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What's the new APEL qualification for working childcarers all about? The tasks successful candidates must do and the understanding they must demonstrate are set out here The Level 3 Certificate in work with children (Early Years or Playwork), which offers experienced childcare practitioners a fast-track route to a level 3 qualification, has attracted a lot of attention since its launch in September.

The Level 3 Certificate in work with children (Early Years or Playwork), which offers experienced childcare practitioners a fast-track route to a level 3 qualification, has attracted a lot of attention since its launch in September.

'We're absolutely inundated with calls from candidates,' says Beth Peaker, marketing manager at CACHE, which, along with City & Guilds, Edexcel Foundation and the National Open College Network, has been accredited as an awarding body for the qualification. So, what does the qualification involve?

Key facts

This level 3 certificate:

* provides a suitable Accreditation of Prior Experience and Learning (APEL) methodology for early years practitioners, childcare workers and playworkers in England

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