also, make sure you check out not only what the cost is to get your licence, but also what the annual cost is to maintain the licence.
then figure out what you can charge, what time would be involved in doing that, how much you'll spend (advertising, travel, lodging any paperwork, renting anything you may need for ceremonies, getting your accounts done if you don't do them yourself, tax, etc) and decide whether it's worth it.
I'd be interested in what you decide! I know someone who started looking into this ages ago, but I'm not sure whether they pursued it in the end ...
I have commenced my course to become a Marriage Celebrant, it is a 4 mth course via correspondance with 2 weekend workshops. Once I have finished I then have to submit an application to the Attorney General's office to be approved which takes about 3 months.
Also as it is government approved training (Certificate IV in Marriage Celebrancy) I've been eligible for a government subsidy on the fees as I'm increasing my skills - I only went to year 10 in school but had 20yrs on the job training in the banking/finance industry.
There is no licence to maintain once I am fully registered all I have to do is do referesher courses to keep up to date with an legislative changes that occur.
Apart from that a lot of the costs associated are factored into the fees you charge to do the ceremonies and this is completed as part of the course. So with any luck I'll be a fully certified Marriage Celebrant by the end of the year but I will be able to do naming days, vowel renewals and funerals (anything that isn't a legal process) if I want while I'm waiting to be ceritified.
Congrats on starting your course. We had an elderly woman do our wedding but friends have had younger celebrants. I think it's a great idea for making extra money. Good luck!
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