Easy fee payment for your course

• You are invoiced with payment details for each new unit of study.
• Your course cost is paid over monthly payments for each unit fee, or before you start your next unit.
• Payment is to be made prior to starting each unit.
• Fee payments to First Door are generally made by our students through internet banking. Please contact us if you need to arrange another payment method.
  
  

Reduce your course fees with our Government funded Early Childhood courses

Find out if and how you qualify for Government funding here. 

First Door is a pre-qualified supplier for Government funding for Certificate lll or Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care courses. Through Government funding your fees can be reduced to $25 per unit, or if you are a Year 12 graduate within one year of finishing Year 12 you are eligible to study for free. 

Note: Further fee exemptions to $10 per unit apply if you have a Health Care Card, or are an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person. You are also able to apply for full fee exemption from Student Contribution fees if payment of these would cause you extreme financial hardship.

Your course investment

Non-refundable Enrolment Fee $175 
First Door invests in a thorough and personal enrolment process to understand each student’s individual learning needs and to establish the appropriate training plan for each student. This fee is charged to all enrolling students (except Government funded students) and is non-refundable to contribute towards the cost of getting you underway in your course and providing you with your course resources and text books.

Unit fees 
The investment for each unit of the course includes the cost of: First Door unit resources, a workshop, personal mentoring, study support and assessment. Upon successful completion of the course, students receive a certificate for their nationally accredited qualification and are invited to attend a graduation ceremony.

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) $165 per unit
Please be advised that a RPL unit requires thorough assessment processes, and requires a combination of: completion of a self-assessment, evidence collection and qualified workplace supervisor's observations based on the performance criteria for each unit.

Work Placement fee $95
For enrolling students that are not currently employed in Early Childhood, the work placement fee covers:
• contribution for WorkCover insurance
• work placement handbook, overview and work placement meeting/agreement to be completed
• the blue card student application under First Door

Issuing Replacement Certificates $20 per certificate
First Door will issue replacement certificates subject to receipt of a Statutory Declaration, stating previous enrolled name and address and current name and address and the reason for the replacement. The replacement certificate fee covers the cost of postage and handling.

Fee Protection and Refunds
All fees paid in advance are protected. We safeguard all student fees made in advance until the student’s successful conclusion of units to the value of the advanced payment. If First Door has to cancel the course a full refund will be given, including all administration fees.

If a student provides one week notice to cancel prior to the course starting date, they will receive a full refund less the non-refundable enrolment fee. Cancellations after the course has begun will be dealt with on a case by case basis to ensure that First Door has done everything within its ability to assist the student in completing the course.

Policies

Download our Policies Booklet - last reviewed July 2019