HOW TO GET SKILLS ASSESSMENT DONE IF YOU ARE AN ENGINEER?

The Australian Migration system proposes an established criteria for the different occupations and level of qualifications needed for skills assessment in a particular field. Engineers Australia is the designated assessing Authority for majority of the engineering occupations. For better chance of an assessment of your qualification, it is recommended to do an initial check on the 'Skilled Occupation Lists (SOL) to determine whether your skilled occupation is listed for being assessable by Engineers Australia. However, if not, there are some engineering occupations such as Engineer Managers that are assessed under different Assessing Authorities like Australian institute of Management.

The most common confusion to the migrants is that the qualification assessment to be entitled for Migration visa and for membership of Engineers Australia are two separate procedures. It is quite probable that one might secure visa for migration but a refusal for membership of Engineer Australia. Conversely, it can be likely that you secure member but fail to be accepted for a skilled migration visa. Engineers Australia is the chief body for engineers in Australia, with over 80,000 members.

Skill Assessment

For skilled migration purposes, Engineer Australia is the prime authority for assessment of professional and para-professional qualifications. It has designed two pathways for recognition of your qualification - a) Recognized engineering qualifications and b) A competency demonstration report (CDR). It is highly required to assess your degree before an application is made. Recognition is necessary to determine if the course of your completion at an overseas education institution is equivalent to an Australian four-year engineering course. If none of the signatory body recognizes your engineering qualifications equivalent to any accredited course in Australia, you may have an option to request recognition through a competency assessment process. Through the Competency Demonstration Report, you have an occasion to showcase that the engineering knowledge and competencies are corresponding or equal to those of the appropriate occupational category within Australian Engineering. You can provide detail work and training documents that you have done to acquire these skills and knowledge equivalent to an engineer with Australian qualifications.

The Engineers Australia website provides an insight into The Migration Skills Assessment Kit, through which you determine occupational category and preparing your CDR submission. To know a course is accredited you need to have details about the university, particular course, the start and finish dates too. It needs to be done by you as a part of preparing your application for migration skills assessment to Engineers Australia. It is also recommended to avail services of a qualified migration agent.

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