Librarian Career and Immigration options for Australia
Librarian Develops, organises and manages library services such as collections of information, recreational resources and reader information services. Registration or licensing may be required.
Profile Title: Librarian Career and Immigration options for Australia
Alternative Title:Not Defined
ANZSCO Code: 224611 | Unit Code: 2246
Skill Level: Level 1 | Work Experience: 1 Years
Assessing Bodies: Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services (VETASSESS)
Skill Occupation List (SOL): STSOL
Specialization: Acquisitions Librarian, Audiovisual Librarian, Bibliographer Cataloguer, Children s Librarian, Corporate Librarian, Legal Librarian, Multicultural Services Librarian, Parliamentary Librarian, Reference Librarian, Special Librarian, Special Needs Librarian
Profile Description: Develops, organises and manages library services such as collections of information, recreational resources and reader information services. Registration or licensing may be required.
Job Duties:
- developing and implementing library and information policies and services
- examining publications and materials, interviewing publishers representatives, and consulting with others to select library materials
- reviewing, evaluating and modifying services in response to user needs
- providing assistance to clients in accessing library resources
- managing library systems for recording and organising library holdings, acquisitions and purchases, reader registrations and loan transactions, and supervising indexing, filing and retrieval activities
- managing inter-library loan systems and information networks
- undertaking information research activities on behalf of clients
- selecting, ordering, classifying and cataloguing library and information resources
- monitoring collection development and culling programs
- supervising and training other library staff
- may plan and direct library promotion and outreach activities
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. 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: Librarians are mainly employed in: Information Media and Telecommunications; Education and Training; and Public Administration and Safety
Education Profile: The most common level of educational attainment for Librarians is Post Graduate/ Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate (46.7 per cent).
Job Opening: Over the five years to November 2019, the number of job openings for Librarians 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 35-44 years (27.2 per cent) and the median age is 51 years (compared to 40 years for all occupations).
Gender: The female share of Librarians is 85.8 per cent and 60.4 per cent of Librarians work full time. Average weekly hours for full time workers are 37.6 (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 $1,478 (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 fell markedly in the long-term (ten years). Looking forward, employment for Librarians to November 2020 is expected to grow slightly.
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