Tasmania Police Commissioner Darren Hine said a mandate was "under consideration", but stopped short of implementing one.

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Aged care workers were told at least a first-dose of a COVID vaccination would be mandatory from September 17, while private and pubic health workers were given a deadline of October 31.

Commissioner Hine said despite no mandate the first-dose vaccination rate for both police and emergency workers was "pleasingly" about 90 per cent. There are 1395 police officers in Tasmania.

Commissioner Hine encouraged all staff who had not been vaccinated to "book an appointment as soon as possible".

The Tasmania Police situation differed from eastern seaboard counterparts in Queensland, NSW and Victoria who had already delivered a mandate for officers.

It was early in the week revealed 34 police officers and nine protective services officers in Victoria had been stood down and faced losing their jobs because they had refused to receive a COVID vaccination.

The number of officers stood down equated to about 0.20 per cent of the workforce while for protective service numbers that percentage was about 0.62.

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