Applying for registration? Watch our new videos.

10 Nov 2016

Today the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia (the Board) has published two new resources to support final-year students nearing the completion of their approved programs of study in Australia who will soon be seeking registration as an occupational therapist.

The first is an animated introduction to the Board and its requirements.

Information video for graduating students

• Transcript: Occupational Therapy Board of Australia graduate video (51.0 KB,DOCX)

Webinar: Graduating soon?

The second resource is a recording of the webinar, ‘Graduating soon?’ held on Wednesday 28 September 2016. This webinar was hosted by Julie Brayshaw, Chair of the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia, and gives graduates a more in-depth view of the Board’s requirements, including:

• the role of the Board
• the role of AHPRA 
• the registration process, including - when and how to apply
  • registration costs 
  • how to contact AHPRA and how we will contact you
• a practitioner’s obligations, including
  • registration standards requirements 
  • guidelines, and 
  • notifications.

• Transcript: Webinar hosted by the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia (72.2 KB,DOCX)
• Presentation - Graduating soon? Webinar hosted by the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia (1.71 MB,PDF), PowerPoint version (2.57 MB,PPTX)

The Board has also produced a response to the most commonly-asked questions from final year students.

• Board response to final-year student questions (171 KB,PDF), Word version (530 KB,DOCX)

Further information

See the Board's fact sheets and FAQ pages for further guidance on topics including continuing professional development, audit, non-practising registration and recency of practice.

Other Board webinars are also available to watch:

• Career breaks and recency of practice: Registration as an occupational therapist (February 2015) 
• Staying up to Standard: professional development, registration standards and audit (July 2014)

Graduate Applications

Graduating soon? Apply for registration now.