Guardian Childcare & Education Taringa TARINGA

Conditions of approval

This service is approved to provide education and care to children aged from birth up to and including over preschool age. This service is not approved to provide education and care to school children. The Approved Provider must not educate and care for more than 30 non-ambulant infants at any one time. Staff who are responsible for evacuating non-ambulant infants are not to be responsible for evacuating any other children, other than children who are 3-5 years old. Staff who are responsible for evacuating children aged 2-3 years are not to be responsible for evacuating any other children. As part of the requirement to conduct three (3) monthly emergency and evacuation procedures rehearsals in accordance with Regulation 97(3) of the Education and Care Services National Regulations, the Approved Provider must, from the date of the initial service approval, engage an appropriate expert such as a person/entity holding a QBCC licence in emergency procedures, a fire safety advisor or fire safety engineer to observe and report on one rehearsal (including any proposed actions to improve evacuation procedures) within the first three months of the services operation, and then at least annually thereafter. A copy of the initial (within three (3) months) and the annual evacuation outcome report including any recommendations for actioning is to be supplied to the Regional Office of the Regulatory Authority in which the service is located within seven (7) days upon receipt of the report by the Approved Provider. The Approved Provider must ensure that no outdoor play equipment or natural vegetation is placed within one metre of the perimeter fencing within any children's outdoor play space. The Approved Provider must ensure that the mirrors installed both indoors and outdoors and closed circuit camera and monitors at the service are constantly maintained and operational to ensure the facilitation of adequate supervision of children at all times they are being educated and cared for at the service, having regard to the need to maintain the rights and dignity of the children as required under regulation 115 of the Education and Care Services National Regulations. The Approved Provider must ensure that the building owner removes the combustible cladding up to a height of three metres from ground level on the outside of the building by the end of February 2021 and written evidence of the completion of this work is provided to the Regional Office of the Regulatory Authority in which the service is located by Friday 12 March 2021.

Number of approved places - 121