sec.30Supervisor to child ratios

sec.30 Supervisor to child ratios

For section 9 (6) of the Act , this section prescribes the ways for an employer of a school-aged or young child to supervise the child. The child is to be directly supervised by at least the following number of supervisors— if the child is under 3 years—1 supervisor for every 2 children under 3 years; for 1 child under 3 years there must be at least 1 supervisor directly supervising the child for 3 children under 3 years there must be at least 2 supervisors directly supervising the children if the child is a young child who is 3 years or over—1 supervisor for every 4 young children who are 3 years or over; if the child is a school-aged child—1 supervisor for every 8 school-aged children. For working out the number of supervisors required under subsection (2) — if the number of children under 3 years is not a multiple of 2—the number is taken to be the next highest multiple of 2; and if the number of young children who are 3 years or over is not a multiple of 4—the number is taken to be the next highest multiple of 4; and if the number of school-aged children is not a multiple of 8—the number is taken to be the next highest multiple of 8. (sec.30-ssec.1) For section 9 (6) of the Act , this section prescribes the ways for an employer of a school-aged or young child to supervise the child. (sec.30-ssec.2) The child is to be directly supervised by at least the following number of supervisors— if the child is under 3 years—1 supervisor for every 2 children under 3 years; for 1 child under 3 years there must be at least 1 supervisor directly supervising the child for 3 children under 3 years there must be at least 2 supervisors directly supervising the children if the child is a young child who is 3 years or over—1 supervisor for every 4 young children who are 3 years or over; if the child is a school-aged child—1 supervisor for every 8 school-aged children. (sec.30-ssec.3) For working out the number of supervisors required under subsection (2) — if the number of children under 3 years is not a multiple of 2—the number is taken to be the next highest multiple of 2; and if the number of young children who are 3 years or over is not a multiple of 4—the number is taken to be the next highest multiple of 4; and if the number of school-aged children is not a multiple of 8—the number is taken to be the next highest multiple of 8.

• (a) if the child is under 3 years—1 supervisor for every 2 children under 3 years; Examples— 1 for 1 child under 3 years there must be at least 1 supervisor directly supervising the child 2 for 3 children under 3 years there must be at least 2 supervisors directly supervising the children
• 1 for 1 child under 3 years there must be at least 1 supervisor directly supervising the child
• 2 for 3 children under 3 years there must be at least 2 supervisors directly supervising the children