About our graduate program
Two of our 2012 Graduates in Melbourne.
To be in our graduate program
Graduates must have completed a three-year degree by the time the graduate program commences.
Graduate areas of study could include, but are not limited to:
- law
- public policy
- financial modelling
- industrial economics and
- econometrics.
Our program focuses on providing graduates with a coherent combination of on-the-job learning and formal training. It is a major recruitment and training program that provides for individual needs and interests.
Staff at all levels across the ACCC and in other agencies began their careers as ACCC graduates.
Working conditions
2013 graduates will receive:
- a starting salary of $54 618 p.a.
- four weeks annual leave
- generous personal and long service leave
- access to a Healthy Lifestyle Reimbursement scheme.
At the end of the graduate year, you may be advanced to an APS4 classification with a salary of $64 408 p.a.
The ACCC is committed to providing excellent working conditions designed to balance your personal and professional needs. More information is available in the ACCC Enterprise Agreement 2011–2014.
Graduate activities
Our program is structured so that graduates work in a range of areas and take part in diverse activities.
As a graduate your work in the ACCC could involve:
- analysing key market sectors
- assisting in assessing applications for collective bargaining, authorisations and notifications
- the economic regulation of network infrastructure
- or investigating complaints from business or consumers about possible breaches of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (formally the Trade Practices Act 1974).
You may be involved in:
- consumer liaison activities
- product safety surveys
- compliance research or
- a wide range of activities in our Corporate Division.
Rotations
Graduates participate in three work rotations, each lasting 14 weeks.