You may like to contact people in the community that relate to any of these organisations or topics. They may come to your service and talk to the children about what they do and why they are so important in the community.

They may be of benefit to you in progressing through your study and all information is useful, whether you agree or not is your decision, but remember, it is important to keep an open mind about experiences while working with children and families.

Fire Safety

( http://childcare.about.com/od/childsafet1/tp/firesafetytips.htm )
Top tips for child care providers and professionals to remaining safe in a fire. Your service will participate in regular (monthly) fire drills/fire evacuation procedure. The fire evacuation plan should be displayed in view of everyone, preferably near a door. It is important that all staff know this drill, even casual staff. Children need to be aware of the drill, even if they are not able to fully understand why they are doing it, the routine of doing the drill will make for a much smoother transition if you ever have a real fire

The Cancer Council Australia

( http://www.cancer.org.au/home.htm )
For information on cancer, what you can do to prevent it and lead a better lifestyle.
Information packs on how you can help to raise funds to continue research.

Sun Smart

( http://www.sunsmart.com.au/browse.asp?ContainerID=1551 )
Information on being smart in the sun,with ideas on how to inform children and adults using handouts.
Slip, Slop, Slap, Seek and Slide, do the 5. You can also make some fantastic displays so the kids remember that it’s important.

Providing appropriate sun protection is required not only as a duty of care to the children but as Occupational, Health and Safety (OH&S).

Occupational Health & Safety

( http://www.ascc.gov.au/ )
Information on occupational health and safety, known as OH&S. Information on government regulations and legislations, that your workplace must comply with. Check it out, get to know what you can do to help improve the standard of OH&S in your work place. If you want to understand why they have OH&S you can also access this information through the link.

National Childcare Accreditation Council – NCAC

( https://www.ncac.gov.au/index.htm )
Referring to The 7 Quality Areas of child care (for long day care providers), through the NCAC (National Childcare Accreditation Council), will help to understand what part of your studies are aiming you to achieve when you have finished your certificate III.

The NCAC are the people who check that child care providers are offering quality care in accordance with the 7 quality areas, the 7 quality areas are broken up into 33 principles.There are 6 quality areas for family day care schemes, 8 quality areas for outside school hours care and as stated above, 7 quality areas for long day care providers.

First Aid Certificate

First Aid Certificates are available through many organisations within australia, when working in child care the most obvious certificate in first aid training would be caring for children.