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ANZSCO 411111Updated 2026-01-29
Ambulance Officer
National shortage level: Strong
Snapshot
Median pay: AUD 140k
Weekly earnings: AUD 2690
Salary range: AUD 126k-AUD 154k
Job ads trend: Not listed
Time to hire: Varies
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State distribution
29.6%
VIC
27.8%
NSW
22.9%
QLD
Education mix
57.5%
bachelor degree
20.7%
advanced diploma/ diploma
8%
Post graduate
Role overview
Ambulance Officers provide specialised transport services and emergency health care for injured, sick, infirm and aged persons.
What you do
- • Attends accidents, emergencies and requests for medical assistance and provides pre-hospital care.
- • Assesses health of patients, assesses need for assistance, specialised needs and factors affecting patients' conditions.
- • Performs therapies and administers drugs according to protocol.
Core skills
Credentials & pathway
- Recommended level: bachelor degree (57.5%)
Recent job ads
No ads listed yet.
Tasks
- • Assesses health of patients, assesses need for assistance, specialised needs and factors affecting patients' conditions.
- • Attends accidents, emergencies and requests for medical assistance and provides pre-hospital care.
- • Attends public events where accidents and other health emergencies may occur.
Earnings
Weekly median: AUD 2690
Annual median: AUD 140k
Range: AUD 126k-AUD 154k