IELTS/OET - [English-language proficiency]
MINIMUM SCORE FOR IELTS/OET
The approved English Language Testing Vendors and the required scores are:
Occupational English Test (OET)
you must achieve a minimum score of 350 for reading, listening, and speaking (C+ (300 – 340) is not considered a passing grade). For writing, you must achieve a minimum score of 300.
International English Language Testing System (IELTS)
Only the Academic Module is accepted.
You must achieve a minimum score of 7 for reading, listening, and speaking. For writing, you must achieve a minimum score of 6.5.
CLUBBING OF SCORES
You can achieve the minimum score in the English language tests over more than one sitting; however, the required score must be met within 12 months of first sitting the test and met within three years of your CGFNS report being transmitted to Nursing Council.
COMPUTER-BASED AND ONLINE TESTING
Testing that occurs at an IELTS or OET testing venue but that is undertaken on a computer will be accepted by the Council.
Fully online computer-based testing (for example OET@home or IELTS Online), will not be accepted by the Council.
The Speaking Test component of the OET’s On Computer mode, which is delivered online but with a live assessor, will be accepted by the Council.
EVIDENCE PATHWAY OR WAIVER
The three pathways are:
A test-based pathway, where evidence consists of IELTS or OET results that demonstrate achievement of minimum scores as follows: a) IELTS: 7 in Reading, Speaking, & Listening, and 6.5 in Writing b) OET: 350 in Reading, Speaking, & Listening, and 300 in Writing.
An education-based pathway, where evidence consists of the education that led to registration as a nurse being taught and examined in English in the United Kingdom, Singapore, Ireland, Canada, or the United States of America.
A registration-based pathway, where evidence consists of having passed an English language test to obtain registration in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, or the United States of America.