News & Updates

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. 

The Customer Service Institute of Australia (CSIA) and VETASSESS have launched an Accreditation Program for customer service leaders.  

From April 23, VETASSESS will implement a number of changes to the trades skills assessment process. These changes will apply to new applications lodged from that date.

On April 23, VETASSESS will resume accepting new applications for three trade occupations.

VETASSESS has signed a memorandum of understanding with Tourism Training Australia (TTA) and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to create a streamlined skilled migration pathway to connect Australian employers with skilled hospitality workers from India. 

VETASSESS has reviewed and updated its skills assessment criteria for two occupations relating to accommodation and hospitality management, following consultation with the Australian Hotels Association (AHA). 

VETASSESS will resume accepting new Pathway 1 applications for the occupation of Plumber (General), ANZSCO Code 334111, on February 12, 2024. 

Update: From June 12, 2024, we began accepting new applications for Chef and Fitter (General), and from April 23, 2024, we resumed accepting new applications for the occupations of Cook, Diesel Motor Mechanic and Motor Mechanic (General).

The Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) has endorsed the VETASSESS skills assessment criteria for the occupations of Manufacturer and Production Manager (Manufacturing).