How do I become a research officer
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Salaries for Research Officers start at $77,00 per annum. Increase your earning capacity by developing specialist knowlege as well as post-graduate qualifications in a key industry.
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There are no clear employment figures for Research Officers in Australia right now. They are employed by business corporations, government agencies, non-profits, and academic institutions in all industries and work sectors.
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To become a Research Officer, choose an industry or employment sector (eg, medicine, social welfare, education, small business, mining, international development) and obtain a bachelor’s degree plus post-graduate research qualifications in the same discipline. Another possibility is to obtain a Bachelor of Research and major in your preferred industry (eg, Science Medicine and Health, Engineering, Education, Geology). A Bachelor of Data Analytics or ICT Data Management would also be helpful.
Source: Australian Government Labour Market Insights 2023
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2nd July 2019All research officer courses
- Bachelor of Agriculture and Technology (Agronomy)
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours) (Social Sciences)
- Bachelor of Science (Agricultural Science)
- Bachelor of Science (Honours) (Bioinformatics)
- Bachelor of Science (Honours) (Neuroscience)
- Bachelor of Science (Neuroscience)
- Bachelor of Science (Sustainability)
- Bachelor of Social Research and Policy
Research Officer careers
Research Officers conduct research projects for organisations then translate the new information and knowledge into meaningful data that can be applied to relevant areas of the business (eg, administration and compliance, operations, sales). They have outstanding analytical and critical thinking skills as well as a keen eye for detail.
As a Research Officer you could be carrying out preliminary desktop research for a policy and advocacy review, co-ordinating the data management for a series of clinical health trials, reviewing and comparing data from a completed research project, or preparing a detailed report that summarises key research findings for the executive officers.
