CELEBRANT TRAINING

As a requirement of the Attorney Generals office Marriage Celebrants are required to complete 5 hours of ongoing professional development.
Package 1 topics include: 2011 Compulsory Activity (1 hour), Organising Your Celebrant Office (2 hours) and Essential Record Keeping and Administration (2 hours).

Content

2011 COMPULSORY ACTIVITY This course is the 2011 Compulsory Activity provided by the Attorney Generals’ Department, Marriage Celebrants’ Section. Celebrants must complete this topic to successfully complete 2011 OPD requirements. The topics covered are :
• Keeping up with your ongoing obligation to update the Registrar of Marriage Celebrants on your contact details
• Section 45 of Marriage Act 1961 (Exchange of vows)
• Section 46 of Marriage Act 1961 (Celebrant Authority/Monitum).

ORGANISING YOU CELEBRANT OFFICE This course will:
• explore a range of ways to create a fully integrated, organised celebrant office
• identify what a celebrant needs to perform in their role away from the office
• begin to explore different marketing opportunities for Celebrants
The content of this course is relevant to civil and religious Celebrants.

ESSENTIAL CELEBRANT RECORD KEEPING AND ADMINISTRATION This course will explore the minimum requirements a celebrant needs to maintain a Celebrant’s office including:
• securely maintaining and managing client documentation relating to the ceremony and communications with the client
• utilising effective administrative skills to collect and store documentation
• applying open, honest and effective invoicing procedures.

For Details contact Gordon Institute of TAFE

Contact Vlady at vlady_celebrant@yahoo.com.au, ring her on (07) 3283 8567 - Mobile: 0415 324 982 or write to her Vlady M Peters, Civil Marriage Celebrant, PO Box 394, Redcliffe. Qld. 4020. Australia.