ANZSCO: 234313 Environmental Research Scientist
Skill Level: 1 | Assessing Authority: VETASSESS (Group: A)
Group A : Skills Assessment Criteria:
Qualification(s) assessed at Australian Bachelor degree or higher degree 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.
Requirements for Skills Assessment
This occupation requires a qualification assessed as comparable to the education level of an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Bachelor Degree or higher degree 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.
Please note in order to achieve a successful Skills Assessment Outcome, a positive assessment for both qualifications and employment is required.
Qualification
AQF Bachelor degree or higher degree. This includes qualifications assessed at AQF Bachelor, Master and Doctoral level.
Highly relevant major fields of study include:
» Environmental Science
» Climate Science
» Environment and Sustainability
» Environmental Engineering
The majors listed below may be considered on a case-by-case basis if they were awarded prior to attaining at least one year of highly relevant employment in the relevant research field:
» Ecology
» Biodiversity
» Marine Biology
» Natural Vegetation and Wildlife
» Weather and Climate
» Coastal Engineering
» Conservation Science
» Land and Water Management
» Geographical Information Systems
» Biosecurity
» Forestry
Employment
Highly relevant tasks include, but are not limited to:
» Studying the effects on animal and plant life of factors such as terrain, altitude, climatic and environmental change, sources of nutrition, predators and the impacts of humans
» Studying and analysing pollution, atmospheric conditions, demographic characteristics, ecology, mineral, soil and water samples.
Additional tasks may include:
» Developing and testing models of the environment using knowledge of ecology, mathematics, statistics and physical sciences
» Conducting environmental impact assessments/ audits
» Investigating the structure of communities of organisms and predicting the effects of disturbances by human or environmental changes
» Developing conservation and management policies for biological resources, such as fish populations and forests, and establishing standards and developing
approaches for the control of pollution and the rehabilitation of areas disturbed by activities such as mining, timber felling and overgrazing
» Proposing solutions to address negative environmental impact
» Preparing graphs, charts and statistics from data, analysing data and correlating them with the work of other scientists, evaluating data and preparing reports of conclusions
» Planning and conducting field trips to study animals and plants in their natural environments and to collect specimens for laboratory study
» Assisting in developing policies, strategies and codes of practice on environmental management.
Reference: vetassess.com.au
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