Membership Information

There are currently three categories of OMAA membership.

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ASSOCIATE membership

• Associate OMAA members are friends of the O&M profession and/or trainee O&M professionals.

ORDINARY membership

• Ordinary OMAA members include fully qualified O&M specialists and guide dog mobility instructors who are eligible to apply for international certification (COMS).
• In Australia, Ordinary members of the OMAA can charge the “Level 2 Therapy Assistants” rate (as per the NDIS Pricing Schedule) for time with their NDIS participant clients, and must be supervised indirectly by a COMS/ROMSA for every program. They can work with anyone their supervising COMS/ROMSA works with.

REGISTERED membership

• A Registered O&M Specialist in Australasia (ROMSA) is an member who is also an internationally Certified O&M Specialist (COMS).
• A ROMSA must maintain OMAA membership and undertake professional development activities towards COMS recertification every five years.
• In Australia, Registered members of the OMAA can charge the “Orientation and Mobility Specialist” rate (as per the NDIS Pricing Schedule) for their time working with Self-funded and Plan Managed Participants

Please follow this link to understand the implications and differences regarding the term ‘Registered’ in relation to OMAA and the NDIA, as this affects who you can work with and how you invoice under the NDIS: Definition of “Registered” as it relates to OMAA and NDIS