How to get Accreditation
Application Process
To apply for the AStat or GStat qualifications, members must complete the official application form - AStat or GStat. A PDF version of the AStat application form is available here. A Word version of the GStat appliation form is available here. Copies may also be obtained by contacting:
Statistical Society of Australia Inc
PO Box 5111
BRADDON ACT 2612
Phone: (02) 6249 8266
Fax: (02) 6249 6558
Email: admin@statsoc.org.au
Completed application forms for Accredited Statistician should be sent to the above address with an application fee of $220 incl GST ($200 for non-Australian residents) made to the Statistical Society of Australia Inc. There will be a refund of $50 if the application is not successful.
Completed application forms for Graduate Statistician should also be sent to the above address with an application fee of $66 incl GST ($60 for non-Australian residents) made to the Statistical Society of Australia Inc. There will be a refund of $20 if the application is not successful.
Evidence of Qualifications
Applicants should provide evidence of their qualifications in statistics subjects. This will generally be in the form of a certified academic transcript, with additional information if necessary (eg details of individual subjects). Alternatively a notarised copy of a degree can be provided. After sighting, these documents will be returned to the applicant.
Relevant Practical Experience
The Accreditation Committee will be prepared to consider any relevant practical experience. The following list is indicative of the types of experience which would be considered. It is intended to be indicative rather than exhaustive.
- leading statistical projects requiring a significant amount of statistical analysis or modelling
- undertaking statistical analysis of data and reporting on the results
- having responsibility for the interpretation and presentation of statistical information
- designing statistical databases and reporting systems
- teaching statistical theory and methods, and their applications with orientation to, and emphasis on, usage and practice
- statistical consultancy
- carrying out and implementing research to develop new methods to solve significant applied statistical problems
- taking responsibility for the design and analysis of statistically-based surveys
- managing a statistics section whose work falls in one or more of the above areas
- carrying out work which has been generally recognised as having made a significant contribution to the good practice of statistics.
In addressing these criteria, candidates must provide evidence of professional competence.
Evidence of Professional Competence
Candidates are required to nominate two referees who may be contacted by the Accreditation Committee. Both referees should be in a position to comment on the candidates work from first-hand knowledge. At least one referee should be a statistician with seniority. The Committee will not necessarily be limited to obtaining information only from the nominated referees. Further evidence may be required in some cases.
Claims of experience should be supportable by evidence such as publications in refereed journals. Candidates must submit copies of at least two publications, reports or extracts from their work which provide evidence of their professional competence and the diversity of their statistical competence.
Annual Fees
Accredited Statisticians will pay an additional annual fee currently set at $44 incl GST. This will commence in the financial year after the qualification is approved. It will be due at the same time as the ordinary membership fee. There is no additional annual fee for Graduate Statisticians.