English language skills

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English language skills registration standard

The Paramedicine Board of Australia (the Board) requires all applicants for initial registration to demonstrate English language skills to be suitable for registration.

This registration standard sets out how an applicant for registration can demonstrate to the Board that their competence in speaking and communicating in English is sufficient to practise the paramedicine profession.

FAQ

The FAQ includes information about how to complete the English language skills section of the online application form.

Additional English Language tests approved

The English language skills registration standard for paramedics (ELS standard) sets out that the Board can approve additional tests that meet the requirements of the Board for the demonstration of English language skills.

Currently, there is no paramedicine specific Occupational English Test (OET), and therefore, there is no OET test specified in the ELS registration standard. The Board has agreed however that an equivalent pass of the OET test for any other registered health profession will meet the Board’s requirements for registration.

For example, an applicant who has  successfully undertaken a Pharmacy OET test and has a minimum score of B in each of the four components (listening, reading, writing and speaking) either from one test sitting, or a maximum of two test sittings in a six month period (only if they are tested in all four components in each sitting, and they 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), will be deemed to have met the requirements of the ELS standard for paramedicine.

• Occupational English Test (OET)

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