Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Data Analyst Virtual Experience

What is this?

Welcome to the ABS Virtual Experience.

The ABS is Australia’s national statistical agency, providing trusted official statistics on a wide range of economic, social, population and environmental matters of importance to Australia. 

Data Analyst roles support evidence-based, informed decision making, and work across all aspects of government such as policy development, program management and service delivery. 

Examples of the responsibilities of a Data Analyst:

• Working with internal and external stakeholders and customers to develop fit-for-purpose specifications of data and solutions requirements.
• Designing and testing data collection instruments including questionnaires and forms.
• Analysing and interpreting survey, census and administrative data as required, including linked data.
• Producing estimates, counts and other aggregate statistics.
• Undertaking data analysis to discover relationships between data items.
• Telling the story behind the data in an engaging and meaningful way; writing media releases on the data that are accurate and interesting to the public.
• Undertaking quality assurance of aggregate data and statistics to ensure consistency and coherence with other data; preparing quality declarations to ensure customers are well informed on the quality of these statistics in order to assess their fitness for purpose.
• Confidentialising statistics to prevent disclosure of information that may identify data providers.
• Compiling and disseminating statistical products according to organisational policies and guidelines.
• Undertaking statistical project evaluation to support continuous improvement of statistical production processes.

 

 Why should you do this?

This Virtual Experience Program is self-paced and should take only 2 to 4 hours to complete.

This Virtual Experience Program is free for all students.

When you complete the Virtual Experience Program, you’ll earn a digital badge and certificate you can share on Linkedin and include on your resume.

Throughout the program, you’ll learn and develop deep insights into what it is actually like to work as a data analyst at Australian Bureau Of Statistics. Apply your knowledge to a real-world problem & gain practical experience and knowledge to draw upon in interviews.

 

What skills will I gain?

  Support evidence-based, informed decision making, and work across all aspects of government such as policy development, program management and service delivery. 

 

What you will do?

Module 1: Consumer Price Index  (1 - 2 hours)

Prepare a short (five slides) PowerPoint presentation on the ABS’ Consumer Price Index data.

Module 2: Labour Force Survey (1 - 2 hours)

Prepare a short (five slides) PowerPoint presentation on the ABS’ Labour Force Survey data. 

 

Ready to get started?

This virtual experience consists of two modules, you can do both, or just one, the choice is yours!