The enforcement landscape has changed. ECEC services are now operating under a daily WHS compliance model, and infection‑control cleaning is legally classified as a high‑risk biological hazard.

This course gives leaders the clarity they’ve been asking for grounded in legislation, aligned with regulators, and built for real‑world operations in 2026

Who This Course Is For

This training is designed specifically for:

• Directors

• Approved Providers

• Nominated Supervisors

• Compliance & Governance Leads

If you need clear, defensible guidance on WHS obligations, this course is for you.

What You Will Learn

This 1‑hour session covers the exact WHS requirements for infection‑control cleaning and biological hazard management in ECEC, including:

• Why biological hazards are now legally classified as high‑risk

• The WHS definition of competent and how to verify it

• Why time is a mandatory WHS resource under Section 19

• The WHS risk‑assessment tool used to calculate daily cleaning hours

• Why night cleaning and educator cleaning fail WHS requirements

• The only legally defensible cleaning model for ECEC

• Daily compliance checks Directors must be able to demonstrate

• How to align your service with the Biohazard Code (2026), NHMRC, ISO 31000 and WHS Act/Regulations

This is not a hygiene course. This is a WHS compliance course.

Why This Training Matters

ECEC leaders are now expected to demonstrate:

• Verified competency

• Safe systems of work

• Adequate time allocation

• Daily hazard management

• Evidence‑based decision‑making

• Compliance with biological hazard controls

This course gives you the exact legislative sections, definitions and risk‑assessment methodology regulators use so you can make decisions that are defensible and protect your service.

Built From Lived Experience Not Top‑Down Policy

This training is part of a broader sector reform initiative.

NCCS / CCS the system‑level solution introduced in this course was built from the bottom up, shaped by eight years of lived experience working as an ECEC cleaner.

It reflects real operational gaps, real daily pressures, and real safety risks that top‑down policy has never addressed.

NCCS / CCS gives the sector something it has never had: the opportunity to shape its own future, instead of absorbing mandates created by people who have never worked on the ground.

About ECEC Workforce Solutions

We are currently the only organisation providing:

• Industry‑specific certified Infection Control & Biohazard training

• Training open to both educators and cleaners

• Custom Safe Systems of Work (SSOWs)

• Compliance tools built for daily operational use

• Verified competency pathways

• NCCS / CCS the first long‑term, bottom‑up operational model designed to stabilise the sector

Our work is built on evidence, WHS law, and lived experience not assumptions.

Course Outcomes

By the end of this training, you will be able to:

• Identify biological hazards and apply WHS controls

• Verify competency and safe systems of work

• Calculate legally required cleaning hours

• Demonstrate daily compliance

• Make defensible decisions under WHS law

• Understand the operational impact of NCCS / CCS

• Protect your service, your workforce and your children