• Ensure the health and safety of children
• Promote and provide healthy food and drinks
• Work within a relevant legal and ethical framework
• Identify and respond to children and young people at risk
• Develop cultural competence
• Work effectively with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people
• Work effectively with culturally diverse clients and co-workers
• Provide care for children
• Provide care for babies and toddlers
• Use information about children to inform practice
• Provide experiences to support children’s play and learning
• Develop positive and respectful relationships with children
• Support the holistic development of children in early childhood
• Provide an emergency first aid response in an education and care setting
• Use an approved learning framework to guide practice
• Establish and maintain a safe and healthy environment for children
• Coordinate the work environment
• Maintain work health and safety
• Embed sustainable practices in service operations
• Work in partnership with families to provide appropriate education and care for children
• Foster the holistic development and well-being of the child in early childhood
• Design and implement the curriculum to foster children’s learning and development
• Nurture creativity in children
• Establish and implement plans for developing cooperative behaviour
• Analyse information to inform learning
• Promote children’s agency
• Implement strategies for the inclusion of all children
• Facilitate compliance in an education and care services

Overseas candidates must demonstrate English language proficiency of IELTS 5.5 or its equivalent prior to entering into this course Candidates are required to undergo working with children check in NSW. This course is not suitable for Under 18 candidates. For more information on working with children check, please visit http://www.kids.nsw.gov.au.