All information about the Professional Standards for Australian Career Development Practitioners can be accessed here.
The Career Industry Council of Australia (CICA), the national peak body representing non-profit career practitioner organisations, supported by the Australian Government, developed and published the Professional Standards for Australian Career Development Practitioners.
The publication of the Professional Standards represents a landmark in the history of Australian career development and a benchmark for career development practitioners.
The Professional Standards:
• Define the career industry, its membership and its services;
• Recognise the diverse skills and knowledge of career practitioners;
• Guide practitioner entry into the industry;
• Provide a foundation for designing career practitioner training;
• Provide quality assurance to the public and other stakeholders;
• Establish a benchmark against which career practitioners can be assessed, evaluated and judged by their peers and by others;
• Require career practitioners to undertake continuing professional development;
• Create an agreed terminology for the industry
(adapted from National Steering Committee for Career Development Guidelines and Standards, 2004)
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