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Work setting

• Child care centre
• Rural area
• Day care centre or nursery school

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Assist co-workers in housekeeping and cooking duties
• Maintain daycare equipment
• Assist early childhood educators in carrying out programs that promote the physical, cognitive, emotional and social development of children
• Assist early childhood educators or supervisors in keeping records
• Engage children in activities by telling stories, teaching songs and preparing crafts
• Guide and assist children in the development of proper eating, dressing and toilet habits
• Prepare snacks and arrange rooms or furniture for lunch and rest periods
• Submit written observations on children to early childhood educators or supervisors
• Attend staff meetings to discuss progress and problems of children

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Child development assistant (ECE level 1)