All staff employed for 65 hours/month or more as a child care worker in a licensed child care centre are required to meet or exceed the qualifications for certification. There are three levels of certification:

• ECE I: Requires 120-hour orientation course or equivalent;
• ECE II: Requires a one-year ECE certificate or equivalent;
• ECE III: Requires a two-year ECE diploma or equivalent.

Centre directors hired after 2001 must meet the requirements for an ECE III.  All child care staff working 65 hours or more in a child care centre must meet the requirements for an ECE I, 30 percent of staff must meet the requirements for an ECE II and, in addition, a further 20 percent of staff must meet the requirements for an ECE III.