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Survey Interviewers

ANZSCO 5615

Employed

800

Median age

37 yrs

Employment outlook

Declining

Source: Jobs and Skills Australia · ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing.

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Survey Interviewers is a job in Australia. The job figures on this page come from Jobs and Skills Australia and the ABS Census, where they are published. The courses listed here lead to this job. Compare the fee, study mode, length, place, and how to get in before you enquire.

Jobs and Skills Australia rates the job outlook as Declining.

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About this career

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

What they typically do

  • 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

States and territories

Share of workers by location

NSW
23.2%
QLD
17.8%
VIC
16.3%
WA
10.9%
TAS
9.7%
SA
9.6%
NT
6.2%
ACT
6.2%

Qualification pathways

These accredited qualifications can lead to a career as a Survey Interviewers.

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