New Zealand Certificate in Early Childhood Education and Care (Level 3)

This certificate helps students to develop a strong foundational grounding in the essential knowledge involved in the education and care of infants, toddlers, and young children.

Throughout the 20 weeks, students complete a minimum of 60 hours of placement time in an early childhood centre, providing a real hands-on experience that will prepare them for a career in early childhood education.

This certificate is perfectly suited to school leavers or students looking to complete their NCEA levels while gaining skills towards a career qualification. Vision College offers small class sizes, and supportive staff, which creates a personal and productive learning environment.

Theory is delivered with a variety of teaching supports, such as textbooks, handouts, slide shows, computer-based video training, Canvas Learning Management System and direct lecture. The unit standards are delivered in an order designed to establish foundational knowledge.

Vision College Limited is a charitable company born out of a desire to invest into the future of New Zealand and the world by growing people. Since 1984, thousands of people have benefitted from the dedication of our staff and their support for learners of all ages and backgrounds. Our staff enjoy the challenge and satisfaction of this mission, seeing changed lives and people growing toward their full potential.

We offer a variety of programmes across multiple campuses. You can study from Level 1 Certificates through to Level 7 Degrees.

Vision College has 7 Schools incorporating the following areas of study:

Intensive Literacy and Numeracy (Quickstart)

ESOL

Workplace Literacy and Numeracy

All of our programmes are NZQA approved and, where applicable, eligible for students to apply for loans and allowances.