Description: Teach primary, middle or intermediate, and secondary school students with learning difficulties, hearing impairment and sight impairment, and promote students' social, emotional, intellectual and physical development.
Skill Level: Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with a bachelor degree or higher 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).
Registration or licensing is required.
Tasks
assessing students' abilities and limitations with regard to intellectual, physical, social and emotional disabilities, exceptional intellectual gifts, or specific problems of language and culture
planning, organising and implementing special programs to provide remedial or advanced tuition
administering various forms of assessment and interpreting the results
teaching basic academic subjects, and practical and self-help skills to hearing and sight impaired students
devising instructional materials, methods and aids to assist in training and rehabilitation
advising, instructing and counselling parents and teachers on the availability and use of special techniques
stimulating and developing interests, abilities, manual skills and coordination
conferring with other staff members to plan and schedule lessons for special needs students
preparing and maintaining student data and other records and submitting reports
Other occupations in this Unit Group
241512 - Teacher of the Hearing Impaired
241513 - Teacher of the Sight Impaired
241599 - Special Education Teachers nec
UNIT GROUP 1399: OTHER SPECIALIST MANAGERS
Description: 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).