Training courses for early learning and childcare staff

The early learning and childcare service organises a series of Career Long Professional Learning (CLPL) opportunities which may be accessed by people working within early learning and childcare services, including volunteers and committee members.

All training courses are advertised and booked through the ECS Learning Hub (opens new window).

Core training

These are the PKC essential courses which all childcare professionals should complete:

• What's new in Child Protection 
• More Child Protection training can be found on the ECS Learning Hub
• Infection Control

Forest Kindergarten training

Perth and Kinross Council in partnership with Perth College run a number of Forest Kindergarten training.

This qualification is run via learning materials which take a flipped classroom approach followed by an intense 3 (2) day outdoor experience.  

This qualification meets the needs of practitioners who would like to set up regular off-site visits to a local wood or nearby green space for children in their care. The National Work-based Award in Forest Kindergarten at SCQF level 7 recognises the value of woodlands as an integral part of the learning process for  children and covers the knowledge, understanding and skills needed to develop a forest kindergarten.

Course 1 weekday practical days

Course 2 weekend practical days

To book a place on either of the courses, please visit the ECS Learning Hub (opens new window).