Gallery or Museum Curator Career and Immigration options for Australia

Profile Title: Gallery or Museum Curator Career and Immigration options for Australia

Alternative Title:Not Defined

ANZSCO Code: 224212 | Unit Code: 2242

Skill Level: Level 1 | Work Experience: 1 Years

Assessing Bodies: Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services (VETASSESS)

Skill Occupation List (SOL): STSOL

Specialization: Not Defined

Profile Description: Plans and organises a gallery or museum collection by drafting collection policies and arranging acquisitions of pieces. Registration or licensing may be required.

Job Duties:

• evaluating and preserving records for administrative, historical, legal, evidential and other purposes
• preparing record-keeping systems, indexes, guides and procedures for archival research and for the retention and destruction of records
• identifying and classifying specimens and objects, and arranging restoration work
• examining items and arranging examinations to determine condition and authenticity
• designing and revising medical record forms
• managing organisations central records systems
• analysing the record-keeping needs of organisations, and translating these needs into record management systems
• maintaining computerised and other record management systems and record forms, and advising on their usage
• controlling access to confidential information, and recommending codes of practice and procedures for accessing records
• developing record cataloguing, coding and classification systems, and monitoring their use

Skill Level Description: In Australia and New Zealand: Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with a Bachelor Degree or higher qualification. At least five years of relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualification. In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 1). Registration or licensing may be required.

Available Visa Options (As on February 2024):

• 190 - Skilled Nominated (subclass 190)
• 407 - Training visa (subclass 407)
• 489 - Skilled Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 489) - State or Territory nominated
• 482 - Temporary Skill Shortage visa (subclass 482) - Short Term Stream
• 187 - Regional Sponsor Migration Scheme (subclass 187)
• 494 - Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (provisional) (subclass 494) - Employer sponsored stream
• 491 - Skilled Work Regional (provisional) visa (subclass 491) State or Territory nominated

Registration or Licensing: may be required

Industries: Archivists, Curators and Records Managers are mainly employed in: Health Care and Social Assistance; Arts and Recreation Services; and Public Administration and Safety

Education Profile: The most common level of educational attainment for Archivists, Curators and Records Managers is Post Graduate/ Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate (32.9 per cent).

Job Opening: Over the five years to November 2019, the number of job openings for Archivists, Curators and Records Managers is expected to be below average (between 5,001 and 10,000). Job openings count both employment growth and turnover (defined as workers leaving their occupation for other employment or leaving the workforce).

Age Group: The main age group is 45-54 years (31.6 per cent) and the median age is 44 years (compared to 40 years for all occupations).

Gender: The female share of Archivists, Curators and Records Managers is 77.3 per cent and 74.7 per cent of Archivists, Curators and Records Managers work full time. Average weekly hours for full time workers are 35.7 (compared to 40.2 for all occupations).

Earning: In August 2014 (latest available data) weekly earnings full-time before tax (and not including employer superannuation) were $1,536 (compared to earnings for all occupations of $1,200).

Employment: Employment for this occupation fell markedly (in percentage terms) in the past five years and rose strongly in the long-term (ten years). Looking forward, employment for Archivists, Curators and Records Managers to November 2020 is expected to grow very strongly.