Visual Arts & Crafts Professionals (nec) Career and Immigration options for Australia

Profile Title: Visual Arts & Crafts Professionals (nec) Career and Immigration options for Australia

Alternative Title:Not Defined

ANZSCO Code: 211499 | Unit Code: 2114

Skill Level: Level 1 | Work Experience: 1 Years

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

Skill Occupation List (SOL): ROL

Specialization: Not Defined

Profile Description: This occupation group covers Visual Arts and Crafts Professionals not elsewhere classified. This occupation group requires high levels of creative talent or personal commitment and interest as well as, or in place of, formal qualifications or experience.

Job Duties:

• conceiving and developing ideas, designs and styles for paintings, drawings, pottery pieces and sculptures
• arranging objects, positioning models, and selecting landscapes and other visual forms according to chosen subject matter
• selecting artistic media, method and materials
• applying media to surfaces using appropriate techniques
• moulding clay into functional and artistic articles by wheel-throwing, moulding and hand-building
• mixing glazing materials and applying glazes to dried pottery by dipping and painting
• placing finished and decorated pieces in kilns
• sketching designs of proposed sculptures, and making wax and plaster models
• devising forms from metal using welding and metalworking equipment, and from stone using masonry tools
• carving and forming materials to desired shape using hand and power tools

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. Some occupations in this unit group require high levels of creative talent or personal commitment and interest as well as, or in place of, formal qualifications or experience (ANZSCO Skill Level 1).

Available Visa Options (As on February 2024):

• 187 - Regional Sponsor Migration Scheme (subclass 187)
• 494 - Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (provisional) (subclass 494) - Employer sponsored stream

Registration or Licensing: Not Required

Industries: Photographers are mainly employed in: Professional, Scientific and Technical Services; Information Media and Telecommunications; and Other Services

Education Profile: The most common level of educational attainment for Photographers is Bachelor degree (43.1 per cent).

Job Opening: Over the five years to November 2019, the number of job openings for Photographers 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 25-34 years (28.9 per cent) and the median age is 37 years (compared to 40 years for all occupations).

Gender: The female share of Photographers is 49.3 per cent and 47.7 per cent of Photographers work full time. Average weekly hours for full time workers are 41.9 (compared to 40.2 for all occupations).

Earning: There are no earnings data available for this occupation.

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