As many centre owners and operators will be aware, there’s a new compliance requirement landing this month — and it applies to every early childhood education and care service.
From 27 February 2026, mandatory child safety training becomes a requirement under the National Law and Regulations for everyone in your service — from your approved provider and nominated supervisors right through to educators, support staff, volunteers, and students.
At KKTC Education, we’ve been closely involved in consultation throughout this process.
We know what’s changing, what authorised officers will be looking for, and the practical steps services need to take now to be ready.
Who needs to complete this training?
This requirement isn’t limited to qualified educators; it applies broadly across your service:
- Approved providers and anyone with management or control
- Nominated supervisors
- Persons in day-to-day charge
- All educators (qualified and unqualified, including those studying)
- Support staff, volunteers, and students on placement
Kirsty Crozzoli, KKTC Education’s General Manager Training Delivery has been involved with Government consultation in recent weeks and will be presenting.
Highlighting the breadth of training required in the very near future Kirsty states, “If they’re directly or indirectly involved in the care and education of children, they need to complete this training,” Kirsty says. “It’s the approved provider’s responsibility to ensure everyone has completed it.”
What happens if you don’t comply?
This is not a “nice to have” – it’s a compliance requirement.
“Authorised officers will be checking compliance during assessment and rating visits,” Kirsty explains. “Without the training certificate, staff won’t be able to work in the centre. It’s a legal requirement.”
In other words:
No training certificate = no compliance = regulatory risk during your next assessment visit.
Join KKTC Education’s FREE webinar to help you get ready!
Whenever new regulations come in, services are faced with the following challenges:
- What does the rollout look like in practice?
- How do we schedule training for the whole team without disrupting the service?
- What systems do we need to prove compliance when an authorised officer arrives?
So to help with these challenges, KKTC with support from 1PlaceChildcare will be hosting a free, practical webinar to give you a clear plan — covering the people involved, the process to follow, and the evidence you’ll need on file.
Webinar details:
The Countdown to Mandatory Child Safety Training: People, Process, Proof
Wednesday, 25 February 2026 at 12pm AEST (QLD time)
What you’ll learn in 30 minutes
- What’s changing: who’s impacted and what your service needs to prepare for
- Rapid readiness checklist: practical steps to meet the timeline including setting up your GECKO account and scheduling training time
- Evidence made easy: a simple approach to training delivery, tracking completion, and keeping proof on file for assessment and rating visits (delivered by 1PlaceChildcare)
- Live Q&A: bring your questions and get clear answers from the KKTC team
“We want to make it easy for you,” says Kirsty. “Come to the webinar. We’ll give you clarity and a plan to move this forward.”
Register now
Spots are limited and with the 27 February deadline approaching fast, we strongly recommend you don’t leave this to the last minute.
