Occupational English Test (OET), the English language test for healthcare professionals, is offered at Polyglot Institute since May, and professionals in the medical field from all over the region have showed great interest in taking this test.
There is also a case for the ACS to establish its own '
Occupational English Test' for the professional ICT workplace in Australia.
To ensure adequate communication, the Nursing Council requires ORNs to sit the academic International English Language Testing System (IELTS) and score at least 7 in the four bands (reading, writing, listening and speaking) or B in the four bands of the
Occupational English Test (OET).
Many of these nurses had also attempted the
Occupational English Test (OET).
Dutch-trained registered nurse Marian Westrate has passed the
Occupational English Test (OET) at her first attempt, after twice failing the International English Language Testing System (IELTS).
From January 1 next year all overseas-trained nurses wanting New Zealand registration will have to pass the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) or the
Occupational English Test (OET).
Like the nurses who trained in English in their island nations, many overseas-trained nurses are having to work as health care assistants in New Zealand, because of their failure to gain a B pass in all four sections of the International English Language Testing System or the
Occupational English Test.
It asks what further competency training and assessment they have taken in New Zealand, whether they have sat the International English Language Testing System or the
Occupational English Test, and, if so how many times and at what cost.