Workplace and occupational vaccinations by job

Requirements differ by role and by law. Pick your occupation to see exactly what your job needs, what your employer must see, and what we can complete in a single appointment.

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The framework

How occupational vaccination works in Victoria

Three sources of obligation operate alongside each other:

Secretary and Ministerial Directions under the Victorian Public Health and Wellbeing Act require specified healthcare workers in prescribed settings to be vaccinated against seasonal influenza annually by 15 August. The COVID-19 Directions for healthcare, aged care, disability and education settings were revoked in October 2025 — but individual employers may still require COVID-19 currency through their own workforce policy.
No Jab, No Play (a child requirement, not an educator one) requires children attending early childhood education and care to present a current AIR Immunisation History Statement. This applies to ECEC settings only — not schools.
The Australian Immunisation Handbook sets the recommended occupational baseline for every other role (laboratory, first responder, disability worker, school staff, etc.). These are recommendations rather than legal mandates — but most employers treat them as effective requirements via workforce policy.

The universal proof answer

In every case the accepted proof is the same single document: your AIR Immunisation History Statement. You download it via myGov (Medicare service) or the Medicare Express Plus app and provide it to your employer — they don't access the Australian Immunisation Register directly.

Step-by-step retrieval guide

Pick your occupation

Choose the role that matches yours

Each page covers the specific required and recommended vaccines, the legal basis for that role, the October 2025 COVID-19 status update, and what we can complete in a single appointment.

Hospital and healthcare workers

For clinical staff in hospitals, GP clinics, allied health and community health

See requirements

Aged-care workers

For residential aged-care, home-care and disability-services staff under the strengthened standards

See requirements

Childcare and early childhood educators

For educators in long day care, family day care, kinder and OSHC — plus the No Jab No Play rule for children

See requirements

School staff

For teachers, support staff and casuals in primary, secondary and special-needs schools

See requirements

Disability and community-support workers

For NDIS support workers, group-home staff, supported-living and community-services workers

See requirements

Pathology, laboratory and first responders

For pathology collectors, laboratory scientists, paramedics, fire and rescue, and police

See requirements

How a single-visit occupational appointment works

Pharmacist reviews your AIR record against the specific requirements for your role.
Identifies gaps — what's missing, what's out of date, what proof you'll need.
Administers everything in scope on the day; recorded to the AIR within 24 hours.
You leave with an updated AIR Immunisation History Statement to send your employer.
For serology blood tests (e.g. hepatitis B post-vaccination immunity check), we point you to your GP or a pathology collection centre — that's outside pharmacy scope.

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Sources and further reading

General information only — not personal medical advice. Vaccines are described by disease or category in line with the Therapeutic Goods Advertising Code. Your AHPRA-registered immuniser confirms what applies at the pre-vaccination screening.