Certificate III Level Education and Care Qualifications

PLEASE NOTE: these lists are subject to change.

Approved certificate III level education and care qualifications PDF I CSV

Former approved certificate III level education and care qualifications PDF I CSV

CSV versions have been made available. We suggest that you right click on the link and open it with Excel to format and save the data as required.

Under the Education and Care Services National Regulations ACECQA must publish lists of approved qualifications, including lists of approved certificate III level education and care qualifications.

The lists of approved certificate III level education and care qualifications replace the current state and territory lists of qualifications from 1 January 2012.

The list of approved certificate III level education and care qualifications is relevant to educators in centre-based and family day care services.

The list of former approved certificate III level education and care qualifications is relevant to educators in centre-based and family day care services, who obtained that qualification on or before 31 December 2011.

Please note, educators in Queensland should also refer to the list of qualifications for Queensland only.

Most qualification requirements are set out in part 4.4 of the National Regulations. Please be aware that many states and territories have saving and transitional provisions which affect qualification requirements – those provisions are included in chapter 7 of the National Regulations. If you have enquiries about state or territory specific saving and transitional provisions, please contact your regulatory authority.

Below is a summary of the certificate III level education and care qualification requirements for educators in centre-based services and family day care services.

For centre-based services

For family day care services

* See Regulation 336.