Rules and Regulations for Building new ECEC services 2024

January 12th, 2024 Uncategorised

ACA NSW Quickies (training) are less than 2 hours long and held throughout the year via live webinars, in-person and video-on-demand formats.


Quickies are primarily for Approved Providers, owners/directors and Nominated Supervisors with sector-specific information, advice, tips and even “tricks”.


The topics to be covered in the ​Rules & Regulations for Building new ECEC Centres are:


  • How is the NSW SEPP (Transport & Infrastructure) 2021 applied?
  • When are the local councils’ rules about development applications (DAs) relevant to existing/new ECEC services?
  • Are there other potential/emerging regulatory requirements (including for child protection, fire protection and emergency evacuation)?
  • What future-proofing and value-add features should be considered?
  • How to leverage NSW Government’s $5b fund to create new ECEC services?


This Quickie will help you understand the planning, building, local government and other regulatory requirements in anticipation of building your new early childhood education and care centre to help ensure its educational, operational and financial success.


Alignment with National Quality Standards:


  • 1.2 – (Educational) Practice
  • 2.1 – Children’s Health
  • 2.2 – Children’s Safety
  • 3.1 – Physical Environment – Design
  • 3.2 – Physical Environment – Use
  • 6.1 – Supportive Relationships with Families
  • 6.2 – Collaborative Partnerships
  • 7.2 – Leadership

The 2024 sessions are as follows:

  • Thursday, 11 April 2024, from 6.30pm - 8.30pm via live webinar (Register HERE)
  • Thursday, 22 August 2024, from 6.30pm - 8.30pm via live webinar (Register HERE)


If any of the above live presentations are inconvenient, ACA NSW recommends registering for the video-on-demand version via https://nsw.childcarealliance.org.au/events/aca-nsw-webinars-on-demand. ACA NSW members are to contact ACA NSW via 1300 556 330 or nsw@childcarealliance.org.au in order to receive the discount code before accessing the Members’ price.


    Ticket Prices (not including EventBrite fees):

    • ACA NSW Members: $110 inc GST per person
    • Non-Members: $180 inc GST per person 

    PLEASE NOTE: All paid participants will electronically receive a copy of the presentation’s slides. And those who attend the live webinars will receive a recorded video of the presentation for reference for up to three months.


      Your Presenters:

      Farah Georges is the Principal of Design Cubicle. He started his career as a draftsman in some of the most prestigious firms in Sydney before opening his office (Design Effects) and followed by Skyton Developments. He established Design Cubicle in 2006. He is a member of the Building Designers Association (#6006) and is registered with NSW Fair Trading as a Design Practitioner (DEP00002168).

      Chiang Lim is the CEO of the Australian Childcare Alliance NSW. He brings over 20 years of professional industry advocacy, organisational and business administrator, political agitator, entrepreneur and solutions seeking. His experiences include not-for-profit industry associations, information technology, telecommunications, defence, national and international standards development, human rights, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), local governments, and early childhood education and care.

      Other Benefits:

      • Live and interactive for all participants (face-to-face and on-line)
      • Handouts distributed before the start of the presentation
      • Certificate of Participation sent post-session (with references to relevant Quality Areas)
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