CHC Community Services Training Package versions 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 includes 45 qualifications ranging from Certificate III to Diploma. The following 22 qualifications support traineeships:

• CHC22015 Certificate II in Community Services
• CHC30113 Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care
• CHC30213 Certificate III in Education Support
• CHC32015 Certificate III in Community Services
• CHC33015 Certificate III in Individual Support
• CHC40113 Certificate IV in School Age Education and Care
• CHC40213 Certificate IV in Education Support
• CHC40413 Certificate IV in Youth Work
• CHC40513 Certificate IV in Youth Justice
• CHC41115 Certificate IV in Employment Services
• CHC42015 Certificate IV in Community Services
• CHC42215 Certificate IV in Social Housing
• CHC43015 Certificate IV in Ageing Support
• CHC43115 Certificate IV in Disability
• CHC43215 Certificate IV in Alcohol and Other Drugs
• CHC43315 Certificate IV in Mental Health
• CHC43415 Certificate IV in Leisure and Health
• CHC43515 Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work
• CHC50113 Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care
• CHC50213 Diploma of School Age Education and Care
• CHC52015 Diploma in Community Services
• CHC53315 Diploma of Mental Health

Training Services NSW and Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) transition arrangements are aligned and applied retrospectively from 1 September 2015.

Registered training organisations (RTOs) may commence training in either the new or superseded qualification but must meet the requirements of ASQA. For more information refer to ASQA's General Direction - Learner Transition.

Applications under the Apprenticeship and Traineeship Act 2001 to establish an apprenticeship or traineeship, whether full-time part-time or school based, will not be approved unless the Commissioner for Vocational training is satisfied that appropriate industrial arrangements are in place.

All private sector employers and employees in New South Wales are covered by the national industrial relations system administered by Fair Work Commission (the Commission). The industrial instrument that applies will be a national (modern) award or a current enterprise agreement registered with the Commission. Further information is available from the Fair Work Ombudsman by telephoning 13 13 94 or via their website.

Trainees may be employed under the following Awards:

Aged Care

• Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services Award 2010
• Aged Care Award 2010
• Ambulance & Patient Transport Industry Award 2010
• Care Worker Employees - Department of Family and Community Services - Ageing Disability and Home Care (State) Award 2012
• Generic ACS template agreement- negotiated by the employer association NSWNA & HSU Aged Care employers in the Charitable sector may use this template agreement
• Health Professionals & Support Services Award 2010
• Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Award 2010

Alcohol and Other Drugs

• Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services Award 2010
• Aged Care Award 2010
• Ambulance & Patient Transport Industry Award 2010
• Health Professionals & Support Services Award 2010
• Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Award 2010

Community Services

• Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services Award 2010
• Aged Care Award 2010
• Ambulance & Patient Transport Industry Award 2010
• Health Professionals & Support Services Award 2010
• Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Award 2010

Disability

• Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services Award 2010
• Aged Care Award 2010
• Ambulance & Patient Transport Industry Award 2010
• Care Worker Employees - Department of Family and Community Services - Ageing Disability and Home Care (State) Award 2012
• Health Professionals & Support Services Award 2010
• Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Award 2010

Early Childhood Education and Care

• Children's Services Award 2010
• Educational Services (Schools) General Staff Award 2010
• Miscellaneous Workers' Kindergarten and Child Care Centres (State) Training Wage Award
• Local Government (State) Award 2014

Education Support

• Crown Employees (Teachers in Schools and Related Employees) Salaries and Conditions Award 2009
• Educational Services (Schools) General Staff Award 2010

Employment Services

• Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services Award 2010
• Aged Care Award 2010
• Ambulance & Patient Transport Industry Award 2010
• Community Employment Training and Support Services Award (1999)
• Health Professionals & Support Services Award 2010
• Labour Market Assistance Industry Award 2010
• Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Award 2010

Home and Community Care

• Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services Award 2010
• Aged Care Award 2010
• Ambulance & Patient Transport Industry Award 2010
• Health Professionals & Support Services Award 2010
• Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Award 2010

