Archaeologist – ANZSCO 272414

Archaeologists study human activity in the past, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts and cultural landscapes (the archaeological record).

Skill Level

1

Skills Assessment Requirement

Unless you are exempt in very limited circumstances, you are required to have a positive Skills Assessment to apply for the visas listed above.

Skills Assessment authority for Archaeologist is Vocational Education & Training Assessment (VETASSESS). To have a positive skills assessment, you must meet the following criteria:

• Qualification assessed at Australian Bachelor degree or higher in a highly relevant field of study AND at least one year of post-qualification highly relevant employment at an appropriate skill level in the last five years
• Highly relevant fields of study include the following:
  • Major focus on biochemistry
  • Scientific study of the chemistry of living things
  • Fundamental chemical substances and reactions
  • Chemical pathways and information transfer systems

Did you know?

According to VETASSESS, there may be cases where a general Chemistry degree may be considered as highly relevant where the applicant has engaged in employment in the Biochemistry sector that can be considered as highly relevant.

Please note that this is assessed on a case-by-case basis.

Potential Visa Pathways for Archaeologist

Group: 2724 Social Professionals

Description

Research and study human behaviour, society and institutions from current and historical perspectives, and verbally render spoken statements, and transcribe text and recorded spoken material from one language into another.

Tasks

• Assembling historical data by consulting sources of information such as historical indexes and catalogues, archives, court records, diaries, newspaper files and other materials
• Organising, authenticating, evaluating and interpreting historical, political, sociological, archaeological, anthropological and linguistic data
• Undertaking historical and cultural research into human activity, and preparing and presenting research findings
• Providing simultaneous and consecutive verbal or signed renditions of speeches into another language
• Rendering the meaning and feeling of what is said and signed into another language in the appropriate register and style in a range of settings such as courts, hospitals, schools, workplaces and conferences
• Studying original texts and transcripts of recorded spoken material to comprehend subject matter and translating them into another language
• Rendering the meaning and feeling of written material, such as literary, legal, technical and scientific texts, into another language in the appropriate register and style, so that it will read as an original piece rather than as a translation

Skill Level

Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with a bachelor degree or higher qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 1).

Occupations in this Group

• 272411 Historian
• 272412 Interpreter
• 272413 Translator
• 272414 Archaeologist
• 272499 Social Professionals nec