Celebrancy Courses

Studying Celebrancy is more than just gaining a qualification, it’s about being part of Australian people’s lives for special days and maybe ones filled with sorrow. Completing your short course through a registered training organisation may be as a once off, as your new full-time career path or even a part-time job.

Career Prospects as a Celebrant

Being a celebrant is an honour, you would become part of someone’s wedding, officiate a naming ceremony, funeral or a civil ceremony. A career as a Celebrant is actually highly business related, you would be a professional business person who is an effective and sensitive communicator as well as a creative writer and speaker. One of the most important responsibilities of being a celebrant is the legality of the job, specifically marriage requirements. Being a Marriage Celebrant involves more than just reading vows; you may have to interview clients, as well as plan marriage ceremonies and evaluate marriage ceremonies. It is important not only that you maintain your marriage Celebrancy practice by upholding the specific legislative responsibilities of marriage celebrants, but that you are professional and provide meaningful ceremonies that suit your clients wants and needs. Another pathway to take under civil Celebrancy is being a Funeral Celebrant; funeral Celebrancy requires even more professionalism than marriage Celebrancy as funeral services conducted by a celebrant need to be undergone with the utmost respect and care for clients. As a job, the rate of pay does vary depending on the experience of the Celebrant and the type of service (i.e. wedding, funeral, naming etc.); as an estimate, the average wedding typically pays somewhere between $150 and $800 for a celebrant to officiate the service.

Celebrancy Requirements

The best pathway for a career in Celebrancy is to complete a Certificate IV in Celebrancy and then by Australian laws, you must be licensed under the Australian Attorney-General’s department to be a Civil Celebrant. To work as one, you must complete an approved course to further be registered with the Register of Marriage Celebrants in Australia, requiring a $600 fee, then a further $240 annual fee as well as yearly ongoing professional development to maintain your title of a Celebrant. With almost 75% of all marriages being conducted by a Civil Celebrant, the demand for Celebrancy is projected to still increase. The career prospects of a celebrant can grow to more than just what the job requires, many individuals start their own small business or experienced celebrants may look to conduct celebrant training.

Whether you’re looking for a face to face course in Melbourne, Brisbane, the Gold Coast or an online course it is important that you view details of your preferred Cert IV to see what course is right for you.