Get your centre compliant. Certify your infection prevention team. Protect your licence.
ECEC Workforce Solutions delivers NCCS certification, compliance tools, and consulting — built specifically for childcare centres and cleaning companies operating in early childhood education.
NCCS Certified
Australia's first standard
Audit-Ready
Documentation systems
WHS Compliant
Legal protection
The Compliance Challenge
Childcare centres must now interpret and implement overlapping regulatory obligations across the National Quality Framework (NQF) and Work Health and Safety (WHS) legislation simultaneously — and demonstrate compliance with both.
Financial Penalties
Fines and penalties across ECEC, WHS, and worker registration obligations have now tripled.
- Up to $34,200 for failure to comply with National Early Childhood Worker Register requirements
- WHS breaches carry penalties up to $50,000 for individuals
- Potential loss of service approval, suspension of CCS, and cancellation of operating licences
Personal Liability
Under WHS legislation, Directors, Approved Providers, and Nominated Supervisors are classified as Officers of a PCBU. This means they carry personal, non-delegable due diligence obligations.
- Due diligence duty (WHS Act s.27): Officers must take reasonable steps to acquire knowledge of WHS matters
- Criminal prosecution: Personal fines exceeding $600,000 and up to 5 years imprisonment
- Cannot be delegated: Personal liability cannot be transferred, outsourced, or insured away
The question regulators will ask is: "What systems did you have in place, and can you prove they were functioning?"
If you can't answer that with documented evidence, you have a personal liability gap.
What's Your Compliance Exposure?
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Complete Compliance Solutions
End-to-end compliance services that directly address your obligations under both the NQF and WHS legislation. Every service is designed to close compliance gaps, create defensible documentation, and protect Directors and Approved Providers from personal liability exposure.
NCCS Infection Prevention Specialist Certification
8-hour training program (or 4-hour RPL for experienced professionals). Individual certificate issued on completion. Creates a competent person under WHS legislation.
Enquire for pricingNCCS Supervisor Certification
8-hour training. Verification procedures, documentation review, escalation protocols. Establishes the governance separation required for defensible compliance.
Enquire for pricingNCCS Director Governance Briefing
4-hour session covering your PCBU and Officer due diligence obligations, the Accountability Loop, and how to use NCCS certification as Assessment & Rating evidence.
Enquire for pricingEducator Awareness Training
1-hour group session. Role clarity, escalation procedures, and the boundary between hygiene resets and scheduled infection prevention work.
Enquire for pricingSite Assessment
On-site walk-through, risk zone classification, and infection prevention hours calculation using evidence-based time-modelling methodology.
Enquire for pricingCustom Infection Prevention Schedule
Built for your centre's layout, licensed capacity, room types, and operating hours.
Enquire for pricingCompliance Audit
Full audit against NCCS standards. Site inspection, documentation review, staff interviews, and governance verification. Re-certification issued on successful completion.
Enquire for pricingOnline Compliance System Setup
Real-time infection prevention tracker, digital logs, and compliance dashboard.
Enquire for pricingWHS-Compliant Documentation Systems
Complete documentation frameworks that make your centre audit-ready and WHS-compliant. Every document is structured to satisfy both NQF quality area requirements and WHS record-keeping obligations.
When a regulator, auditor, or WHS inspector asks to see evidence — you can produce it immediately.
Cleaning logs and verification records
Digital time-stamping for complete audit trails
Incident reporting and escalation
Documentation for rapid response and compliance
Chemical safety and SDS compliance
Complete safety data sheet records
Staff competency and training registers
Track certifications and qualifications
Governance separation evidence trails
Clear documentation of accountability structures
Quarterly compliance summaries
Director and Provider review documents
Safe Work Systems and Hierarchy of Control
All NCCS infection prevention procedures are built on the WHS hierarchy of control — the legally mandated framework for eliminating or minimising workplace risks. We develop centre-specific safe work systems that include:
Risk assessment and hazard identification
For all infection-control tasks — biological hazards, chemical hazards, manual handling, and environmental risks
Elimination and substitution controls
Removing hazardous products and replacing with safer alternatives where reasonably practicable
Engineering and administrative controls
Structured cleaning schedules, colour-coded equipment systems, designated chemical storage, and zoned protocols
PPE requirements
Correct selection, use, maintenance, and disposal procedures embedded in every cleaning schedule
Safe work method statements
For high-risk infection prevention tasks including outbreak response, biohazard clean-up, and nappy change area decontamination
Documented systems of work
Satisfy WHS Act s.19(3)(c) — replacing ad hoc, undocumented practices with repeatable, governed, and verifiable procedures
These are not generic templates. Every safe work system is tailored to your centre's specific layout, capacity, risk profile, and staffing model.
How It Works
Book a call or submit an enquiry
We discuss your centre's situation and compliance position.
We assess your current gaps
And recommend the right combination of services.
We deliver training, tools, and documentation
On-site or remotely — whatever works for your centre.
Your staff are certified, your systems are documented
And your centre holds an NCCS Certificate of Compliance you can present to regulators, auditors, and families.
Staffing Models — Choose Your Model
We train and certify your infection prevention workforce regardless of which model you choose.
Model A: External Operator
A commercial cleaning company provides NCCS-certified Infection Prevention Specialists. The cleaning company holds compliance; your centre retains governance oversight.
Model B: Internal Team
Your centre directly employs NCCS-certified Infection Prevention Specialists. Centre holds full compliance responsibility.
Model C: Hybrid
Internal NCCS Supervisor + External NCCS Infection Prevention Specialists. Shared compliance structure with clear accountability.
Why Us
Australia's first published, evidence-based infection prevention governance framework for ECEC
Supported by five DOI-registered research papers
Featured in The Sector — Australia's leading ECEC publication
Built by a practitioner with lived experience inside ECEC services
Frequently Asked Questions
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Get your centre certified and protected. Book a call to discuss your compliance needs or submit an enquiry for more information.