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Certificate III in Teacher's Assistant

Main Fields of Study

  • Work effectively in an educational environment
  • Facilitate the implementation of planned education programs
  • Contribute to the education of students in all developmental domains
  • Support students with additional needs in the classroom
  • Identify and respond to children and young people at risk of harm
  • Work effectively with culturally diverse clients, customers and co-workers
  • Develop own professional skills
  • Contribute to the organisation and management of the classroom or centre
  • Provide reading, writing and maths  and oral support to students

Entry Requirements

Either:
  • satisfactory completion of a Year 10 education;
  • persons employed in the industry; or
  • adult entry

Employment Oppurtunities

On completion of the course you will be eligible to apply for positions working from Kindergarten to Year 10 as an assistant.

Jobs are varied, from a full time position as a Pre-Primary assistant to a part-time helper for a child with special educational or social requirements. These positions are regularly advertised in magazines produced by the 
Education Department and the Catholic Education Commission and on their web sites.

What does the course cover?

Units of Competency at Certificate III level
 
TA 01B              Work effectively in an  educational environment
TA 03B              Facilitate the implementation of planned education programs                                         
TA 04B              Contribute to the education of students in all developmental Domains
TA 05B              Contribute to the organisation and management of the classroom or centre
TA 06B              Contribute to the safety and health of students
ESREA310A       Support the development of reading skills
ESWRI311A       Support the development of writing skills
ESNUM314A      Support the development of numeracy skills
ESDIV001A        Work with diversity in the educational environment
ESLAN317A       Support the development of oral language skills
CHCDIS14A       Support students with additional needs in the classroom
CHCCHILD1C     Identify and respond to children and young people at risk of harm
 
*** All units require students to demonstrate that they have gained competence from
        on-the job training (Supervised Field Placement).

 
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