Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care | CRICOS
International StudentsDiploma of Early Childhood Education and Care for International Students: CHC50125
Planning to study early childhood education in Melbourne on a student visa? The diploma of early childhood education and care for international students at The Performance College is CHC50125, taught face to face at our Lonsdale Street campus over 52 weeks under CRICOS 04180C. It assumes you already hold a Certificate III in the field. There are 280 hours of placement built into it. Email info@tpc.edu.au for the current intake dates and fees.
Advance Your Career in Early Childhood Education
This program explores child development across physical, cognitive, social and emotional dimensions, and prepares you for leadership roles in the early childhood sector.
You will learn to design play-based learning experiences, establish health and safety protocols, develop family partnerships, and address ethical and legal responsibilities, through practical placements in regulated childcare settings. Graduates are qualified to design curricula aligned with approved learning frameworks and to maintain service compliance in leadership positions.
Face to Face Learning in the Melbourne CBD
International students learn directly from experienced trainers at our campus, with hands-on, interactive classroom sessions.
The campus is Level 5, 398 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC 3000, in the middle of the city and on every transport line that matters.
Intakes for international students run to set dates rather than rolling enrolment, so contact us for the next one rather than working from a published calendar.
Face to Face Learning
Learn directly from experienced trainers in our Melbourne campus with hands-on, interactive classroom sessions.
Comprehensive Curriculum
12 core units and 3 electives covering curriculum design, compliance, family partnerships, and leadership in early childhood.
280 Hours Placement
Mandatory work-based training in a regulated children's education and care service in Australia.
Where This Qualification Takes You
To enrol in the Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care at The Performance College, students must meet the following entry requirements:
Academic Requirement
Must hold a CHC30121 Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care or CHC30113 Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care. Recognition of Prior Learning is available for experienced learners.
English Language Requirements
Minimum IELTS score of 6.0 or equivalent. For equivalency of various English Language proficiency testing, and other forms of equivalency please refer to the Student Handbook. OR a minimum of two (2) years of study at an AQF Level 4 or higher completed in Australia.
Pre-Training Review
All learners will undertake an initial skills assessment to determine suitability for the course and student needs. The review aims to identify their training needs through questions on previous education or training, the relevance of the course and relevant experience. Determination of course suitability and additional support (if any) will be made by a qualified assessor.
Language Literacy and Numeracy
All students will be required to complete an LLN assessment prior to the onset of the course. The Performance College uses the LLN Robot platform for the assessment. All reports and training supplements are generated by the LLN Robot system after comparing the learner’s ACSF spiky profile to the profile of this course.
Work Based Training
A mandatory 280 hours of work-based training in a regulated children’s education and care service in Australia is required as detailed in the Assessment Requirements of units of competency. The total number of hours is applied collectively across all units of competency that include the requirement for workplace hours.
Pre-Commencement Checks
Police Clearance Certificate (not more than 12 months old), valid Working with Children clearance, and relevant immunisation checks if required by the placement provider.
Hardware / Software Requirements
For students to work on assessments, tasks and self-study all learners are expected to have access to a laptop or computer with Windows operating system and office application like Microsoft Word at their own cost. Where needed, The Performance College will provide access to computers or laptops, through an MoU setup with an external IT company.
Age Requirement
Students must be a minimum age of 18 years or above at the time of course commencement.
Core Units (15)
About The Performance College
We are a registered training organisation, RTO 46069, and a CRICOS registered provider, CRICOS 04180C. That means we operate under ASQA and the Standards for RTOs, and under the ESOS Act and the National Code for international students. The diploma is nationally recognised under the Australian Qualifications Framework.
Rekha Sehrawat founded the college in 2023, after years as a trainer and assessor watching capable students struggle for want of support rather than ability. The college was built around the challenges international students face in particular: a new country, a new system, and a support network that has to be constructed from nothing.
Since then, 100+ domestic students have graduated, out of more than 1,200 trained across all cohorts. We record 90% satisfaction in our student experience survey and hold 5 stars from 63 Google reviews.
On Permanent Residency
People ask whether this diploma leads to permanent residency, and it is the question we are least able to answer.
We are a registered training organisation, not a migration agent. Qualifications and visa outcomes are separate systems: holding a diploma does not confer a migration outcome, occupation lists and visa criteria change, and your circumstances matter more than the course does. Anyone who tells you a particular course guarantees residency is either guessing or selling.
What we can tell you plainly is what this course is: a nationally recognised CHC50125, delivered under CRICOS 04180C, that qualifies you to work in early childhood leadership roles in Australia. What that is worth for any migration pathway is a question for a registered migration agent, and it is worth asking one before you enrol anywhere, not after.
This Page Is the International, On-Campus Version
We deliver more than one version of this qualification and they are genuinely different courses.
This page is CHC50125 for international students: 52 weeks, on campus, under CRICOS. Domestic students study the same qualification online with live Zoom classes over 6 to 9 months, which is covered on the online Diploma page.
Practical Placement
A mandatory 280 hours of work-based training in a regulated children’s education and care service in Australia is required, as detailed in the assessment requirements of the units of competency. The total is applied collectively across all units that include a workplace-hours requirement.
Before placement you will need a police clearance certificate no more than 12 months old, a valid Working with Children clearance, and relevant immunisation checks if required by the placement provider.
We arrange the placement and have partner sites across Victoria.
Entry Requirements
It is expected that you hold a Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care. Where you have additional experience, you can apply for Recognition of Prior Learning and be granted credit in units where you can demonstrate competence across all aspects.
You must be 18 or over at the time the course commences. Academic entry is satisfactory completion of Year 12 or an equivalent qualification from your home country, or a Certificate IV level course completed at an Australian RTO.
English language entry is a minimum IELTS band score of 6 or equivalent, with results no more than two years old. Alternative evidence includes five or more years of education in an English-speaking country, completion of six months or more of a Certificate IV at an Australian RTO, or a successful English placement test. PTE and TOEFL are accepted where equivalent to IELTS 6.
All students complete a language, literacy and numeracy assessment before the course begins, through the LLN Robot platform, and a pre-training review to confirm the course suits you.
Where This Qualification Takes You
- Centre director
- Educational leader
- Early childhood educator
- Family day care educator
- Outside school hours care educator
Fees
International student fees are quoted on enquiry rather than published, because they depend on the course and the intake. Email info@tpc.edu.au and we will send you current figures.
We offer a flexible payment plan, monthly or quarterly, with no extra fees and no interest. The fee is simply divided into instalments.
Course pages by location
- Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care Bendigo
- Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care Dandenong
- Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care Frankston
- Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care Geelong
- Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care Hoppers Crossing
- Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care Pakenham
- Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care Werribee
- About The Performance College
Talk to Admissions
The two things worth establishing before you apply are whether your existing qualification meets the entry requirement, and when the next intake starts. Both take one email.
Email info@tpc.edu.au or call 03 9008 4043. We answer enquiries within 24 hours, Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm.
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