Visual Arts and Crafts Professionals

Visual Arts and Crafts Professionals create visual two- and three-dimensional concepts and forms through painting, drawing, carving, sculpting, modelling, printmaking, video, multimedia, found objects, ephemera, soundscapes and other media to communicate concepts and ideas.

**Indicative skill level:**

The occupations Painter (Visual Arts) and Sculptor in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications and experience outlined below.

#### In Australia:

- Bachelor degree or higher qualification. At least five years of relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 1)

#### In New Zealand:

- Bachelor degree or higher qualification. At least five years of relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 1)

In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification.

The occupations Potter or Ceramic Artist and Visual Arts and Crafts Professionals nec in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications and experience outlined below.

#### In Australia:

- Bachelor degree or higher qualification. At least five years of relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 1)

#### In New Zealand:

- NZQF Diploma, or at least three years of relevant experience (ANZSCO Skill Level 2)

In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification.

**Tasks include:**

- conceiving and developing ideas, designs and styles for paintings, drawings, pottery pieces and sculptures - arranging objects, positioning models, and selecting landscapes and other visual forms according to chosen subject matter - selecting artistic media, method and materials - applying media to surfaces using appropriate techniques - moulding clay into functional and artistic articles by wheel-throwing, moulding and hand-building - mixing glazing materials and applying glazes to dried pottery by dipping and painting - placing finished and decorated pieces in kilns - sketching designs of proposed sculptures, and making wax and plaster models - devising forms from metal using welding and metalworking equipment, and from stone using masonry tools - carving and forming materials to desired shape using hand and power tools