Childcare training to be boosted

Training for childcare workers is set for a major overhaul.

Following the release of a report, Assistant Education Minister Simon Birmingham said on Thursday there would be increased audits on training organisations and the government was considering ways to increase on the job training.

"Childcare providers have told me they have black-banned graduates of specific training organisations because they do not have confidence in the competency of their graduates, particularly where those courses are miraculously short," he said.