Professional Membership Application

Professional Membership with the CDAA is available practitioners holding a Graduate Certificate or Vocational Graduate Certificate endorsed by CICA, be currently working as a career development practitioner, and have at least one year's experience working in the field; or meet the requirements of the alternative pathway to Professional Membership. (one off $48 joining fee + $258.00pa)

To apply please complete the below online form or download a printable version of the form here: Application Form

Please, fill out fields below:

Full Name
Contact Details
Postal Address
Address (Residential or Business)

If different from above.

FORMAL QUALIFICATIONS

Please provide details of the most advanced qualification first (ie: Masters, Grad Cert, Bachelor degree).

WORK HISTORY

Please include duration of employment.

Please include details on organisations, positions, and relevant dates

Upload your resume (pdf)

OTHER RELEVANT CURRENT MEMBERSHIPS
PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

To maintain the integrity and ethical standards of the Association and those require of its practising members we would appreciate your cooperation in providing the following information.
In response to the following questions, please mark either Yes or No

YesNo
Have you ever been, or are you in the process of being, investigated by a complaints, standards or professional conduct committee?
Have you ever been convicted of a criminal offence (not including traffic offences)?
Have you ever been refused membership by a professional association, regulatory body, recognised community group, or any other organisation or association?
Has your membership ever been cancelled by a professional association, regulatory body, recognised community group, or any other organisation or association?
Have you ever been placed on a probationary membership status or had your membership suspended by a professional association, regulatory body, recognised community group, or any other organisation or association?
CORE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

Applicants for Professional membership are required to confirm on the application for membership that they currenlty possess the Core Skills and Knowledge listed below. The CDAA Registration Board, at its discretion, may require applicants to supply evidence of their ongoing professional development so that their Core Skills and Knowledge is kept current. Corrosponding to an increase in the need for career services around the world, attention had been focused on the qualifications, skills and knowledge of career practitioners. In this regard, the CDAA has always required its professional members to meet core skills and knowledge deemed to be essential to providing high quality career services. The CDAA Core Skills and Knowledge requirements aligns members with nationally agreed and internationally benchmarked competencies developed by the Career Industry Council of Australia (CICA). These may be viewed in entirety at www.cdaa.org.au

Core Skills and Knowledge
Professional members are expected to demonstrate the CICA core competencies which can be grouped into seven broad categories, specifically:

  1. Career development theory
  2. Labour market
  3. Advanced communication skills
  4. Ethical practice
  5. Diversity
  6. Information and resource management
  7. Professional practice

eg: Networking, Professional Development, Insurance, etc

DECLARATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS

I also agree to be actively involved in the Association by attending professional development activities and by making contributions to the life of the Association or its Newsletter, the Australian Career Practitioner.

I confirm that I have read the Information for New Applicants.

I affirm that the information contained in this application is true and accurate at the date of submission.

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