Childcare First Aid Face to Face Assessment: What Every Educator Needs to Know

She’s booked the course. She’s confirmed the date. She’s figured out how to cover ratios for the day. And now  the night before one of her educators sends a message asking what actually happens at the assessment. It’s the question no one thinks to ask until it’s almost too late. The childcare first aid face […]

How Often Does Childcare First Aid Expire in Australia?

It’s 11am on a Tuesday. You’re in the middle of a Quality Improvement Plan meeting when your phone buzzes. It’s a notification from your training spreadsheet two educators’ HLTAID012 certificates expire in six weeks. You’d forgotten. Life got in the way. And then it gets worse. One of those educators is your primary anaphylaxis-trained staff […]

Is HLTAID012 Required for Childcare in Australia?

You’re doing your end-of-week admin. You open the training spreadsheet, scroll down the certificate column, and your stomach drops. Two educators with HLTAID012 certificates expiring in six weeks. One of them is your only qualified staff member covering the preschool room. So here’s the straight answer: is HLTAID012 required for childcare – yes, unambiguously. It […]

Is Your Childcare First Aid Compliance Training Up to Date?

It’s a Tuesday morning. You open your training spreadsheet and there it is – two HLTAID012 certificates expiring soon. You could live with that. But one of those educators is your primary anaphylaxis-trained staff member covering the preschool room. The room with four children on documented action plans. That’s not a hypothetical. That’s a Tuesday […]