Applying for a general professional occupation


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New application forms with revised application fees

VETASSESS has revised its application forms in preparation for the implementation of the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) to the skilled migration program on 1 July 2010. The new forms and explanatory notes will be available on the VETASSESS website from that date.

For the general occupations, the new forms are:
  • SRG1 Version 3 – July 2010: Application for Skills Assessment – for managers, professionals, technicians, community, personal service, clerical, administrative and sales workers
  • SRG29 Version 2 – July 2010: Application for post 485 Skills Assessment – for managers and professionals
The SRG1 is also available as an on-line application.

Following a review of the costs of our assessments, VETASSESS has revised the application fees payable for the above assessments. The new fees for assessments (and reassessments) will apply from 1 July 2010. The fee schedule has also been simplified and will no longer differentiate between the fees payable for Australian and overseas qualifications and employment. Please refer to the revised fee schedule in the revised application forms and explanatory notes, and on the VETASSESS website.

Overview

Qualifications Assessment has changed its name to Skills Recognition - General Occupations, to better reflect the broader nature of our assessments. Please contact any of our staff, who will be happy to help out with any questions you may have about the new assessment process implemented in January 2010.

The contact details and addresses for VETASSESS Skills Recognition - General Occupations remain the same.

VETASSESS
Skills Recognition - General Occupations
GPO Box 2752
Melbourne Victoria 3001
Australia

Website: www.vetassess.com.au
Tel: +61 3 9655 4801


or

VETASSESS
Skills Recognition - General Occupations
Level 5, 478 Albert Street
East Melbourne Victoria 3002
Australia

About Skill Assessments for general occupations

Our new assessment process, effective from the 1st of January 2010, aims at a better match of qualifications and employment readiness to the nominated occupation. This will ensure that applicants who meet the occupational requirements for migration are more likely to work in their nominated occupation after migrating to Australia. The assessment involves considering the applicants’ post-secondary qualification/s and relevant employment history against the requirements of their nominated occupation.

General professional occupations assessed by VETASSESS include:

  • managerial
  • professional
  • technician, community, personal service, clerical, administrative and sales occupations

View the listing of skilled occupations that we assess under the General Skilled Migration, Employer Nomination Scheme and Skilled Graduate (485) temporary visas here.

You can find out more about occupations for migration purposes at The Department of Immigration and Citizenship’s website, www.immi.gov.au/asri

Please note: The occupations listed on DIAC website are also used for purposes other than migration, and therefore some information (such as licensing or registration) will not be relevant to a VETASSESS Skills Assessment.

VETASSESS Skills Recognition - General Occupations requires applicants to hold a qualification which is assessed at the required educational level, in a highly relevant field of study to the nominated occupation. In addition to this, at least one year of employment completed at an appropriate level over the last five years in a field closely related to the nominated occupation is required for all nominated occupations. For some occupations, if the qualification/s has a shortfall in content relevance, either one or two years of additional such employment is required.

All VETASSESS occupations have been coded as A, B, C or D. The different groups reflect the differences in educational and employment requirements for different occupations. Please click here for the list of occupations and further information.

Recent Graduates with Australian Studies who intend to apply for a Skilled – Graduate (Temporary) visa (subclass 485)

The information below only applies to those who intend to apply for a Skilled – Graduate (Temporary) visa (subclass 485).

Many international students who are recent graduates with an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Bachelor Degree or higher degree level qualifications will not have sufficient employment in their nominated occupation at the required skill level for a complete Skills Assessment from VETASSESS. For this reason, VETASSESS offers a qualifications only assessment for applicants who indicate they are applying for this visa. For this process, applicants are required to have a qualification which is assessed as being at least comparable to the educational level of an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Bachelor Degree, in a highly relevant field of study to the nominated occupation. Applicants may only nominate an occupation on the Skilled Occupation List that requires at least a bachelor degree level qualification. A positive Skills Assessment outcome can then be submitted to the Department of Immigration and Citizenship with an application for a Skilled – Graduate (Temporary) visa (subclass 485).

After receiving a Skills Assessment for 485 visa purposes, applicants may gain sufficient relevant employment experience to apply to VETASSESS for Final Skills Assessment (qualifications and employment) to support an application to migrate for permanent residency under the GSM or ENS. If the nominated occupation is the same, VETASSESS will only need to assess evidence of relevant employment to complete the assessment. Download the SRG29 Post 485 form to apply for a Final Skills Assessment.

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