Quality Assurance Managers plan, organise, direct, control and coordinate the deployment of quality systems and certification processes within an organisation.

Skill Level

1

Alternative Titles

• Quality Facilitator

Unless you are exempt in very limited circumstances, you are required to have a positive Skills Assessment to apply for the visas listed above.

Skills Assessment authority for Quality Assurance Manager is Vocational & Education Training Assessment (VETASSESS). To have a positive skills assessment, you must meet the following criteria:

• Qualification assessed at AQF Bachelor degree or higher in 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

OR

• Qualification assessed at AQF Bachelor degree or higher WITH an additional qualification at AQF Diploma level in a highly relevant field of study AND at least two years of post-qualification highly relevant employment at an appropriate skill level in the last five years

OR

• Qualification assessed at AQF Bachelor degree or higher WITHOUT a highly relevant field of study AND at least three years of post-qualification highly relevant employment at an appropriate skill level in the last five years
• Applicants must meet both the qualification and employment requirements to obtain a positive skills assessment
• Highly relevant fields of study include:
  • Quality Study
  • Quality Management
• If your post-qualification employment experience is considered highly relevant by VETASSESS, other fields of study may be considered on a case-by-case basis

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According to VETASSESS, your pre-qualification experience may be considered in the skills assessment if it meets the following requirements:

• 5 years of relevant pre-qualification employment; and
• 1 year of highly relevant employment within the past five years

This unit group covers Specialist Managers not elsewhere classified.
It includes Arts Administrators or Managers, Environmental Managers, Laboratory Managers, Quality Assurance Managers and Sports Administrators.

Skill Level

Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with a bachelor degree or higher qualification. At least five years of relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualification. In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 1).

Occupations in this Group

• 139911 Arts Administrator or Manager
• 139912 Environmental Manager
• 139913 Laboratory Manager
• 139914 Quality Assurance Manager
• 139915 Sports Administrator
• 139999 Specialist Managers nec