Certificate IV in Celebrancy

To seek appointment as a Marriage Celebrant in Australia, you must first complete the course Certificate IV in Celebrancy CHC42608. The other criteria for an aspiring marriage celebrant is a legal questionnaire and a “fit and proper person’s test” that is administered by the staff of the Attorney-General’s Marriage and Inter-country Adoption Branch. You should fully read over the Attorney-Generals Department webpage before making a decision to enrol.

This qualification covers the broad based skills and knowledge that are fundamental to the successful running of a celebrancy practice. The course offers a range of celebrancy roles, as well as addressing specific legislative responsibilities of marriage celebrants and providing a range of electives representing different aspects of celebrancy work.

Celebrants may specialise in a range of areas of celebrancy as well as developing skills to manage their own business operations. Within this qualification you must complete successfully 13 units of study. There are 5 compulsory units, 4 extra units if you seek marriage registration, and then the complement in elective units. Elective units are either business units or funeral celebrancy units.

We would highly encourage you to read over the information about our training team on our webpage. You will see that they come from all over Australia and are very competent celebrants and business people. On of our team members is a Minister of Religion, to assist other Ministers who train with our company.

One of the key elements of our training team is their wide experience in celebrancy. No-one can join the team unless they have completed a minimum of 100 marriage ceremonies. Two of our team have exceeded 1000 ceremonies. We have a mixture of newly appointed and long term celebrants to give the team balance.

Along with their celebrancy skills they are all highly experienced trainers and know how to work well with adult learners. Whether you are a person who has not been near a classroom since high school or you are a highly qualified person, all students are cared for in the same personable manner and encouraged to ask questions and enjoy their learning experience.

For a more extensive information please read the Course Information Guide and the Student Information Policy.

RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING (RPL)

RPL is offered to all students and is available on application. Recognition will be provided to participants who have the knowledge and skills required within the competencies, regardless of how they were achieved (eg. through formal or informal training, life experience, work experience). Recognition will be provided for qualifications or units of competency achieved through any other Registered Training Organisation.

Note: A Certificate IV in Marriage Celebrancy is not the same qualification. It is not equivalent in any way to the Certificate IV in Celebrancy and will not meet the new requirements for registration as a marriage celebrant.

Of the nine units in the new qualification, approximately 6 units worth of learning and assessment can be equated from the old qualification. The elements that are new to the qualification may well be skills and knowledge you have acquired since performing marriages in the community.

An authorised marriage celebrant who has not completed and registered a marriage for a minimum of three couples will be unable to fulfil all the requirements of the Certificate IV in Celebrancy in the RPL mode. Recognition is based on skills and knowledge. For units of the Certificate IV in Celebrancy that do not require that skill and knowledge to be shown, you are most welcome to apply for RPL in those units. And once you have completed those marriage ceremonies then further RPL opportunities will be available.

For more extensive information please read the Course Information Guide, the Student Information Policy and the Recognition Guide.


QUALIFICATION AT CERTIFICATE IV LEVEL

Within our registration as a training organisation we can also offer the Certificate IV in Small Business Management. If you would like to also work towards obtaining the qualification BSB40407 Certificate IV in Small Business Management then you should select for your electives in the Certificate IV in Celebrancy to complement the compulsory units of the Certificate IV in Small Business Management.

They are as follows:

BSBSMB401A
Establish legal and risk management requirements for small business

BSBSMB402A
Plan small business finances

BSBSMB403A
Market the small business

BSBSMB404A
Undertake small business planning


Australian Celebrations Training is one of the few Registered Training Organisations who has both these Certificate IV qualifications hence it can offer this dual ability to clearly transfer units completed towards the attainment of a Certificate IV in Small Business Management. This would easily equate to a minimum saving of $800 in fees.

For more extensive information please read the Small Business Management Course information page.