Supervisor to child ratios
30 Supervisor to child ratios
For section 9(6) of the Act, this section prescribes the ways for an employer of a school-aged or young child to supervise the child.
The child is to be directly supervised by at least the following number of supervisors—
if the child is under 3 years—1 supervisor for every 2 children under 3 years;
Examples—
1 for 1 child under 3 years there must be at least 1 supervisor directly supervising the child
2 for 3 children under 3 years there must be at least 2 supervisors directly supervising the children
if the child is a young child who is 3 years or over—1 supervisor for every 4 young children who are 3 years or over;
if the child is a school-aged child—1 supervisor for every 8 school-aged children.
For working out the number of supervisors required under subsection (2)—
if the number of children under 3 years is not a multiple of 2—the number is taken to be the next highest multiple of 2; and
if the number of young children who are 3 years or over is not a multiple of 4—the number is taken to be the next highest multiple of 4; and
if the number of school-aged children is not a multiple of 8—the number is taken to be the next highest multiple of 8.
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