcare worker may:

• plan out and implement developmental activites based on observation of children
• monitor children's growth, behaviour and development
• liaise with parents about their children
• prepare games and learning materials, and provide a creative environment
• guide children's behaviour and social development, individually and in groups
  supervise children's play, monitoring their physical safety
• help children with daily routines and instruct them on things like dressing, eating and sleeping
• prepare light snacks and meals
• maintain a safe and clean environment
• undertake basic first aid in emergencies.

*When used to describe employment, such as 'childcare worker', 'childcare assistant' the word childcare is spelt as one word. When used to describe the environment a childcare worker works in or where children are cared for, such as 'child care centre' or 'child care services' then child care is spelt as two words.