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Online Childcare courses

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  • 03-05-2011 11:13am
    #1
    MonkeyTail
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15 ✭


    Hi, just wondering if anyone can recommend any online child care courses? I’ve been looking into http://childcaretrainingcourses.ie/ and they seem good. Has anyone completed a course with these guys?


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    Knit wit
    Registered Users Posts: 285 ✭✭Knit wit


    http://www.ncna.ie/ - cost 125 per module I think.

    The government are promoting this for people working in the sector to upskill.


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    evaem
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭evaem


    Hi MonkeyTail - did you find any courses?

    I have FETAC Level 6 childcare qualification and was looking to do a Level 7 and even a Level 8. I have looked at a distance learning course at NUI Galway but their course is almost €3,000 a year for 4 years (that's quite alot of money, what you could do with over €12k! :) )

    Could anyone recommend any Universities in Northern Ireland or the UK where I could do the same distance learning course and prehaps the cost would be much cheaper? I have searched but it's difficult to find them!

    Or could anyone point me in the right direction?

    Thanks :)


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    #4
    louken
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭louken


    Hey,

    I have been researching on line / distance learning courses for fetac level 5 as i have to work but really want to start into a career in childcare. I currently only work afternoons so hope to get a voluntary position in a local crèche but i have been dis hearted as a local establishment has said they usually only hire people with full time / part time class room based certificates i dont know what to do!! do you think if i can do work experience and the distance learning ( fyi was looking into either CMIT or NCNA which is better???) ill be ok.... any help would be greatly appriciated!!


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    Woodwinked
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭Woodwinked


    Hi there,

    I have also been researching online childcare courses. I work full time in a kindergarten in Dubai and I'm hoping to do a FETAC Level 6 course online to qualify me to work in Ireland when I come home. I was most interested in the courses run by CMIT and Chevron but haven't been able to find much feedback from anyone who has done/is doing the course in either to decide which one would be better?! :confused:

    http://www.cmit.ie/courses-psychology-health-distance-learning/fetac-supervision-in-childcare-certificate-level6.html


    http://www.chevrontraining.ie/childcare-management-fetac-level6-courses/


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