Leisure and Health

• Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services Award 2010
• Aged Care Award 2010
• Ambulance & Patient Transport Industry Award 2010
• Care Worker Employees - Department of Family and Community Services - Ageing Disability and Home Care (State) Award 2012
• Generic ACS template agreement - negotiated by the employer association NSWNA & HSU Aged Care employers in the Charitable sector may use this template agreement
• Health Professionals & Support Services Award 2010
• Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Award 2010

Mental Health

• Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services Award 2010
• Aged Care Award 2010
• Ambulance & Patient Transport Industry Award 2010
• Health Professionals & Support Services Award 2010
• Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Award 2010

School Age Education and Care

• Children's Services Award 2010
• Educational Services (Schools) General Staff Award 2010
• Miscellaneous Workers' Kindergarten and Child Care Centres (State) Training Wage Award
• Local Government (State) Award 2014

Social Housing

• Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services Award 2010
• Aged Care Award 2010
• Ambulance & Patient Transport Industry Award 2010
• Health Professionals & Support Services Award 2010
• Local Government (State) Award 2014
• Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Award 2010

Youth Justice

• Crown Employees (Department of Juvenile Justice - Detention Centres 2005) Award

Youth Work

• Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services Award 2010
• Aged Care Award 2010
• Ambulance & Patient Transport Industry Award 2010
• Health Professionals & Support Services Award 2010
• Local Government (State) Award 2014
• Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Award 2010

On successful completion of the relevant qualification

• parties may apply to the Commissioner for Vocational Training for completion of the apprenticeship or traineeship prior to the nominal completion date of the training contract or;
• Training Services NSW may issue letters from the Commissioner to both parties inviting them to consider competency based completion if it has received advice from the training organisation that the apprentice or trainee is eligible to receive their qualification.

For more information and an application form, click here.

• CHC30113 Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care
• CHC30213 Certificate III in Education Support
• CHC32015 Certificate III in Community Services
• CHC33015 Certificate III in Individual Support - Ageing and Disability streams only
• CHC40113 Certificate IV in School Age Education and Care

For all school based part-time traineeships currently being delivered in New South Wales, refer to School Based Traineeships.

For further information on the delivery of training for school based traineeships refer to Training Arrangements.

Early Childhood Education and Care

School based traineeship approval requirements

Applications to establish CHC30113 Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care school based traineeships will be subject to the following requirements.
The following units of competency are not suitable for delivery to school-based trainees:

• CHCECE014 Comply with family day care administration requirements
• CHCECE015 Attend to daily functions in home based child care

Pre-employment

The potential school based trainee is interviewed by school, registered training organisation and Training Services NSW personnel prior to undertaking the pathway to ensure the student understands clearly the work involved, the time commitment required, the lack of Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) outcome and the suitability of the student to the Early Childhood Education and Care sector

• family or guardian consent is gained after full and clear sharing of the same information
• employment must be in a licensed environment
• the employer is made aware of their responsibilities and the special requirements of employing a school based trainee. There must be a commitment from the employer to provide appropriate on the job training and supervision
• the potential school based trainee is interviewed by the potential employer to ensure all employment processes, expectations and relationships are clearly understood and met and that the trainee will work effectively with the team.

In the workplace, the School Based Trainee

• is not employed as primary contact staff member
• may be included in any staff to child ratio calculation, refer to "Children (Education and Care Services) Supplementary Provisions Regulation 2012 Part 52(3)".
• is not left alone with children at any time
• is not left to close up the facility or be responsible for opening the centre
• is not to undertake duties outside those directly related to working with children. For example, the trainee is not to undertake other kitchen hand, clerical or general cleaning duties
• is to be supervised by an appropriate Children's Services worker at all times. The trainee must work to an appropriately qualified mentor/supervisor on site at all times they are in the workplace.
• Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care (or earlier equivalent qualification)is the minimum mentor or supervisor qualification
• is not to be left alone and/or unsupervised whilst caring for children

Employment, the School Based Trainee:

The employer is required to have a risk management policy and procedures guideline in place for staff which includes for staff under 18 years of age.
All parties must cooperate to ensure that the trainee can achieve all competencies required by the traineeship. Where employment is being considered in a preschool or similar service where 0-2 year olds are not in attendance, the school based trainee will be required to work at more than one workplace to ensure time is spent with 0-2 year olds to gain the relevant experience for the unit of competency CHCCN305A Provide care for babies which is essential in the NSW Early Childhood Education and Care jurisdiction and is required to meet the outcome of the qualification.

