Skill Level: 1 | Assessing Authority: ACECQA
Plans, organises, directs, controls and coordinates the activities of a childcare centre or service including physical and human resources.
Alternative Titles:
- Child Care Centre Director
- Child Care Coordinator
Job Duties
- develop and implement programs to enhance the physical, social, emotional and
- intellectual development of young children
- direct and supervise educators providing care and supervision for young children
- establish and maintain a safe and healthy service environment for children, staff and
- visitors
- facilitate compliance with relevant government requirements and standards
- work in partnership with parents and families to provide appropriate education and
- care for children
- maintain service records, operational budgets and accounts
- recruit staff and coordinate professional development.
Skills Assessment Criteria:
Applicants who desire to migrate to Australia as a Medical Laboratory Scientist under the General Skilled Migration visa categories are required to have their skills assessed by AIMS.
Qualifications
An ACECQA nationally approved diploma level or higher education and care qualification. A list of current ACECQA approved qualifications can be found on the ACECQA website.
There are three ways an applicant can hold an ACECQA nationally approved qualification, these are:
- hold a nationally approved diploma level (or higher) qualification published on ACECQA’s NQF approved qualifications list.
- taken to hold an approved diploma or early childhood teacher (ECT) qualification under a former law in Australia.
- hold a qualification that ACECQA has assessed and approved as equivalent to a diploma or ECT level qualification under the NQF.
Work Experience:
The employment experience must have been obtained after receiving the qualification.
- Three years of full-time or equivalent part-time experience as a Child Care centre Manager in a regulated early childhood education and care service, and
- Evidence of at least six months of full-time or equivalent part-time experience within the past three years
Documents Requirement
The following is a summary of the documentation list that you need in order to submit your application for the skill assessment. Please visit ACECQA for a comprehensive list of all of the document requirements. Documents in a language other than English have to be translated by a professional translator first.
- Passport and passport photo
- Proof of identity, including a national ID or driver’s license
- qualification certificate and academic transcript.
- employment evidence, including an employment letter, payslips, tax return and superannuation.
Processing Time
The current processing time for skill assessment is 70 business days from the date of submission.
Application Fees
|
Type of Application |
Applying from within Australia (Fee including GST) |
|
Skills Assessment Application |
$1100 AUD |
|
Skills Assessment Review Application |
$900 AUD |
Skill Assessment Agency Services
Most of the evidence documentation required for your skills assessment is also required for your visa application. Ozlinks Education is an agency that can assist you in understanding and meeting the skill assessment criteria, giving you the best chance of a positive result. Click here to learn more about how our agency service can assist you.
Source from: ACECQA
