Occupational therapy registration for Australia

[Dolly]

Hi there,

Welcome to the forum.

I found the CORTB website and on the left hand side of the homepage are details of the assessment process:

Council of Occupational Therapists Registration Boards (Aust & NZ) Inc.

Is is of any use?

Dolly

[MyDearBoy]

Hi pm me if you are having probs.

I have recently done it and found it really simple.Hopefully will be in brisbane late next year.

Download the forms from the website (about 5 pages i remember) fill in form not much info needed really. get all your certif/s photocopied, certified i just got the head OT to do it signed named dated with their registration number. Sent off with bankers draft for payment, 4 weeks later registered.

Also print off application guidelines it tell you exacyly what to do. The forms took me around 15mins to complete.

Darren

[vijaykapse]

Hi dearboy. And dolly
Thanks for the reply.
But i could not find the fees for registration and the documents needed for international registration,
i have not done my graduation from australia so will it be that easy for me to register, but i have done my graduation from a W.F.O.T. Recognised college from india.
Can you guide me regarding the fee for registration , documents, and time taken for the complete procedure.
Is experience compulsory to get registered.
And how are the job opportunities for an O.T in aus.
Which one is good U.K , aus , or ireland.
Please help me.

[MyDearBoy]

Its all on the website
Look at the Left side menu
Assessment process
then...
Practice audit
then....
Stage 11 Practice audit
Tells you everything........$500 for fee
OT in oz is very good job prospects especially mental health.

[vijaykapse]

Hello ,
would you please tell me whether is C.O.T.R.B registration enough or have we to apply for individual state's registration.(e.g Queensland registration etc.).

[monkeybum]

Wow! This is a brilliant thread, I can't believe my luck! I have just graduated as an OT and am looking to work in mental health. I am planning to attend an interview with Queensland health in Sept and hoping to get offered a job! (Fingers crossed!!) If anyone has any advice or tips on the interviews/job prospects/visa process/application for registration I would be so grateful if you could take the time to pm me?

I am wondering if I should get the ball rolling with my reg with the OT board in Oz, or should I wait for the interview in Sept? Thanks!

[dclot]

can anyone give me some specific info about COTRB process. I am particularly unsure what needs to be written in references (I will be getting them from previous practice placement supervisors as I am recently graduated and not yet working as an OT). Also regarding my academic paper work do I need something from uni or can I send stuff such as copies of year books which contain detailed course content and module descriptors , my practice placement reports and my module results???? Help non of this is very clear.

[monkeybum]

Originally Posted by dclot

can anyone give me some specific info about COTRB process. I am particularly unsure what needs to be written in references (I will be getting them from previous practice placement supervisors as I am recently graduated and not yet working as an OT). Also regarding my academic paper work do I need something from uni or can I send stuff such as copies of year books which contain detailed course content and module descriptors , my practice placement reports and my module results???? Help non of this is very clear.

Hi Dclot, I think I know about the academic paperwork side of things. I think you need to send an email to your uni tutor for course details. Mine said I need to send a cheque for £25 and they will send me the official course content documentation including your course results. You will need to take these (along with other documents) to a solicitor so they can certify the photocopies, which will also cost you money I think. I looked into working in NZ therefore I guess it's roughly the same process for OZ?

Have you been offered a job or are you applying for registration anyway without a job offer? We are in the same boat (as I am a new graduate to!) If you want to pm me it would be good to keep in touch! xx

[dclot]

Hi Monkeybum thanks for your reply its been most helpful.Can you give me an idea of what my referees need to put in their references as the guidance on COTRB website very vague-basically about professional competence which could mean anything! have been accepted fro a job through QLD health just waiting for to be matched with an appropriate vacancy in my preferred district Brisbane north. My husband and I are hoping to get over asap but has been four months since our interviews so could be a while yet. Hows your application/job hunting going? Interviews for QLD health pretty straight forward but if you want any further info I would be more than happy to help. Sorry I cant seem to PM you as cant find out how to do it!!!

[monkeybum]

Hi Dclot,
I have no idea of what is required in the references, I have not got that far yet!! Sorry, perhaps someone else on here knows or maybe you could email the reg people? I have applied for the interview with QLD Health in September therefore do not know if I will even get the job! I hope so though... fingers crossed!
I also am not sure how to pm people on here yet... :-S xx