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Level 3 Award, Level 3 Certificate and Level 3 Diploma in Child Care and Education Course Handbook Introduction © CACHE 2011 Version 5 Introduction Welcome to the CACHE Level 3 Award, Level 3 Certificate and Level 3 Diploma in Child Care and Education. These qualifications prepare you to work with children and their families in a variety of settings and environments within the sector of Children's Services. The Diploma prepares you to work unsupervised, or in a supervisory capacity. Your Centre will register you as a candidate with CACHE. You will receive a personal identification number (PIN) for entry to any assessment for these qualifications. You will undertake practical placements throughout the qualifications to link theory with workbased practice. This will be assessed through the Placement Summary, Practice Evidence Records, Practice Evidence Record Diary and Professional Development Profiles. For more information see Practical training overleaf. Recommended Guided Learning Hours (GLH) Guided Learning Hours include: • time spent with your tutor(s), who use a number of different ways to help you learn, so that not all the recommended hours will be spent in the classroom, and • time the tutor or placement supervisor spends with you in your placement supporting, or assessing you. About the qualifications It is expected that most people will progress through the Award and Certificate to complete the Diploma in order to be able to practice as an early years practitioner. Award You must achieve Units 1 and 2; 120 Guided Learning Hours (GLH) to complete. Certificate You must achieve Units 1 - 5; plus a short answer test; 360 GLH to complete. Diploma You must achieve Units 1 - 9, plus three optional units chosen by your Centre from Units 10 - 21; plus short answer paper and research task; 1,009 GLH plus 750 recommended practical training hours in Unit 9. ix
Introduction Attendance at classes x Level 3 Award, Level 3 Certificate and Level 3 Diploma in Child Care and Education Course Handbook CACHE recommends that you attend 80% of the teaching time allocated by the Centre for each unit. Your Centre will keep a record of your attendance, and if they feel that you have attended an insufficient number of learning hours, they may ask you to take additional study before allowing you to submit the relevant assignment. Remission of tuition If you have a considerable amount of experience or previous training, you should discuss remission of tuition with your Centre. The Centre may agree to a reduction of the teaching time required for each unit. However, you will still have to complete all the assessments to become qualified. Practical training Throughout the qualifications you will be expected to participate in professional practice in a variety of settings in order to apply what you have learnt in a practical environment. This will take an additional 750 recommended practical training hours and will be assessed when you reach Unit 9. You will need to evidence your practical training through Practice Evidence Records (PERs), Practice Evidence Record Diary (PERD) and Professional Development Profiles (PDPs). PERS are used to show the practical application of your learning from Units 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. The PERD allows you to evaluate and reflect on your practice from Units 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and your optional unit. PDPs are a reflection of your performance on each placement. Age groups A total of 125 days (750 hours) of practical training is recommended. Your Centre will allocate this time to the age groups below: • birth to 11 months 15 days (recommended) • 1 to 3 years 11 months 30 days (recommended) • 4 to 7 years 11 months 40 days (recommended) The remaining 40 days may be allocated to any of these groups, or to the age group from 7 years 11 months to 16 years. It is recommended that practical training be undertaken during all of the qualifications. This will be planned by your Centre. To become a competent practitioner, the range of work environments should provide for a spread of experience. Where you are in supervised employment with children in the age range from birth to 7 years 11 months you may complete some of your practical training in your place of employment as long as it is approved by your Centre and registered with the appropriate authorities. However, you must cover all the age ranges and should have placements outside your work environment to gain balanced and wider experience. © CACHE 2011 Version 5
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