The Education Council has agreed to new requirements under the Education and Care Services National Regulations (National Regulations) for providers of education and care services that offer, or arrange, transportation of children as part of the education and care service.
The new requirements commenced on 1 October 2020 in all states and territories.
There is an information sheet explaining the new requirements for providers and their services at the bottom of this article.
Free Information Sessions for Child and Family Centres
- Child Restraint Fitting & Education
- Prevention of unintentional Injury in Young People
- Home Safety Checklists
Kidsafe Tasmania is offering free sessions to Child & Family Centers around Tasmania. We would love to organise a time to come and visit you this term. We can customise a session to suit your needs, including a child restraint check for parents & carers, a talk on unintentional injury prevention in young people and how has COVID change the way we do things.
With a report from the RHH Burns Unit that admission of young children has doubled during COVID with burns and other injuries such as increases in road traffic incidents, we are keen to help with information that may prevent these statistics from getting bigger.
Please contact to arrange a visit to you soon!
Safe Transportation of Children (Education & Care Services)
The Education Council has agreed to new requirements under the Education and Care Services National Regulations (National Regulations) for providers of education and care services that offer, or arrange, transportation of children as part of the education and care service.
The new requirements will commence on 1 October 2020 in all states and territories.
Click here for an information sheet explains the new requirements for providers and their services.
When risk assessing their child transport, Education and Care services must consider:
- The proposed route and duration of the transportation
- The proposed pick-up location and destination
- The means of transport
- Any requirements for seatbelts or safety restraints under a law of each jurisdiction in which the children are being transported
- Any water hazards
- The number of adults and children involved in the transportation
- Given the risks posed by transportation, the number of educators or other responsible adults that is appropriate to provide supervision and whether any adults with specialised skills are required
- Whether any items should be readily available during transportation (for example, a mobile phone and list of emergency contact numbers for the children being transported)
- The process for entering and exiting the education and care service premises and the pick-up location or destination (as required)
- Procedures for embarking and disembarking the means of transport, including how each child is to be accounted for on embarking and disembarking.
