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    CHILD PROTECTION AWARENESS TRAINING (CPAT) MUST BE COMPLETED AS INDUCTION TRAINING. IT ONLY NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED ONCE.


    If you have already completed CPAT you are now able to update your training by doing the annual training expected of school staff - Mandatory Child Protection Training.


    You can access Mandatory Child Protection Training 2019 by requesting external access to MyPL – register to obtain a User Name and Password at https://education.nsw.gov.au/mypl/community-members. The link to Mandatory Child Protection training 2019 is on the MyPL homepage. You will receive a certificate on completion of the training.


    If you wish to redo the CPAT course to update your certificate, your previous enrolment must first be deleted. Please send an email to Wendy.Alford@det.nsw.edu.au to request this.


Available courses

Child Protection Awareness Training

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The NSW Department of Education requires all staff in NSW public schools to participate in an initial child protection induction.

Child Protection Awareness Training is a self-paced e-learning course that provides this initial child protection induction training.

This version of Child Protection Awareness Training is accessible to external participants. An identical version is available internally for NSW Department of Education employees who have a portal log-in.

If you are employed by the Department of Education and have a portal username and password, you must complete the internal version (on the department's professional learning website or under 'C' in A-Z of DOE) which is MyPL@NSW accredited and NESA registered.