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EDUCATION AND CARE SERVICES NATIONAL REGULATIONS - REG 262 Required qualifications to be a qualified educator for children over preschool age

EDUCATION AND CARE SERVICES NATIONAL REGULATIONS - REG 262

Required qualifications to be a qualified educator for children over preschool age

262 Required qualifications to be a qualified educator for children over preschool age

(1) The first educator required to meet the qualified educator to child ratio for children over preschool age must--
(a) hold a qualification that is published under regulation 137(2) in the list of approved qualifications for the first qualified educator working with children over preschool age for the Australian Capital Territory; or
(b) comply with the following--
(i) be enrolled in a course for a qualification that is included in the list referred to in paragraph (a); and
(ii) be able to demonstrate that he or she is continuing to study for that qualification; and
(iii) be approved by the Regulatory Authority to work as a qualified educator for children over preschool age.
(2) All other educators required to meet the qualified educator to child ratio must--
(a) hold any qualification that is included in the list referred to in subregulation (1)(a); or
(b) hold a qualification that is published under regulation 137(2) in the list of approved qualifications for the second and subsequent qualified educators working with children over preschool age for the Australian Capital Territory.
(3) The Regulatory Authority may, on application, grant an approval for the purposes of subregulation (1).