Occupation

599941 Union Organiser

Latest release
Consultation draft: Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO)
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Reference period
July 2024
Released
25/07/2024
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599941 Union Organiser

Oversees, organises, and promotes union recruitment, operations, mass meetings, and communications. Provides advice to union officials, delegates, and representatives, and represents union members in industrial relations disputes or other proceedings. Acts on behalf of their union members to negotiate working conditions, wages, and employment opportunities.

Specialisation

  • Union Official

ANZSCO skill level

This occupation has a skill level corresponding to the qualifications and experience below.

Australia

  • Skill Level 3: AQF Certificate III including at least two years of on-the-job training, AQF Certificate IV, or at least three years of relevant experience

New Zealand

  • Skill Level 3: NZQF Level 4 qualification, or at least three years of relevant experience

Main tasks

  • Oversees and promotes union operations
  • Recruits new members to the union
  • Advocates for reform or regulation of industry
  • Provides advice to other union officials
  • Develops effective structures, including union members' communications, at worksites
  • Runs mass meetings with union members
  • Identifies and develops new and existing delegates, and health and safety representatives
  • Uses knowledge of legislation, awards, collective agreements, employment contracts, and wage payment systems to represent union members in industrial relations disputes and assist in disciplinary proceedings, tribunal, or court
  • Represents union members in negotiations or at conferences
  • Visits union members at their place of work to check conditions