Monitoring

The school based traineeship is to be monitored by Training Services NSW.

Supervision and on-the-job training for all Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) trainees

All people employed in early childhood environments have great responsibility for infants and children from six weeks to school age. The Community Services and Health ITAB advise that to work in Early Childhood Education and Care, persons must be 16 years or over and meet all the legislated requirements which includes the Working with Children Check.

• Young people under the age of 18 years working in child related employment are exempt from the requirement for a Working With Children Check (WWCC). However, once they turn 18, people working with children (including trainees and students undertaking a work placement) must have a WWCC clearance number. Individuals seeking child-related employment can apply for a WWCC online for any employee/trainee/student aged 17 years 9 months or older. For further information go to http://www.kidsguardian.nsw.gov.au/Working-with-children/working-with-children-check.

Early Childhood Education and Care employers considering the establishment of traineeships in CHC30113 Cert III in Early Childhood Education and Care and/or CHC50113 Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care for their employees must ensure they are able to implement and support such a training program. There must be a commitment from employers to provide appropriate on-the-job training and supervision.

Distinguishing characteristics of work or employment environments that are suitable for supporting a trainee must be licensed and include full time supervision by a qualified and experienced Early Childhood Education and Care supervisor in the workplace, reflecting at least the same level as that at which the trainee is engaged but preferably, as a minimum, at the Diploma level when the trainee is in the workplace. The workplace supervisor must be in attendance alongside the trainee at all times when there are children present. This provides suitable professional training, modelling, coaching and professional judgments regarding a trainee's competence when working with the children in their care.

Environments that are unsuitable for Early Childhood Education and Care traineeship pathways are those that involve practicing as a sole operator. These include (but are not restricted to):

• Family Day Care
• In home care, such as governess, nanny, au pair, family support worker
• Crèche
• Resort child care operations

Education Support SBT Program

CHC30213 Certificate III in Education Support is suitable for delivery in schools within the School Based Traineeship program. This provides the opportunity for senior secondary students to undertake preliminary student teacher training via a school based traineeship.

The traineeship will only be available for suitably identified students attending a participant high school, known as the home school. The school principal and school region or diocesan management committee must agree on the selection of suitable trainees. The school based trainees will be employed in a local primary school.

Traineeship approval requirements

Applications to establish CHC30213 Certificate III in Education Support school based traineeships must include evidence that the senior school student has been selected for the traineeship by the regional or diocesan management committee and the student's school principal.

The full training plan submitted with the application should include the required core and elective units of competency as specified in the NSW Board of Studies Endorsed Course for the CHC30213 Certificate III in Education Support qualification.

Traineeship arrangements

Trainees may be employed by a group training company, with nominated primary schools as the host employers, or directly with the nominated primary schools. The CHC30213 Certificate III in Education Support course of study will be undertaken in the senior secondary school years and will contribute towards the trainee's Higher School Certificate studies. The traineeship term will be 24 months part-time and completed by 31 December of the Higher School Certificate year.

Traineeship implementation

The regional/diocesan management committee will ensure there is a program officer who will have responsibility for the trainee to ensure host employers and other participants are aware of their responsibilities and obligations under this traineeship. On-the-job, trainees will be supported in the workplace by the supervising classroom teacher. Classroom teachers must also be provided with appropriate training and support to ensure they can provide the appropriate learning experience for trainees.

