Completing Vocational Placement is compulsory with the early childhood electives focus, you are required to undertake a minimum of 50 hours of Vocational Placement to complete this course. You will need to manage your commitments in order to complete a rewarding and successful placement.
Your Vocational Placement may be based around suitable times determined by placement providers and can be undertaken in a range of approved early childhood education and care settings. Your teacher must approve the vocational placements for this course.
Blue Card
To successfully satisfy all course requirements you will be required to apply for a Blue Card (Working with Children check).
Please note: TAFE Queensland wishes to warn you, as a Blue Card applicant, that it is an offence for a disqualified person to sign a Blue Card application. For further information regarding 'disqualified' persons, please contact Blue Card Services.
If you cannot obtain a Working with Children Check (Blue Card), you will be ineligible to undertake placement and any related assessment, which will affect your course outcome. If you think this might impact you, please speak to the relevant Vocational Placement Coordinator or a Course Teacher for further information.
Vaccination requirements
Vaccinations may be required by the owner or operator of the facility providing your placement.
These requirements will be provided to the student, prior to arrangements being made for the completion of vocational placement.