sec.40Qualifications for QEC approved services for school age care services— Act , s 244 (2) (f)

sec.40 Qualifications for QEC approved services for school age care services— Act , s 244 (2) (f)

This section applies to a QEC approved service that is a school age care service. When the QEC service provides regulated education and care to a QEC service child— at least 1 educator who is required to meet the relevant educator to child ratios for the service must hold, or be actively working towards a qualification for, an approved diploma level education and care qualification; and at least 1 staff member for each 30 children being provided regulated education and care must hold, or be actively working towards a qualification for, either an approved diploma level education and care qualification or an approved certificate III level education and care qualification. To avoid any doubt, it is declared that for a QEC service that provides regulated education and care for no more than 30 children, 1 educator may satisfy the requirement of subsection (2) (a) and (b) . (sec.40-ssec.1) This section applies to a QEC approved service that is a school age care service. (sec.40-ssec.2) When the QEC service provides regulated education and care to a QEC service child— at least 1 educator who is required to meet the relevant educator to child ratios for the service must hold, or be actively working towards a qualification for, an approved diploma level education and care qualification; and at least 1 staff member for each 30 children being provided regulated education and care must hold, or be actively working towards a qualification for, either an approved diploma level education and care qualification or an approved certificate III level education and care qualification. (sec.40-ssec.3) To avoid any doubt, it is declared that for a QEC service that provides regulated education and care for no more than 30 children, 1 educator may satisfy the requirement of subsection (2) (a) and (b) .

• (a) at least 1 educator who is required to meet the relevant educator to child ratios for the service must hold, or be actively working towards a qualification for, an approved diploma level education and care qualification; and
• (b) at least 1 staff member for each 30 children being provided regulated education and care must hold, or be actively working towards a qualification for, either an approved diploma level education and care qualification or an approved certificate III level education and care qualification.