Health Promotion Officer - ANZSCO 251911
- Assessment Authorities: VETASSESS
Health Promotion Officer assists health and community groups to improve the health of individuals and the community by raising awareness of healthy lifestyles, disease and disability, and other health-related issues.
Health promotion practitioners may perform the following tasks:
- plan and coordinate health promotion programmes for community groups
- provide health education and teach skills to help people make informed health decisions
- plan and advocate for environmental changes to support healthy lifestyle choices
- support organisations to develop policies that build healthier communities, workplaces and environments
- supervise and coordinate community workers and volunteers
- develop local and national campaigns covering issues such as nutrition, exercise, drugs and sexual health, and implement these within the community
- evaluate projects and initiatives to measure their success and potential for improvement.
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 a Health Promotion Officer?
Health Promotion Officer 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.
If you wish to check your eligibility to migrate permanently to Australia as a Health Promotion 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.
