Library Technician – ANZSCO 399312

Library Technicians assist librarians and other information managers in organising and operating systems for handling recorded material and files.

Skill Level

2

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 Library Technician is Vocational Education and Training Assess (VETASSESS). To have a positive skills assessment, you must meet the following criteria:

• Qualification assessed at AQF Diploma level WITH a highly relevant field of study AND at least one year of post-qualification highly relevant employment at an appropriate skill level in the past five years;

OR

• Qualification assessed at AQF Diploma level WITH an additional qualificationat AQF Certificate IV 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 past five years

OR

• Qualification assessed at AQF Diploma WITHOUT a highly relevant field of study AND at least two years of post-qualification highly relevant employment at an appropriate skill level in the past five years
• Applicants must meet both the qualification and employment requirements to obtain a positive skills assessment

Potential Visa Pathways for Library Technician

Group: 3993 Gallery, Library and Museum Technicians

Description

Prepare artworks, specimens and artefacts for collections, arrange and construct gallery exhibits, and assist Librarians to organise and operate systems for handling recorded material and files.

Tasks

• Mounting and preparing objects for display
• Designing and arranging exhibit furnishings, display cases and display areas
• Assisting in setting up lighting and display equipment
• Receiving, shipping, packing and unpacking exhibits
• Ordering new library materials and maintaining library records and circulation systems
• Cataloguing printed and recorded material
• Entering data into databases and editing computer records
• Operating audiovisual and reprographic equipment
• Searching and verifying bibliographic data

Skill Level

In Australia and New Zealand:

Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the following qualifications and experience:

• Australia (ANZSCO Skill Level 2)
  • AQF Associate Degree; or
  • AQF Advanced Diploma; or
  • AQF Diploma; or
• New Zealand (ANZSCO Skill Level 2)
  • NZQF Diploma; or

Please note at least three years of relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualifications listed above. In some instances, relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification.

Occupations in this Group

• 399311 Gallery or Museum Technician
• 399312 Library Technician