Traineeship requirements

To ensure maximum safety for trainees and primary students alike, the following requirements must be met by all employers of NSW school based trainees in Certificate III in Education Support:

• The School Based Trainee is not included in the necessary student:teacher ratio of the school
• The employer has a risk management policy and procedures guideline in place for staff which includes staff under 18 years of age
• Young people under the age of 18 years working in child related employment are exempt from the requirement for a Working With Children Check (WWCC). However, once they turn 18, people working with children (including trainees and students undertaking a work placement) must have a WWCC clearance number. Businesses offering child-related employment, or hosting students undertaking work experience, can apply for a WWCC online for any employee/trainee/student aged 17 years 9 months or older. For further information go to http://www.kidsguardian.nsw.gov.au/Working-with-children/working-with-children-check.
• The school based trainee must not work alone with primary students at any time
• The school based trainee must be supervised by an appropriate and competent person within the host school at all times

• The arrangement is to be closely monitored by Training Services NSW field staff.

Individual Support and Community Services SBT Program

The pathway CHC33015 Certificate III in Individual Support - Home and Community stream is not suitable for SBT delivery

The following units of competency are NOT suitable for delivery to school students in the CHC33015 Certificate III in Individual Support - Ageing and Disability streams and CHC32015 Certificate III in Community Services:

• CHCECE015 Attend to daily functions in home based childcare
• CHCHCS001 Provide home and community support services
• TLIC3011A Transport passengers with disabilities
• TLIC1051A Operate commercial vehicle

School Aged Education and Care SBT Program

Regulatory arrangements
From 1 January 2012 OSHC services in NSW have been regulated by the NSW Government under the National Quality Framework for Early Childhood Education and Care. The Framework is made up of the Education and Care Services National Law and Regulations. The Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA) l guide implementation of the Framework.

As part of the Framework, the Education and Care Services National Regulations were approved by the Ministerial Council for Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs on 14 October 2011. Further information is available from the ACECQA website.

Supervision and on-the-job training
All people employed in school age education and care (OOSH) environments have great responsibility for children of school age. The Community Services and Health ITAB advises that to work in OOSH, persons must be 16 years or over and meet all the legislated requirements which includes the Working with Children Check.

• Young people under the age of 18 years working in child related employment are exempt from the requirement for a Working With Children Check (WWCC). However, once they turn 18, people working with children (including trainees and students undertaking a work placement) must have a WWCC clearance number. Individuals aged 17 years 9 months or older working or seeking to work in child-related employment can apply for a WWCC online. For further information go to www.kids.nsw.gov.au.

Applications to establish school based traineeships in the CHC40113 Certificate IV in School Age Education and Care, the following unit of competency is not suitable for delivery to school-based trainees:

• SISXEMR402A Coordinate emergency response

School age education and care employers considering the establishment of traineeships in CHC40113 Certificate IV in School Age Education and Care and/or CHC50213 Diploma of School Age Education and Care for their employees must ensure they are able to implement and support such a training program. There must be a commitment from employers to provide appropriate on-the-job training and supervision.

Distinguishing characteristics of work or employment environments that are suitable for supporting a trainee must include attendance of a qualified and experienced School age education and care supervisor, reflecting at least the same level as that at which the trainee is engaged but preferably at the Diploma level when the trainee is in the workplace. This provides suitable professional training, modelling, coaching and professional judgments regarding a trainee's competence when working with the children in their care.

Environments that are unsuitable for School age education and care traineeship pathways are those that involve practicing as a sole operator or where children are aged exclusively between 0 and 4 years (reflecting an Early Childhood Education and Care relevance rather than school age). These include (but are not restricted to):

• Resort child care operations
• Play groups

Supervision and on-the-job training
Industry Capability
Employers considering the establishment of traineeships in Certificate III in Individual Support (Home and Community). CHC33015 for their employees must ensure they are able to implement and support such a training program. Employers must be able to provide appropriate on-the-job training and direct supervision by a suitable experienced and/or qualified staff member. The means by which this support is provided can be customised to take account of working arrangements in this industry.

Home and Community Workplace Environment
Trainees working in undertaking the home and community (HACC) stream must be accompanied and supervised by a suitable experienced and/or qualified staff member when interacting with respite care to clients in their home. HACC workers provide personal care, domestic duties and respite care to clients in their home, as well as support services outside the home such as taking clients shopping and to appointments. Workers' clients include older people, people with disability and people in need of individual care and support. The job role of a home and community care worker requires travel between clients' homes to enable them to remain safely and live with dignity and independence in their own home.

