33-01 · Training Requirements

Counselor observed a child care personnel with an industry date of Mar 10, 2022, who had not completed the 40-hour Introductory Child Care Training requirement. The facility has been given until 9/25/2023 to come back into compliance by providing documentation of training completion. Technical Assistance from Child Care Facility Handbook: Mandated Introductory Training Child care personnel must successfully complete 40 hours of child care training as evidenced by successful completion of competency examinations offered by the Department or its designated representative with a weighted score of 70 or better. Child care personnel including volunteers who work 10 hours or more per month must begin training within 90 days of employment in the child care industry and successfully complete Departments training within 12 months from the date training begins. Training taken prior to employment in the child care industry does not constitute begin training. The begin training timeframes begin at the time of employment in the child care industry. Training completion may not exceed 15 months from the date of employment in the child care industry in any licensed Florida child care facility. This may be accomplished by classroom attendance in a Department-approved training course, acquiring an educational exemption from a Department-approved training course, beginning a Department-approved online child care training course, or by receiving results from a Department-approved competency examination. The child care program is responsible forobtaining training documentation from child care personnel

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