Course Summary
Course Category: Direct Entry (Higher Education - HET)
Are you interested in beginning your career in Early Childhood Care and Education? Portobello Institute’s QQI Level 5 Major Award in Early Years Care and Education is an international qualification that will allow you to begin working in an early years setting. During this eight-month course, the content of the course focuses on caring for the needs of young children preparing you to work in a wide variety of settings.
Course Details
This course prepares you for working in the following Career Sectors:
What will you study?
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Child Development
Early Childhood Care and Education Practices
Early Childhood Education and Play
Child Health and Well-being
Creative Arts for Early childhood
Equality and Diversity in childhood
Communications
Work Experience
Important
- Colleges may add/remove modules to keep the course updated and to meet demands.
Progression to CAO Courses
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.
Creative
Creative people are drawn to careers and activities that enable them to take responsibility for the design, layout or sensory impact of something (visual, auditory etc). They may be atrracted to the traditional artistic pursuits such as painting, sculpture, singing, or music. Or they may show more interest in design activities, such as architecture, animation, or craft areas, such as pottery and ceramics.
Creative people use their personal understanding of people and the world they live in to guide their work. Creative people like to work in unstructured workplaces, enjoy taking risks and prefer a minimum of routine.
