South Australia: Minimum qualifications and correctional roles
Version checked: 22 October 2026.
Attachment 1 to Determination 5 lists minimum qualifications for specified non-executive occupational groups. Its October 2026 issue is newer than the January 2026 main determination. The table must be matched to the actual classification and occupation rather than applied across an entire department.
In the operational stream, an appropriate trade qualification is specified for certain correctional industry officer positions at OPS3 and above. That is not a statement that every prison officer requires a trade qualification. Separate entries address assessment/intervention officers and case managers in listed agencies, including Correctional Services, and DCS court report writers. Those entries identify appropriate tertiary fields.
For a recruitment or qualification dispute, preserve the advertisement and duty statement, identify the exact table row and compare the employee’s qualification evidence. Professional registration requirements elsewhere in the table should not be imported into unrelated roles. Read this attachment with the main determination and applicable industrial instrument; completing a qualification does not by itself establish a promotion or salary entitlement.
General information, not advice on a particular case.
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