Statistician - ANZSCO 224113
- Assessment Authorities: VETASSESS
Statistician designs and applies statistical principles and techniques for collecting, organising and interpreting quantifiable data, and uses statistical methodologies to produce statistical reports and analyses for government, commercial and other purposes.
Statisticians may perform the following tasks:
- define precisely what is to be measured and decide which information to collect and from where
- determine the size of the sample to be tested and how the sample will be selected
- decide on the best method of collecting the information, whether by mail-out of questionnaires, experiments or survey interviews (telephone or face-to-face), and create associated measurement tools
- ensure measurement resources are used efficiently
- interpret data and produce relevant statistics to describe or infer particular trends and patterns
- model and predict trends for phenomena such as accidents, pollution, disease outbreaks and economic trends
- check the validity and reliability of statistical models used in applications
- fit models using statistical computing environments and packages and develop, code and run statistical computer programmes
- design experiments and trials to test new methods and products
- evaluate the accuracy of the obtained information, represent data graphically and report findings.
This occupation belongs to Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL). MLTSSL is the occupational demand list which is in high demand across various states and territories of Australia.
If your occupation is on MTSSL, you may be eligible to apply for the following visa subclasses:
- Skilled independent ( Subclass189)
- Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) - Family nominated
- Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) - State or Territory nominated
- Employer Nomination Scheme (subclass 186)- Direct Entry and Temporary Residence Transition streams
- Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190)
- Training visa (subclass 407)
- Temporary Graduate visa (subclass 485)– Graduate Work
- Temporary Skill Shortage visa (subclass 482) Medium-term stream
- Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional) visa (Subclass 494)
Are you Eligible to Live and Work in Australia as a Statistician?
Statistician is classified as Group A occupations by Vetassess. The criteria for skills assessment of Group A occupations is to hold 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 in the last five years.
Vetassess has published an occupational information sheet for this occupation. To get a copy of the July 2018 edition of the information sheet, you can click here.
If you wish to check your eligibility to migrate permanently to Australia as a Statistician , please fill out the below assessment form. The assessment is free. After submitting the form, a registered migration consultant will look into the information and advise you of the outcome of the assessment via your email address.
