252712 : Speech Pathologist / Speech Language Therapist


252712: Speech Pathologist / Speech Language Therapist

Skill Level  1  Assessing Authority  SPA
ANZSCO VERSION 1.3, CAT. NO. 1220.0 
Major Group:2 - Professionals
Sub-Major Group:25 - Health Professionals
Minor Group:252 - Health Therapy Professionals
Unit Group:2527 - Audiologists and Speech Pathologists Therapists

Description

Provides diagnostic assessment and management of disorders of communication and swallowing through direct intervention, education, consultancy, advocacy, or a combination of these approaches.

Unit Group 2527: Audiologists and Speech Pathologists Therapists

Description

Provide diagnostic assessment and rehabilitation services related to human hearing defects, and assess and treat people with communication disorders and physical problems associated with eating and swallowing.

Indicative Skill Level  1

In Australia and New Zealand:

Occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with a bachelor degree or higher qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 1).

Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2013, ANZSCO - Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations, 2013, Version 1.3, cat. no. 1220.0, https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/1220.0