To guarantee you fulfil the Australian credentials, Home Affairs asks you to complete a migration skills assessment (to offer thorough information about their qualifications and job experience) from an assessing authority. The most popular visa category for foreign professionals, managers, tradespeople, and international graduates in Australia is the GENERAL SKILLED MIGRATION (GSM) visa.
A positive skill evaluation is required when moving to Australia for a skilled career. Reviewing the skilled occupation list and understanding the criteria of your occupation is the first step in completing your skills assessment and filing your application. It's time to start the skills evaluation procedure once you've decided on your profession. The Australian Computer Society (ACS), Engineer Australia (EA), CPA Australia, and VETASSESS are among the more than 20 bodies that test abilities.
In such instance, you must get an official document from the institute providing the qualification's Academic Registrar's Office or student administration declaring that you have met all of the award's requirements and that you are qualified to receive the award.
Requirements
1) Familiarize yourself with your profession and job descriptions.
Review the skilled occupation lists for your specific visa 189 occupation lists and 190/489 skilled occupation lists to begin the skilled application procedure. Two examples of nominated vocations and their employment criteria are shown below.
Marketing Specialist – ANZSCO 225113
- Collecting and analyzing statistics and other statistical information, as well as researching prospective demand and market characteristics for new goods and services.
- Supporting business growth and development by developing and implementing marketing goals, strategies, and programs.
- Market research is commissioned and carried out to uncover market potential for new and current goods and services.
- Providing marketing advice on all aspects of the business, including product mix, price, advertising, and sales promotion, as well as selling and distribution networks.
Customer Service Manager – ANZSCO 149212
- Providing team members with direction and criticism, as well as aiding with recruiting
- Managing, motivating, and growing customer service employees
- Planning and implementing after-sales services to monitor customer happiness, ensure product performance, and change and improve services supplied
- Identifying and responding to consumer expectations through collaborating with other organisational units, service agents, and customers.
2) There are no language requirements in English.
The VETASSESS skills exam has the advantage of not requiring English language skills tests such as IELTS test scores. Having said that, the majority of VETASSESS skill levels do need post-secondary education.
3) Requirements for work experience
For General Occupations, VETASSESS demands a minimum of one year of strongly relevant work experience after graduation.
4) The VETASSESS Groups are divided into six categories.
For General Occupations, VETASSESS includes six separate classes. For assessment purposes, VETASSESS has divided its general vocations into groups A, B, C, D, E, and F, based on the ANZSCO indicated skill level. The table below shows the appropriate groups and their skill levels, although group F is not included because it has just one employment.
| ANZSCO Skill level |
VETASSESS Occupation Group |
| Skill Level 1 Australian Bachelor degree or Master degree or Doctoral degree |
Group A or B |
| Skill Level 2 Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Associate Degree or AQF Advanced Diploma or AQF Diploma |
Group C or E |
| Skill Level 3 AQF Certificate III (with additional years of employment) or AQF Certificate IV |
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Group Qualification Requirements
Group A
- Qualifications are those that have earned an Australian Bachelor's degree or higher in a highly relevant field of study and have completed at least one year of post-qualification highly relevant work at an adequate skill level in the recent five years.
- Employment prior to completion of the program will not be accepted.
Group B
- Qualifications are those that have earned an Australian Bachelor's degree or higher in a highly relevant field of study and have completed at least one year of post-qualification, highly relevant work at a suitable skill level in the recent five years.
- If the degree is not highly relevant, but you have a highly relevant Diploma and have completed at least two years of post-qualification highly relevant work at a suitable skill level in the recent five years.
- If you don't have a highly relevant qualification, you must have completed at least three years of highly relevant post-qualification work at an adequate skill level in the past five years.
- Before any qualification may be considered, you must have worked for at least 5 years in a highly related position
Group C
- Qualification(s) assessed at least at the AQF Diploma level in a highly relevant field of study and at least one year of post-qualification highly relevant work at an acceptable skill level performed in the previous five years
- If the AQF Diploma is not highly relevant, but you have a highly relevant AQF Certificate IV, you must have completed at least one year of highly relevant post-qualification work at an acceptable skill level in the recent five years.
