Each stage of every child's development must be nurtured and challenged through teachings and opportunities provided for these growing children by the adults who surround them in their formative years.
Each stage of every child's development must be nurtured and challenged through teachings and opportunities provided for these growing children by the adults who surround them in their formative years.
The Baby Care Practitioner Course is designed to teach future and current staff of daycare centres and educare centres, home-based child minders and au pairs, in the essential care and stimulation of the babies and toddlers in their charge. This course will help you to support and enhance the efforts of the parents and school in enabling the child to achieve the best possible start in life.
This course is designed especially for learners who have not had prior training or do not have a strong aptitude for theoretical learning. The emphasis will be placed on visual and auditory learning preferences, using videos and slideshows as the main tool for the learning modules and hands-on practical applications for the assessment of competence.
Minimum requirements: There are no prior learning or skills required to enrol in this course. However, students must be able to understand, speak, read, and write in English at a secondary school level to successfully engage with the course content.
Students must be available to attend classroom sessions once a week, and if not currently employed at a daycare or educare centre, will need to be available to conduct the workplace experience requirements at a designated educare centre.
Duration: 10 weeks comprising of:
Knowledge content
Training Material
Each participant will receive a Learner Guide and Learner Workbook.
Assessment
Clearly defined outcomes will be assessed continuously with a final assessment conducted through the observation of learned skills and knowledge.
Group sizes
Maximum of 10 learners per class to ensure individual opportunities and attention.
Certificates
While this is a non-accredited course, all graduates will receive a certificate as a "Baby Care Practitioner".
Cost
R4 500