ANZSCO 211112: Dancer or Choreographer
Skill Level: 1 | Assessing Authority: VETASSESS (Group: C)
Group C : Skills Assessment Criteria:
Qualification(s) assessed at least 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 last five years;
OR
Qualification(s) assessed at least AQF Diploma level with an additional qualification at least 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 last five years;
OR
Qualification(s) assessed at least AQF Diploma level 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 last five years;
Note: For pre-qualification employment (if all of your employment is before your qualification assessed at the AQF diploma level), three years of highly relevant employment in addition to at least one year of highly relevant employment at an appropriate skill level in the last five years.
Requirements for Skills Assessment
This occupation requires a qualification assessed as comparable to the education level of an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Diploma or higher and in a field highly relevant to the nominated occupation.
In addition to the above, it is essential for applicants to meet the following employment criteria:
- at least one year of post-qualification employment at an appropriate skill level,
- undertaken in the last five years,
- working 20 hours or more per week, and
- highly relevant to the nominated occupation.
If the qualification is not in a highly relevant field, then the applicant must have:
- two years of post-qualification employment experience at an appropriate skill level,
- undertaken in the last five years,
- working 20 hours or more per week, and
- highly relevant to the nominated occupation.
This is reduced to one year if there is an additional qualification at least at AQF Certificate IV level in a highly relevant field.
If employment has occurred before completion of qualification, then three years of highly relevant employment experience are required in addition to at least one year of highly relevant employment at an appropriate skill level in the last five years.
Please note in order to achieve a successful Skills Assessment Outcome, a positive assessment for both qualifications and employment is required.
Qualification
AQF Diploma or higher qualification.*
Highly relevant major fields of study include:
» Dance
» Performing Arts (Dance, Professional Dance, Commercial Dance, Elite Dance Performance, Musical Theatre)
» Fine Arts or Creative Arts (Dance)
Subjects in these fields include:
» Dance Techniques
» Dance History and Dance Analysis
» Movement Studies
» Choreography
» Performance
» Classical Ballet, Contemporary Dance, Ballroom and Latin American, Tap Dancing, Hip Hop, Ethnic and Folk Dance, Jazz Ballet, Indian Classical Dance, Bollywood
*This includes qualifications assessed at AQF Advanced Diploma, Associate Degree, Bachelor, Master and Doctoral level.
Employment
Highly relevant tasks include, but are not limited to:
» Practising dance routines and interpreting the choreographic content of the production
» Performing dances for audience entertainment, coordinating body movements and facial expression, usually with musical accompaniment
» Composing and notating ballet compositions and other dance routines
» Creating and performing individual performance routines
» Rehearsing, auditioning and travelling between entertainment venues
» Participating in dance exercises to maintain required physical condition of body and control of movements
» May sing or act as part of the performance
» May conduct some dance teaching.
New assessment criteria for dance professionals
September 2021 – VETASSESS is updating the assessment criteria for Dance Teachers (Private Tuition), Dancers or Choreographers who require a skills assessment for migration purposes.
These occupations will no longer require an AQF-level bachelor’s degree but will require an AQF level diploma. The Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) levels and their criteria reflect the requirements of Australia’s national qualifications framework.
In addition to the new qualification requirements, the Group C criteria for employment experience will apply.
The change will take effect from 1 October 2021
Reference: vetassess.com.au
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