- If the AQF Diploma is not highly relevant, at least two years of highly relevant post-qualification work at an acceptable skill level accomplished within the past five years is required.
- Before any qualification may be considered, you must have worked for at least three years in a highly related position.
Group D
- AQF Certificate IV degree, relatively applicable, as a minimum 365 days of post-qualification relatively applicable employment at the proper talent degree finished within the final 5 years;
- At least three years relatively applicable employment earlier than any qualification can be considered
- AQF Certificate III degree, relatively applicable, as a minimum 3 years of post-qualification relatively applicable employment at the proper talent degree finished within the final 5 years.
- At least three years relatively applicable employment earlier than any qualification can be considered
Group E
- Qualification(s) assessed at AQF Diploma degree with a fantastically applicable area of take a look at and at the least twelve months of post-qualification fantastically applicable employment at the correct ability degree finished within the ultimate 5 years.
- Employment earlier than qualification will NOT be considered.
Group F
It has only one occupation - 442111 Prison Officer.
5) Evidence Documents for VETASSESS Assessment
- Documents of identification:
- A copy of your current passport
- One current passport-sized photograph (45mm X 35mm)
- Qualification Evidence
- Certificate of Achievement in Qualification
- Transcript of Studies
- Evidence of employment and an updated CV
- Employers' Service Statements
- Payment proof
- Contracts of employment
6) VETASSESS Fees and Processing Time
| VETASSESS |
Fees |
Processing time |
| Standard Assessment |
AUD 968.00/td>
| 10 to 12 weeks |
| JPriority Processing |
AUD 1628.00 |
10 Business days |
Role of VETASSESS?
VETASSESS is Australia's largest supplier of vocational education and training assessments. It offers exams for both General Professional Occupations and Trade Occupations.
Under General Jobs, VETASSESS examines numerous common occupations, such as Marketing Specialist, Property Manager, Conference and Event Organizers, and Customer Service Manager.
VETASSESS performs skill evaluations for nominated employment categories under the General Skilled Migration program based on post-secondary educational degrees.
What if you have a complete qualification but no certificate?
In such scenario, you must get an official document from the Academic Registrar's Office of the institute providing the qualification or student administration declaring that you have completed all prerequisites for the award and are qualified to receive it.
Indicate when the prize will be presented, if possible.
How long does a Skill Assessment take?
- Most assessments should be finished within six weeks.
- However, in a handful of circumstances, the duration may be longer
- Credentials that are not covered by the assessment requirements in the National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition (NOOSR) Country Education Profiles, as well as qualifications from Pakistan and the People's Republic of China, may now take longer to complete.
- Applicants with qualifications from Chinese or Pakistani universities must arrange for their documentation to be forwarded directly from their institution to VETASSESS in a sealed envelope.
- Before organising this, applicant should apply to VETASSESS and get a file number.
Can VETASSESS meet my deadline?
VETASSESS will make every attempt to fulfil your deadline, but no assurance can be made.
CERTIFY Your documents?
Anyone authorizeds to witness statutory papers, such as a Justice of the Peace, a lawyer or solicitor, a police officer, a Member of Parliament, dentists, and pharmacists, can certify documents.
Have more than one qualification?
If you have more than one qualification, you do not need to have all of them examined.
In general, VETASSESS will only evaluate the credentials that are required for an applicant to fulfil the requirements of the specified qualification.
Completion of the Skill Assessment
VETASSESS will provide the applicant with a written declaration on the comparability of your post-secondary education to the Australian qualifications necessary for your specified occupation when the Skill Assessment procedure is completed.
Applications for reassessment must be submitted within 90 days of VETASSESS offering advice on the original Skill Assessment to the applicant.
Dissatisfied with reassessment?
If you are unhappy with the results of the reassessment, you may file an appeal. Appeals must be submitted within 28 days of VETASSESS providing advice on the reassessment decision. There is a non-refundable charge that may vary without notice. The decision of the appeals committee is final.
