| MCST-14 |
When can we see the full scope and content of this child safety training? And how will it be different to the annual child protection training? |
| MCST-15 |
How long will the training be per day? Will it be more than one hour long? |
| MCST-16 |
Given the training can be two hours long, if services only close one hour early, the service will be required to pay for overtime. Who will pay for that? |
| MCST-17 |
Will the publicly mentioned 5 days be the same 5 days for all services across the nation? Or will it be staggered? And what about different timezones? |
| MCST-18 |
With $40 million annually of existing Child Care Subsidy expenditure to pay for closures to complete this mandatory safety training for 200,000 people, is it enough? (eg $40m ÷ 5 days ÷ 200,000 people = $40 per person) |
| MCST-19 |
Beyond staff, volunteers and students, who else must attend these trainings? |
| MCST-20 |
How will the Federal Government want services to accommodate parents who collect their children late (ie after 5 pm)? |
| MCST-21 |
How will the Federal Government expect services to document evidence of training attendance? |
| MCST-22 |
How will the Federal Government monitor and measure the effectiveness of the training? |
| MCST-23 |
If staff members were on leave or not rostered on that day (including on sick leave), how will that staff be given the training? |
| MCST-24 |
Will the training be recorded (to maximise learning after the days/times of training)? |
| MCST-25 |
Will these new child safety trainings be embedded into future Certificate III, Diploma and degree qualification training? |
| MCST-26 |
If services apply the training, will the NSW Regulatory Authority (to be called the NSW Early Learning Commission) use the broad National Law's section 167 to enforce higher expectations that the training did not articulate? |
| MCST-27 |
When doing the training, can services’ personnel use their own personal devices or must they use service-issued devices? |
| MCST-28 |
For community preschools who do not receive Child Care Subsidies (CCS), how will this training be done and funded? |
| MCST-29 |
For parents who ask for a discount or refund given the service is closing early, what government published information for parents can services rely on to give to parents? |
| MCST-30 |
How do you register for these new child safety training beginning 1 February 2026 |
| MCST-31 |
Must my service shutdown for one hour to facilitate this mandatory child safety training? |
| MCST-32 |
Will there be records for completing the child safety training? |
| MCST-33 |
How will services by notified of upcoming training dates? When must educators/teachers/APs/services complete the training by? |
| MCST-34 |
Is the training different to CHCPRT025? |
| MCST-35 |
Is there funding provided for overtime for educators completing the training? |
| MCST-36 |
How will casual employees and those not rostered be accounted to complete these new mandatory child safety training? |
| MCST-37 |
Is this a once-done kind of training? Will there be refreshers or updates? |
| MCST-38 |
How will this training be recognised? |
| MCST-39 |
If the service does close early to conduct the new child safety training, will CCS be charged to the parents? |
| MCST-40 |
What about services that operate for shorter hours? Will services need to pay for overtime for their personnel to complete their training? |
| MCST-41 |
Does the service pick the day(s) when the training is to be conducted? |
| MCST-42 |
What about staff who are on-leave when the new child safety training is expected to be completed? |
| MCST-43 |
For new staff or staff that are returning to work, how will they complete the new child safety training that they have missed? |
