Social Professionals (ANZSCO 2724) are individuals who research and study human behavior, society, and institutions from current and historical perspectives. They possess the ability to verbally render spoken statements and transcribe text and recorded spoken material from one language into another.

Indicative Skill Level:

In Australia and New Zealand, most occupations in this unit group require a level of skill commensurate with a bachelor's degree or higher qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 1).

Tasks Include:

• Assembling historical data by consulting sources such as historical indexes, archives, court records, diaries, and newspaper files
• Organizing, authenticating, evaluating, and interpreting historical, political, sociological, archaeological, anthropological, and linguistic data
• Undertaking historical and cultural research into human activity and presenting research findings
• Providing simultaneous and consecutive verbal or signed renditions of speeches into another language
• Translating original texts and transcripts of recorded spoken material into another language
• Translating written material, such as literary, legal, technical, and scientific texts, into another language

Occupations:

• 272411 Historian
• 272412 Interpreter
• 272413 Translator
• 272414 Archaeologist
• 272499 Social Professionals nec (not elsewhere classified)

272411 Historian

A historian researches the history of human activity and prepares accounts of their findings. Specializations within this occupation include art historian, cultural historian, economic historian, and geographical historian.

Skill Level: 1

272412 Interpreter

An interpreter transfers spoken or signed language into another spoken or signed language, usually within a limited time frame and in the presence of participants requiring translation. A specialization within this occupation is Kai Whakaruruhau (Advisor) in New Zealand.

Skill Level: 1

272413 Translator

A translator transfers a source text from one language into another, usually within an extended time frame to allow for corrections and modifications. This occupation does not require the presence of the participants requiring translation.

Skill Level: 1

272414 Archaeologist

An archaeologist studies human activity in the past through the recovery and analysis of material culture and environmental data. This includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts, and cultural landscapes (archaeological record).

Skill Level: 1

272499 Social Professionals nec

This occupation group covers Social Professionals not elsewhere classified. Occupations in this group include anthropologist, criminologist, geographer, heritage consultant, linguist, parole board member, political scientist, sociologist, and transport analyst.

Skill Level: 1