Survey Interviewers

Survey Interviewers interview people and record their responses to survey and market research questions on a range of topics.

**Indicative skill level:**

Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications outlined below.

#### In Australia:

- AQF Certificate I, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)

#### In New Zealand:

- NZQF Level 1 qualification, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)

For some occupations a short period of on-the-job training may be required in addition to or instead of the formal qualification. In some instances no formal qualification or on-the-job training may be required.

**Tasks include:**

- contacting people face-to-face and via the telephone to conduct surveys - recording answers to survey questions manually and electronically - recording the distribution of questionnaires - collecting questionnaires and returning them to supervisors - scanning questionnaires to ensure that important questions have been answered - may interview people at random in crowds and on the street - may provide self-completion questionnaires - may encode responses and check their consistency - may work in a call centre