For an Activities Officer Emigrating to Australia

Welcome to our guide on the Australian skills assessment process for an Activities Officer. Before we examine the skills required to be recognised as an Activities Officer it may be helpful to explain that the skills assessment is the first step of the emigration process. The skills Assessment of an Activities Officer determines their eligibility to emigrate and the visa options available. Ultimately, it will affect their employment opportunities once they are in Australia.

While we appreciate that each case is unique, we always strive to secure the best possible outcome from the Skills Assessing Authorities in Australia. Experience has proven that efforts and expertise in this area are often the keys to a successful case.

Ensuring Activities Officers Are In High Demand

Every skilled migrant wants to know they will be able to secure a job quickly and easily when they are in Australia. The Australian emigration system ensures that they can.

Each year, State Governments and the two territorial Governments report to the federal government on their local demand for Activities Officers and if they need to bring in Activities Officers from overseas to fill any potential shortage skills gaps. This report states the number of overseas an Activities Officers required in the coming year to fill the skills gap within each region.

The Skills in demand are then broken down into priority lists. These lists range from those skills in high demand across the country to those skills with only limited demand within rural areas.

Curently, Activities Officers are on the STSOL list. Being on this list means an Activities Officer may qualify for one of the following visa streams:

• 186, 189 (PT), 190, 407, 485 (GW),491 (F), 491 (S/T), TSS (M), 494

To read more about the shortage skills list, you can visit the government website here: STSOL

Skills and Experience Required To Be an Activities Officer

Before a person can be accepted in Australia as Activities Officer, their qualification, skills and experience must be independently verified via a rigorous accreditation. The process ensures all skilled migrants can do their jobs to the required Australian standards.

1. Defining the job title an Activities Officer:

The profession “an Activities Officer” can mean something slightly different in Australia to what is referred to overseas. In “official emigration terms”, this profession is aligned within the occupation category “Diversional Therapist” and is uniquely identified by the code 411311. This may seem weird to some people, but it is a registry system that has been in place since 2006.

2. Key Requirements for an Activities Officer:

For an Activities Officer to be deemed experienced down under, here are the essential skills, tasks, duties and responsibilities they must be familiar with:

General Duties:

Human resources
• Communication and collaboration
• Recreation and sporting events
• Customer service
• Performance evaluation and efficiency improvement
• Health and care
• Records
• documentation
• reports and research
• Sales and marketing
• Operating procedures and processes
• Business operations and financial activities
• Security and emergency services
• Work activities preparation

Core Specialist Responsibilities:

Provide basic health care
• Prepare or manage compliance documentation
• Schedule staff or assign work
• Conduct sales and marketing activities
• Manage services
• staff or activities
• Manage legal or regulatory materials
• Develop treatment plans for patients or clients
• Coordinate activities or logistics
• Provide customer service and communicate information
• Communicate and collaborate
• Establish organisational policies or programs
• Coordinate recreational activities or special events
• Prepare and demonstrate equipment
• Staff performance management
• Manage or document operational procedure or process
• Supervise staff
• Train staff
• Assist and support clients
• Support diversity and inclusion

Specific Tasks Associated with the Role:

Explain regulations
• policies or procedures
• Accompany individuals or groups to activities
• Develop plans for programs or services
• Promote goods
• services
• or programs
• Evaluate employee performance
• Communicate with management or other staff to resolve problems
• Assign duties or work schedules to employees
• Train service staff
• Arrange items for use or display
• Gather information in order to provide services to clients
• Enforce rules or regulations
• Develop treatment plans for patients or clients
• Liaise between departments or other groups to improve function or communication
• Demonstrate activity techniques or equipment use
• Document client health or progress
• Organise recreational activities or events
• Deliver culturally appropriate programs
• policies or services
• Supervise service workers
• Provide counsel
• comfort or encouragement to individuals or families
• Greet customers
• patrons or visitors
• Monitor recreational facility operations
• Prepare operational reports or records
• Administer first aid
• Visit individuals in their homes to provide support or information
• Arrange facility schedules

3. The Australian eligibility criteria for an Activities Officer:

Currently Activities Officer’s are listed on the . This reflects the demand for the profession within Australia.

4. Emigration options:

As the profession is currently listed on the , there are places available. However, demand is high, and Australia will stop inviting further applicants to emigrate once all the places are filled.

Navigating the Trades Recognition Australia Skills Assessment Process

For Activities Officers, the skills assessing body is “Trades Recognition Australia” they are often referred to as the TRA. To visit their site, follow the link: https://tradesrecognitionaustralia.gov.au

It is important to note that the primary purpose of the Trades Recognition Australia is to make a profit and protect their current members from migrants entering Australia, taking their members’ jobs, and driving down standards or wages.

Therefore, the TRA will often look to delay, frustrate and reject cases, preventing accreditations wherever possible, with those aims in mind.

The result of a candidate’s skills assessment is often a key factor in their success. It is vital that we secure the highest possible skills accreditation.

Find out more

Emigration law is one of the most complex areas of legislation and is continuously being adapted. By definition, emigrating to Australia is a legal process where the individual must prove their case. It is not down to the government to assist in that process. In fact, in legal terms, it is the government against whom we must win our case.

To discover more, complete our assessment form for your complimentary guide and one of our friendly experts will assess your eligibility to live and work in Australia.