Group
Occupation
223231 Data Analyst
Latest release
Consultation draft: Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO)
Reference period
July 2024
Released
25/07/2024
First release
223231 Data Analyst
Gathers, processes, analyses, and interprets data using data analytical tools. Communicates findings through reports and data visualisations, such as charts and infographics.
ANZSCO skill level
This occupation has a skill level corresponding to the qualifications and experience below.
Australia
- Skill Level 1: Bachelor Degree, higher qualification, or at least five years of relevant experience
New Zealand
- Skill Level 1: Bachelor Degree, higher qualification, or at least five years of relevant experience
Main tasks
- Sets up processes to securely collect, store, process, and validate data
- Evaluates the accuracy and reliability of data
- Analyses and interprets data to produce relevant statistics to describe and infer trends and patterns, solve problems, and answer data-related queries
- Applies data analytics and visualisation techniques to gain business insights
- Prepares presentations and/or writes reports to communicate findings, and support strategic decision-making
- Implements and/or follows data management processes to ensure data is used ethically and in compliance with data governance standards and strategies
- May write custom scripts and code in programming language to conduct analytical tasks