amt
association of massage therapists
Who is eligible?
Full Practitioner Membership
There are three practitioner levels of membership:
- General Level
- Senior Level One
- Senior Level Two
The qualification criteria for each level of membership is outlined below. Please note that you must be 18 years of age to apply for practitioner membership.
AMT reserves the right to vet membership applications to ensure that training and assessment of the applicant's qualifications is line with the Standards for Registered Training Organisations (2015) and to exercise discretion in relation to admitting applicants as members.
AMT also requires all practitioner and student members to have a national police history check. You will be required to redo the check three years from the date on the certificate you supply to AMT. For information about AMT's police check requirements and how to obtain one, please go here.
General Level
General level membership is available to graduates who hold the following qualifications:
- HLT42015/HLT42021 Certificate IV in Massage Therapy
- HLT40312/07 Certificate IV in Massage Therapy Practice
Annual Fees - $85 application fee, $230 per annum
Total cost for new members - $315
You can apply online here or download a practitioner application form here.
Senior Level One
Senior Level One membership is available to graduates who hold the following qualifications:
- HLT52015/HLT52021 Diploma of Remedial Massage
- HLT50307 Diploma of Remedial Massage
- HLT52115 Diploma of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Remedial Massage
- HLT50112/07 Diploma of Traditional Chinese Medicine Remedial Massage (An Mo Tui Na)
- HLT52215 Diploma of Shiatsu and Oriental Therapies
- HLT50212/07 Diploma of Shiatsu and Oriental Therapies
Annual Fees - $85 application fee, $280 per annum
Total cost for new members - $365
You can apply online here or download a practitioner application form here.
Senior Level Two
Senior Level Two membership is available to graduates who hold the following qualifications:
- 22316VIC/22248VIC Advanced Diploma of Myotherapy
- 21920VIC/21511VIC Advanced Diploma of Remedial Massage (Myotherapy)
- Advanced Diploma of Health Science (Soft Tissue Therapy)
Annual Fees - $85 application fee, $300 per annum
Total cost for new members - $385
You can apply online here or download a practitioner application form here.
We also invite overseas qualified therapists to contact us for information about Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). You may find the information in our Overseas Qualifications section helpful too.
If you are transferring your membership from another association you may find the information in our Transferring Associations section helpful.
Community Membership
Annual Fees - $20 application fee, $55 per annum
Community membership is available to:
- retired or non-active AMT professional members
- temporarily non-practising AMT professional members
- non-practising partners of an AMT professional member
- members of the public interested in supporting the AMT.
You can apply online here or download a Community Membership application form here. For more information, please download the community membership fact sheet here.
Parental Leave Membership
AMT has parental leave provisions to assist current members maintain their membership during the period they are not in active practice due to child-rearing. AMT will waive the annual renewal fee for two years during this period.
For more information, please download the parental leave membership fact sheet here.
