ANZSCO 224211 · Skill level 1

Archivist

Analyses and documents records, and plans and organises systems and procedures for the safekeeping of records and historically valuable documents.

ANZSCO 2013, the edition the department applies to the points tested visas (189, 190 and 491).

Specialisations within it

  • Film Archivist
  • Legal Archivist
  • Manuscripts Archivist
  • Parliamentary Archivist

Duties

Published for unit group 2242 Archivists, Curators and Records Managers

  • evaluating and preserving records for administrative, historical, legal, evidential and other purposes
  • preparing record-keeping systems, indexes, guides and procedures for archival research and for the retention and destruction of records
  • identifying and classifying specimens and objects, and arranging restoration work
  • examining items and arranging examinations to determine condition and authenticity
  • designing and revising medical record forms
  • managing organisations' central records systems
  • analysing the record-keeping needs of organisations, and translating these needs into record management systems
  • maintaining computerised and other record management systems and record forms, and advising on their usage
  • controlling access to confidential information, and recommending codes of practice and procedures for accessing records
  • developing record cataloguing, coding and classification systems, and monitoring their use

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Who assesses this occupation

VETASSESS
Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services
www.vetassess.com.au

Last confirmed against the department's list on 30 July 2026.

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Where this comes from

Definition and duties: Australian Bureau of Statistics, ANZSCO
Assessing authorities and skilled lists: Department of Home Affairs skilled occupation list

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