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What this job is
A Library Technician supports the daily operations of library services in public, school, academic, or special libraries across Australia. They manage library collections, process materials, assist patrons with information access, and maintain library systems and records. The role bridges professional librarians and front-line library staff, ensuring efficient circulation of resources and compliance with library standards and copyright regulations.
Pay
A$1,498 a week
This is the median for full-time employees who are not managers and are paid at the adult rate, before tax and salary sacrifice. It is a guide to what the work pays, not a wage rate.
Source: ABS Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2025, customised report.
What this role asks for
- Active Listeningcore
- Advise on art handlingcore
- Attention to Detailcore
- Clean animal body partscore
- Clean carcassescore
- Customer Needs Assessmentcore
- Data Entry and Accuracycore
- Data modelscore
- Database development toolscore
- Database management systemscore
- Digital curationcore
- Digital data processingcore
- Digital Literacycore
- Electronic Document Managementcore
- Manage ICT data classificationcore
- Microsoft Office Suite Proficiencycore
- Policy and Procedure Adherencecore
- Quality Assurance and Checkingcore
- Query languagescore
- Record Managementcore
- Research and Analysiscore
- Resource description framework query languagecore
- Verbal Communicationcore
- Written Communicationcore
- Advise on loans of art work for exhibitions
- Analyse big data
- Business intelligence
- Comply with legal regulations
- Confidentiality and Privacy Compliance
- Continuous Learning and Upskilling
- Cultural Awareness and Sensitivity
- Data extraction, transformation and loading tools
- Database
- Digitization
- IBM InfoSphere DataStage
- Inclusive Practice
- Informatica PowerCenter
- Information structure
- Knowledge Base Utilisation
- Manage content metadata
- Manage database
- MDX
- Multitasking
- Process Documentation
- Team Collaboration
- Time Management and Prioritisation