Kia ora. Please note that we’re closing on 20 Dec 2024/opening 6 Jan 2025 – all APC applications must be completed, paid, and submitted no later than Monday 16 December 2024. Thank you!

Internationally Qualified Registration: Anaesthetic Technician

If you hold a relevant overseas qualification in anaesthetic technology or equivalent, you can apply for registration as an anaesthetic technician.

UK-Trained applicants:

Practitioners who hold a United Kingdom-issued qualification in anaesthetic technology and:

  • have 3680 hours or more (2 years fulltime equivalent) post-qualification relevant specialised anaesthetic technology experience, and
  • are registered and in good standing with HCPC

will be eligible for registration but may need to complete a period of supervised practice.

All other overseas qualifications are assessed on a case-by-case basis as to whether or not the holder of that qualification meets the registration requirements of the Council. The qualifications will be assessed against a standard set of criteria approved by the Council.

Applying for APC

You must wait until you are a resident in New Zealand or can provide evidence of your move to New Zealand before applying for an APC. Once you are registered, and before you begin working as an Anaesthetic Technician in New Zealand, you must apply to the Council for an annual practising certificate (APC).

Registration Timeframe

Your application will take up to 6 weeks to process, once all required documentation is received and the registration fee is paid.

Required Documentation

To apply for registration, you will need to provide the following:

Qualification

A certified copy of your qualification (this may also be referred to as your Diploma or Degree). A photocopy may be certified as a true copy by a solicitor, Notary Public, Justice of the Peace, or an Officer of the Court.

Course information
  • Academic transcript (in English). To include a list of the subjects taken, the grades/marks obtained, and associated information on the grading system used.
  • Academic syllabus (curriculum), detailing the contents of each subject and hours required for each year of study.
  • If applicable, copy of your clinical logbook detailing procedures completed during clinical component of the qualification.

Please note: UK-Trained applicants may be required to provide course information.

Character and Experience
  • One Certificate of Standing and Experience (personal) completed by persons unrelated to you. 
  • One Certificate of Competence and Experience (professional).
  • If you are registered with a licensing/registration authority in your home country, please provide evidence of your current registration status and a current Certificate of Good Standing (no more than 6-months old).
Identity
  • One passport-style photograph signed with your signature and certified to be a true likeness of yourself (stating your name) by someone authorised to make statutory declarations in your country
  • Evidence of name change if applicable.
Evidence of employment
  • A statement from your most recent/current employer including start and end date of employment, normal contracted hours per week and job title.
  • Curriculum Vitae.
Cultural competency

A certificate of completion of the Te Tiriti o Waitangi and The Treaty of Waitangi and Healthcare module www.mauriora.co.nz.

English Language requirements

All registration applicants must meet the Council's English language requirements. If you are required to sit an English language test, please provide a copy of your examination results. Applicants may take either the IELTS test (academic) or the OET test. An applicant must attain a minimum score of 7.0 in each of the four categories of listening, reading, writing and speaking in the IELTS test for registration as a medical laboratory scientist. For registration as a medical laboratory technologist, medical laboratory pre-analytical technologist, or an anaesthetic technician, an applicant must obtain a minimum of 7.0 in listening, reading and speaking, and a 6.5 in writing.

If an applicant chooses to attempt the OET test, they must attain a B pass, and they may undertake either the pharmacy or medicine test.

Please note, the Council also accepts the ‘one skill retake’ offered by IELTS - it allows an applicant to retake just one category if they only failed one of the categories and saves them from retaking the whole test.

Criminal conviction
  • A criminal conviction notice that is no more than six months old from each country you have lived and worked in for more than 12 months.
  • Please ensure all current and previous names are included in the check.

Please note: Only the following criminal history checks will be accepted by the Council:

For countries not on this list, please check with the Council. The Immigration New Zealand website may provide some guidance. 

Please note, criminal check certificates issued by a third party will not be accepted.

Fee Payment

You must pay the required fee when you submit your application. No refund will be given if your application is unsuccessful.