What is meant by a condition of engagement relating to formal qualifications?
Some employment opportunities in the APS are open only to people who have a certain type or level of formal qualification, where this is essential for performing the duties. Section 22(6)(c) enables agency heads to impose as a condition of engagement the requirement for possession of a formal qualification. This requirement would generally be specified in the Gazette notification and be met before the person is engaged, but an agency head may choose to make an offer of engagement subject to the condition that the person produce evidence of the necessary qualification within a specified period. A condition like this may be imposed, for example, when a person has satisfactorily completed all the requirements of a course, has provided evidence of completion, and is waiting for the degree to be conferred, or where for some reason the person is not immediately able to produce evidence of the qualification.
