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How to Become a Celebrant

To become a celebrant in Australia, you should be great with people and want to help them celebrate the biggest milestones of their life. 

A Certificate IV in Celebrancy (CHC41015) will cover all the career fundamentals. To be an authorised marriage celebrant, you’ll also need to apply to the Registrar of Marriage Celebrants and undertake ongoing professional development.

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Celebrant job description

info Where we source our data

Let’s get real. Job information online can often be overly optimistic — conveniently glossing over the raw bits. But when you’re making decisions about your future, you need all the facts.

That’s why we anonymously surveyed Celebrants about their job, with hopes of getting an honest insight into what it’s really like.

While we did our best to ensure respondents were Australians and verified their job titles with proof of employment, we can’t guarantee complete accuracy — or that your experiences in the field will reflect theirs. So, we suggest that you take these insights as a guide only and try to talk to people in the field before making an important decision.

A celebrant is an individual who has been legally trained to perform and officiate formal ceremonies – such as weddings, renewal of wedding vows, funerals, and any celebrational events. Those in this role can similarly be referred to as a marriage celebrant, a wedding celebrant, a civil celebrant, an officiant, and a wedding officiant. A great celebrant should have a passion for creating an important day for individuals. This can be paired with excellent organisation skills, presentational skills, proactivity, and versatility, to ensure the importance of an event is fully celebrated.

Tasks and responsibilities for a Celebrant

The role of a celebrant is to assist individuals, couples, families and communities with the facilitation, design and/or delivery of a ceremony or celebration. This service looks to meet the physical, emotional, development, psychological/spiritual, social, and cultural needs of the client and guests.

A celebrant’s duties can include:

  • Understanding your clients’ wants and needs for a ceremony and coming up with suggestions to fulfil them.
  • Writing and planning ceremonies
  • Officiating ceremonies, often acting as an MC.
  • Writing scripts and assisting with writing vows or eulogies.
  • Provide ongoing support throughout the ceremony
  • Ensuring the ceremony is personalised
  • Handling the legalities of the event/ceremony
  • Preparing relevant legal documents like marriage certificates.

How to become a Celebrant

  1. Study

    Celebrant training is essential to officiate most ceremonies and weddings. This enables you to become a Commonwealth-registered marriage celebrant. One of the requirements is the completion of a formal qualification, a Certificate IV in Celebrancy (CHC41015).

  2. Register as a Celebrant

    To work as a marriage celebrant, you’ll also need to be on the Registrar of Marriage Celebrants. You’ll submit an online application form, answer questions about marriage law in Australia, and pay a required fee. The Registrar of Marriage Celebrants will need to deem you a ‘fit and proper person’ in accordance with section 39C of the Marriage Act 1961.

  3. Promote your services

    Set up a website, Facebook page, and/or LinkedIn account to market and explain to people what services you offer and how they can get in touch with you.

Pathway options

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Job pathways are drawn from the Australian Apprenticeships Pathways site.

Junior

  • Event coordinator

    Most common qualification: Diploma of Event Management (SIT50316)

Mid

  • Civil Celebrant

    Most common qualification: Certificate IV in Celebrancy (CHC41015)

Senior

  • Event director

    Most common qualification: Bachelor of Business (Event Management)

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To work as a marriage celebrant, you must hold a Certificate IV in Celebrancy (CHC41015).

Certificate IV in Celebrancy

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In this course, you’ll learn:

  • How to run a celebrancy business as a sole trader
  • Marketing strategies
  • Presentation skills
  • The ethical and legal obligations of a celebrant

 

Certificate IV studies typically take 6 months of full-time study (or part-time equivalent) to complete.

 

Delivery can be on-campus or online, or a mix of both. Courses cost different amounts depending on the provider and whether you are eligible for Commonwealth government support.

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1 providers offer this course

Rose Training Australia

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