A qualification deemed equivalent to or higher than the educational requirements of an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Bachelor’s degree is required for this career.

Applicants can fulfill the assessment criteria for this occupation in four different ways.

An applicant must have at least one year of highly relevant work at an adequate skill level within the last five years if employment occurs before attaining the certification at the requisite level. The final five years of pre-qualification could fall within the previous ten years.

Extra credentials in a highly pertinent subject of study correspond to the following levels:

• AQF Diploma  
• AQF Advanced Diploma   
• AQF Associate Degree or  
• AQF Graduate Diploma

Those with a bachelor’s degree or above comprise:  

• AQF Master’s Degree or  
• AQF Doctoral Degree

Duration of highly relevant paid employment (20 hours or more per week) 1-3 years of minimum work experience that is highly relevant to the specified occupation, finished in the five years before the application date for a skills assessment at the appropriate skill level. A minimum of six years of relevant work experience must include at least one year of highly relevant work completed in the five years before application and five years of relevant work (which may be outside of the most recent five years).

For the results of the Skills Assessment to be positive, the qualification level and employment duration must be positively assessed.