Quarantine Officer - ANZSCO 311313

Quarantine Officer inspects incoming animals, plants, and animal and plant products to ensure compliance with laws and regulations to prevent the spread of exotic pests and diseases.

Quarantine Officer may perform the following tasks:

• inspecting animals, plants and agricultural produce to identify product quality issues, and providing advice to producers
• auditing and monitoring quality procedures at farms and food handling and processing facilities to ensure compliance with required standards
• testing samples of produce for quality, size and purity
• ensuring that required standards of hygiene are observed at storage, processing and packing facilities and in transport vehicles
• advising primary producers on economic aspects of disease eradication and informing producers and the general public of the health implications of diseases and impurities
• advising on the identification of pests and diseases and on regulations pertaining to grading, packing and loading of products
• examining imported plants and animals, and products, such as timber, seeds and dried fruits, and making quarantine arrangements
• patrolling and investigating waterways for unlawful fishing activities and the removal of protected marine life
• educating, advising and providing information on a wide range of topics relating to fish and their protection
• may initiate or assist in legal action to enforce regulations

Are you Eligible to Live and Work in Australia as a Quarantine Officer?

Quarantine Officer is classified as Group C occupations by Vetassess. The criteria for skills assessment of Group C occupations are the following :

• 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 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 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 in the last five years;

According to Vetassess, if you have pre-qualification employment and 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 completed in the last five years.

If you wish to check your eligibility to migrate permanently to Australia as a Quarantine Officer, 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.