CHCSAC007

Application

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to identify, plan, implement and evaluate play and leisure experiences for children participating in school age care.

This unit applies to educators who work in regulated school age education and care services according to established policies and procedures. They may at times work alone without onsite supervision.

Unit mapping information

CHCSAC002 Develop and implement play and leisure experiences in school age

care

Licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements

The skills in this unit must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State/Territory legislation, Australian standards and industry codes of practice.

No occupational licensing, certification or specific legislative requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

Foundation skills

Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.

Unit sector or competency field

School age Education and Care: Children’s Education and Care

Prerequisite, co-requisite or interdependent assessment of units

Not applicable

Assessment conditions

Skills must be demonstrated in a regulated children’s education and care service in Australia:

• the following aspects of performance evidence must be directly observed by the assessor:

• implementation of one indoor experience

• implementation of one outdoor experience

• remaining performance evidence may be collected through authenticated third-party reports
• observation and third-party evidence must be supplemented by other forms of evidence
• interactions with children must be supervised by an approved educational professional

Skills related to planning and evaluation of experiences may be demonstrated outside of the service, but must be based on work within a regulated children’s education and care service in Australia.

Assessment must ensure access to:

• an indoor environment
• an outdoor environment
• educational program documentation
• resources that support the specific play and leisure experiences
• National Quality Framework:
  • National Quality Standard
  • the relevant approved learning framework
• service standards, policies and procedures related to:
  • educational program and practice
  • health and safety
  • relationships with children
• school age children between the ages of 5 and 12 years in a regulated children’s education and care service.

Assessors must satisfy the Standards for Registered Training Organisations requirements for assessors