A Web Designer plans, designs, develops and prepares information for Internet publication with particular emphasis on the user interface, ease of navigation and location of information using text, pictures, animation, sound, colours, layout and data sources to deliver information tailored to an intended audience and purpose.
Occupation description
A Web Designer plans, designs, develops and prepares information for Internet publication with particular emphasis on the user interface, ease of navigation and location of information using text, pictures, animation, sound, colours, layout and data sources to deliver information tailored to an intended audience and purpose.
Occupations considered suitable under this ANZSCO code:
- UI/UX Designer
Occupations not considered suitable under this ANZSCO code:
- Web Developer
- Graphic Designer
- Illustrator
- Multimedia Designer
- Multimedia Specialist
These occupations are classified elsewhere in ANZSCO or are not at the required skill level.
Web Designer is a VETASSESS Group B occupation
This occupation requires a qualification assessed as comparable to the educational level of an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Bachelor degree or higher.
Applicants can fulfil the assessment criteria for this occupation in four different ways.
*If employment is prior to the completion of the qualification at the required level, an applicant must have at least one year of highly relevant employment at an appropriate skill level within the last five years. The remaining five years of pre-qualifying period may be within the last ten years.
A positive assessment of both qualification level and employment duration is required for a positive Skills Assessment outcome.
* Additional qualifications in a highly relevant field of study include those comparable to the following levels:
AQF Diploma
AQF Advanced Diploma
AQF Associate Degree or
AQF Graduate Diploma
*** Bachelor degree or higher degree includes:
AQF Master Degree or
AQF Doctoral Degree
** Highly relevant paid employment duration (20 hours or more per week)
1–3
minimum years of employment highly relevant to the nominated occupation, completed at an appropriate skill level in the five years before the date of application for a Skills Assessment.
4
minimum 6 years of relevant employment required – five years of relevant employment (can be outside the last 5-year period) in addition to at least one year of highly relevant employment within the last five years before applying.
Qualification and Employment Criteria
Qualification
AQF Bachelor degree or higher degree*
Highly relevant major fields of study include:
- Digital Design/Media
- Media studies
- Interactive and Mobile Media
* This includes qualifications assessed at AQF Bachelor, Master and Doctoral level.
Studies in web design involve learning the skill of creating presentations of content that are delivered to an end-user through the world wide web, by way of a web browser or other web-enabled software, such as internet television clients, micro-blogging clients and RSS readers. Relevant studies cover the user experience aspects of website design, rather than software development.
A qualification with a major in IT (e.g. Computer Systems and Networks, Software Design, Database and Information Systems), without core design subjects, will not be assessed as highly relevant.
Core Subjects:
- Web Design and Interactive Design
- Internet/Web Page Design and Development
- UI/UX Design/Information Design
- Digital Application
- Responsive Web Apps (understanding Web Infrastructure, Design and Development)
- Design Skills and Technologies
- Multimedia and visualisation
- App and mobile design
- Digital Environment and production design
Employment
Highly relevant tasks include, but are not limited to:
- Determining the objectives and constraints of the design brief by consulting with clients and stakeholders.
- Undertaking research and analysing functional communication requirements.
- Formulating design concepts for the subject to be communicated.
- Preparing sketches, diagrams, illustrations and layouts to communicate design concepts.
- Negotiating design solutions with clients, management, sales and production staff.
- Selecting, specifying or recommending functional and aesthetic materials and media for publication, delivery or display.
- Detailing and documenting the selected design for production.
- Supervising or carrying out production in the chosen media.
- May archive information for future client use.
Employment information
Web designers plan, create and code web pages, using both technical and non-technical skills to produce websites that fit the end users’ requirements. Being involved in the technical and graphical aspects of pages, web designers determine not only the look of the website, but also how it works.
Web Designers may work in many different industries where there is significant digital requirement. Some examples include:
- Tech/E-commerce business
- Web Design agencies
- Advertising agencies
- Government departments
- Sole proprietors
- Contract freelancers
- Businesses that require a dedicated in-house web designer (e.g. financial services, retail).
Supporting material for assessment
When applying for a Skills Assessment, please ensure you submit sufficient evidence supporting your proof of identity, qualification and employment claims. A full list of the documents required can be found on the VETASSESS website under Eligibility Criteria.
If you are nominating this occupation, you must also submit a portfolio. Please provide a link to your portfolio or upload samples of your design work of no more than 5MB per sample.
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