Employer Capability Assessment
Employers considering a traineeship pathway for their HACC workers must demonstrate how they will meet their obligation under section 13(a) of the A&T Act "to enable ... the trainee to receive the work-based component of the required training". Before lodging a training application for approval, they must develop a model of direct supervision and on-the-job training that includes that it:

A nominated supervisor with suitable experienced and/or qualifications to supervise the HACC trainee and facilitate their on-the-job training at clients' homes;

• ensures that the level of workplace supervision is sufficient to ensure the health, safety and welfare of the trainee;
• outlines arrangements that are in place to monitor (at the worksite – the office and/or the client’s home) the trainee's progress in gaining skills across the full range of competencies required for the relevant qualification, as specified in the Vocational Training Order;
• specifies arrangements for the supervisor to provide feedback to the trainee, and to answer any questions they have about this progress;
• requires the workplace supervisor to liaise with the registered training organisation (RTO) regarding the development and implementation of the training plan and the trainee's progress.

It is also important that supervision and on-the-job training arrangements take into account the capability of the HACC trainee - their proficiency and level of knowledge and skills. Where trainees are competent in particular tasks and roles and do not continue to require direct supervision in these aspects of their work, employers should ask the RTO to formalise these arrangements through competency assessment and completion.

Approval and monitoring of HACC traineeships
All applications for HACC traineeships lodged with Training Services NSW for approval must have a supervision and on-the-job training model in place that meets these minimum requirements. Training Services NSW officers may seek formal evidence of this supervision model or visit the workplace to assess whether these requirements are in place before approval and as part of their ongoing monitoring procedures.

Health workers and learners undertaking work placement in NSW Health facilities must comply with the assessment, screening and vaccination requirements of Policy Directive PD2011_005.

Health workers and learners undertaking work placement in NSW Health facilities must comply with Employment Screening Policy Directive PD2008_029.

• A Working With Children Check is a prerequisite for anyone in child-related work. It involves a national criminal history check and review of reported workplace misconduct. NOTE: An employer who employees a person in a child related traineeship must ensure the person has undertaken all clearance checks as required. To obtain a Working With Children Check, applicants go to http://www.kidsguardian.nsw.gov.au/Working-with-children/working-with-children-check

• Young people under the age of 18 years working in child related employment are exempt from the requirement for a Working With Children Check (WWCC). However, once they turn 18, people working with children (including trainees and students undertaking a work placement) must have a WWCC clearance number. Businesses offering child-related employment, or hosting students undertaking work experience, can apply for a WWCC online for any employee/trainee/student aged 17 years 9 months or older. For further information go to http://www.kidsguardian.nsw.gov.au/Working-with-children/working-with-children-check.

For registered training providers that can deliver the traineeship qualifications go to www.training.gov.au.

A list of registered training organisations that are in contract with the NSW Department of Industry to be paid for the delivery of the training is here.

When developing Training Plans, registered training providers should ensure that the training program satisfies the qualification packaging requirements and, at the same time, reflects the nature of the business. Training Plans should be customised so that workplace activities support and align with the qualification units of competency.

From 1 January 2015 the NSW Government introduced new fee arrangements for government subsidised vocational education and training (VET). Under Smart and Skilled, all apprenticeship and most traineeship qualifications are subsidised. For a full list of all the qualifications refer to the current NSW Skills List. Information on the types and levels of subsidies can be found in the "Smart and Skilled Fee Administration Policy". Training for existing-worker trainees is not subsidised.

A copy of each Vocational Training Order is available for inspection on this internet site or at any Training Services NSW Regional Office of the NSW Department of Industry.

For any enquiries regarding this Commissioner's Information Bulletin, please contact Apprenticeships and Traineeships on telephone (02) 8267 7704.

Approved by Emil Tabone
for Commissioner for Vocational Training