Council places trainee childcare assistants
Two trainee childcare assistants have benefited from a Gosford Council program as part of their one-year placement at Umina Day Care Centre.
Ms Emma Boyd and Ms Kaitlin Nucifora are two of eight trainee child care assistants working at Gosford Council day care centres.
Council recently supported a resolution to establish these positions to maintain the learning and development of individuals within the community.
Mayor Cr Chris Holstein said the eight trainees who have started with council will be studying through the flexible delivery mode with the TAFE Central Coast Campus.
"Our trainee childcare assistants will be studying the Certificate III in Children's Services, while gaining hands-on skills at childcare centres around the Gosford Local Government Area," Cr Holstein said.
"A combination of practical experience and formal training in a relevant course will add to the personal and professional development of these staff and the greater community."
Cr Holstein said the new trainee childcare assistants would attend TAFE on the Central Coast and would have a TAFE teacher visit their childcare centre once a fortnight.
Press release, 4 Feb 2009
Gosford Council