Ambulance Officer - ANZSCO 411111
- Assessment Authorities: VETASSESS
Ambulance Officer provides specialised transport services and emergency health care for injured, sick, infirm and aged persons. Registration or licensing is required.
Ambulance Officer ( Paramedics) may perform the following tasks:
- drive ambulances to sites of medical emergencies and accidents that may require the administration of advanced life support
- lift and place patients on stretchers, load the stretchers into ambulances and transport patients to hospital
- assess and treat patients at the site and on the way to hospital
- administer pain-relieving drugs and replace fluids, often by inserting tubes into veins
- prepare patient care records and other written reports on the state of patients' injuries and the treatment provided
- attend public gatherings, such as large sporting events, where accidents or other health emergencies may occur
- provide routine transport for patients between home and hospital (for patients requiring further treatment or specialised treatment such as occupational therapy and chemotherapy, for example)
- perform daily vehicle and equipment checks, making sure that medical supplies (including drugs) are accounted for and that equipment and ambulances are in good working order.
This occupation belongs to Short-term Skilled Occupation List (STSOL) . STSOL consists of the list of the occupations which are high in demand in Australia. If you want to apply for Australia sponsored Permanent Residency (subclass 190) your occupation must be listed in the relevant STSOL list and you must have an invitation/sponsorship from the state government. This list is also a part of the Australia Point system. If eligible, you can live and work in Australia for an indefinite period of time.
If your occupation is on STSOL, you may be eligible to apply for the following visa subclasses:
- Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190)
- Training visa (subclass 407)
- Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) - State or Territory nominated
- Temporary Skill Shortage visa (subclass 482) - Short-term stream
- Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional) visa (Subclass 494)
Are you Eligible to Live and Work in Australia as an Ambulance Officer?
Ambulance 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 an Ambulance 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.
