What you'll learn

This free Pennsylvania training, two parts of 3 hours each, teaches new child care staff and operators the health and safety rules for their setting and helps you set routines that prevent and manage injury and illness.

• Preventing and managing injury and illness
• Complying with health and safety regulations
• Reasons behind health and safety policies

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Is this right for you?

Level

Beginner People new to this. You can start today with no experience.

What you get

A certificate from a name employers know, ready to add to LinkedIn and your résumé the day you finish. It costs nothing to take.

How you learn

Online, self paced, about 6 hrs.

How to use it

Add it to LinkedIn under Licenses and certifications, post it with one thing you learned, and name the exact skills on your résumé. Then bring it up in interviews and show how you use AI to get more done.

Why it's worth it

Required to work in this field where it applies, and the first thing employers check. Get it and every door in the field opens.

Time

6 hours (Part 1: 3 hours; Part 2: 3 hours)

Before you start

Better Kid Care On Demand account; Pennsylvania KEY PD Registry ID in profile for registry reporting. Free access stated for Pennsylvania learners only.

How you are tested

Online, self paced (English and Spanish)

Renewal

One time pre service requirement; counts once toward the 12 annual clock hours

Full cost details

No charge for learners in Pennsylvania; price for others Not published

Where it applies

Pennsylvania only. Applies to staff and new owner operators of Pennsylvania certified child care centers, group child care homes and family child care homes. Other states have their own CCDBG pre service courses.

Jobs asking for this

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Sources and what we verified

Better Kid Care required health and safety page: course names, 3 hours each, no charge for Pennsylvania learners ↗Pennsylvania Key announcement C 24 to 03 (OCDEL): who must complete, timing, effective Jan 1, 2025 ↗Better Kid Care Pennsylvania approval: Certificate of Completion reported to PA KEY PD Registry ↗

What we verified: Example of a state child care health and safety pre service requirement (named state: Pennsylvania). Requirement and timing from OCDEL announcement C 24 to 03. Free only for Pennsylvania learners, so freeStatus varies and freeAward false per brief.

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