People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe the basic care needs of young mokopuna/children and associated impacts; describe environmental influences and health and safety practices that impact on the provision of care, and describe and demonstrate care practices for infants, toddlers and young mokopuna/children.
This unit standard has been developed primarily for assessment within programmes leading to the New Zealand Certificate in Early Learning and Care (Level 2) [Ref: 4338], and as an option for the New Zealand Certificate in Early Childhood Education and Care (Introductory Skills) (Level 3) [Ref: 2849].
This unit standard is an introduction to early learning and life skills. It is designed for people who care for young children in parenting roles, or as support for carers of infants, toddlers and/or young children in a supervised environment.
