APHRA July 2015 - New Guideline on English Language Skills

revsky · June 2015

Mga kabayang kong Nars,

May latest guideline inilabas ang APHRA effective July 1,2015.

From 1 July 2015, new registration standards for English language skills will come into effect for all professions, except Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practice.
The new standards are:
a common standard for 12 professions: Chinese medicine, chiropractic, dental, medical, medical radiation, occupational therapy, optometry, osteopathy, pharmacy, physiotherapy, podiatry and psychology
the standard for 10 Boards (no additional wording)
the standard for dental, with the addition for some very brief dental-specific words for applicants for limited registration
the standard for medical, with the addition of information about two medicine-specific English language tests
a profession-specific standard for nursing and midwifery, which shares many elements with the common standard.

You achieve the required minimum scores in one of the following English language tests and meet the requirements for test results specified in this standard:
a. the IELTS (academic module) with a minimum overall score of 7 and a minimum score of 7 in each of the four components (listening, reading, writing and speaking).
NOTE:
We will only accept test results:
i. from one test sitting, or
ii. a maximum of two test sittings in a six month period only if:
• you achieve a minimum overall score of 7 in each sitting, and
• you achieve a minimum score of 7 in each component across the two sittings, and
• no score in any component of the test is below 6.5
b. the OET with a minimum score of B in each of the four components (listening, reading, writing and speaking).
NOTE:We will only accept test results:
i. from one test sitting, or
ii. a maximum of two test sittings in a six month period only if:
• you are tested in all four components in each sitting, and
• you achieve a minimum score of B in each component across the two sittings, and
• no score in any component of the test is below C.

http://www.ahpra.gov.au/Registration/Registration-Standards/English-language-skills.aspx