Course Summary
Course Category: PLC (Further Education - FET) - Apply directly to College
This one year course is aimed to extend students knowledge in theoretical approaches and provides them with the skills needed to work as a room leader/supervisor in a childcare setting.
Course Details
This course prepares you for working in the following Career Sectors:
What will you study?
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Child Development
Childhood Social, Legal & Health Issues
Early Childhood Curriculum
Early Learning Philosophy
Early Childhood Arts and Culture
Special Needs Assisting
Communications
Work Experience
Additional Qualifications:
First Aid Responder
People Handling
Infection Control
Important
- Colleges may add/remove modules to keep the course updated and to meet demands.
- Almost all PLC courses have a Work Experience module, which requires students to find their own placement in an area directly related to their course.
Progression to CAO Courses
Higher Education Links Scheme (HELS)
This course results in a QQI Major Award, and provides progression opportunities to a number of Higher Education courses, including those in the CAO.
To view CAO courses to which this award provides a direct progression route, click below:
QQI Code
To calculate Points based on your QQI award results, use the PLC Points Calculator.
The Student - Career Interests
This course is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests:
Social
The Social person's interests focus on interacting with the people in their environment. In all cases, the Social person enjoys the personal contact with other people in preference to the impersonal dealings with things, data and ideas found in other groups.
Many will seek out positions where there is direct contact with the public in some advisory role, whether a receptionist or a counsellor. Social people are motivated by an interest in different types of people and like diversity in their work environments. Many are drawn towards careers in the caring professions and social welfare area, whilst others prefer teaching and other 'informing' roles.
Further Research
National Statistics for this Award (All Ireland)
The following data provides general information about this Award from colleges across Ireland.
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Career Progression
Graduates may opt to go directly into the world of work or decide to progress to a Third Level Degree programme in Early Childhood Care and Education in:
- DCU
- TU Dublin
- DKIT
- Maynooth
- ITB
- Marino
- UCC Advanced entry into year two is an option for those with sufficiently high grades at Level 6.