News & Updates

VETASSESS now offers skills assessments for 692 occupations in regional Australia under the Designated Area Migration Agreement (DAMA) program. 

We are delighted to advise that we have reduced our skills assessment times for professional and other non-trade occupations. 

VETASSESS will hold Skills Assessment Webinars on Wednesday, July 31, with a focus on trade occupations, and a live Q&A session.

On July 15, VETASSESS will resume accepting new applications for two trade occupations: 

Electrician (General), ANZSCO Code 341111    

Metal Machinist (First Class), ANZSCO Code 323214 

VETASSESS has updated its skills assessment criteria for the ANZSCO occupation of Mathematician following discussions with the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI).  

VETASSESS and the Australian Marketing Institute (AMI) have launched five digital badges to recognise the skills of marketing professionals. 

The Department of Home Affairs is updating the Temporary Graduate 485 visa.

Dr Mamta Chauhan will become Interim Executive Director of VETASSESS on July 1, following the retirement of Rob Thomason. 

Our next skills assessment webinars will be held on June 26 and will focus on professional occupations. These 45-minute webinars are designed to provide applicants, potential applicants, and migration agents and lawyers, with information and updates on appl

On June 12, VETASSESS will resume accepting new applications for the occupations of Chef and Fitter (General). 

VETASSESS has achieved the ISO 27001:2022 international standard for information security, recognising it uses best practice for managing confidentiality, integrity and availability in its information security management system.

VETASSESS and the National Skills Development Corporation of India (NSDC) have agreed to jointly develop a plan to enable skilled workers from India to travel to Australia to fill labour shortages.