All You Need to Know about Skill Assessment for Australian Visas or Jobs
You must provide evidence that your skills have been assessed as suitable for your nominated occupation by the relevant assessing authority. You must provide from the relevant assessing authority a full (permanent) skills assessment which must be used for Points Tested Skilled Migration.
Engineering Australia Skills Assessment
Engineers Australia provides fair and accurate skills assessment services to engineers who wish to migrate to Australia. As the designated assessing authority for engineering occupations, we utilise our expertise to administer impartial assessments appropriate to every applicant.
AUSTRALIAN ACCREDITED ENGINEERING QUALIFICATION ASSESSMENT FEES
| MSA FEES 2018 – 2019 | FEE EXCL. GST | FEE INCL. GST |
| Australian Engineering Qualification Assessment | $260.00 ($AUD) | $286.00 ($AUD) |
| Australian Engineering Qualification Assessment + Relevant Skilled Employment Assessment (+$340 Excl. GST) |
$600.00 ($AUD) | $660.00 ($AUD) |
| Australian Engineering Qualification Assessment + Overseas PhD Assessment (+$220 Excl. GST) |
$480.00 ($AUD) | $528.00 ($AUD) |
| Australian Engineering Qualification Assessment + Relevant Skilled Employment Assessment (+$340 Excl. GST) + Overseas PhD Assessment (+$220 Excl. GST) |
$820.00 ($AUD) | $902.00 ($AUD) |
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Skills assessment, in simple terms, means the evaluation of your qualification and work experience by an authorized assessing authority. Each occupation listed on SOL has a different
assessing authority, a list of which can be found here.
| Application Type | Fee |
| Temporary Graduate – 485 Skills Assessment | $475 |
| Post Australian Study Skills Assessment | $500 |
| Skills (general application) | $500 |
| Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) | $550 |
| Review Application | $395 |
| Appeal Application | $395 |
Skill Assessment for Accountants
A Certified Practising Accountant (CPA) is a finance, accounting and business professional with a specific qualification. Being a CPA is a mark of high professional competence. It indicates a soundness in depth, breadth and quality of accountancy knowledge.
CPAs must also complete CPA Australia’s Public Practice Program in accordance with the CPA Australia’s by-laws.
For most applicants applying for a permanent skills assessment, the following must be met:
- Qualification:a qualification comparable to an Australian bachelor degree. There is no change to this requirement.
- Core Accounting Knowledge Areas:you must have covered certain compulsory subjects in your qualification. The changes from 1 July are in relation to which subjects are required.
- English Language:you must undertake an English test. Requirements are similar to those for Proficient English. There is no change to this requirement.
The range of compulsory subjects for assessment has increased from 4 to 7 for most occupations. This gives applicants less choice in how they make up the required subject areas. The compulsory subjects from 1 July will be:
- Accounting Systems and Processes:No Change – previously required for all applicants
- Financial Accounting and Reporting:now made up of Financial Accounting (an advanced subject covering accounting for corporate groups and reporting) and Accounting Theory (another advanced subject covering accounting standards and new developments in accounting). Previously, Accounting Theory was compulsory only for the Accountant (General) and Management Accountant occupations.
- Management Accounting:No Change – previously required for all applicants
- Finance:Previously optional for most applicants, apart from Finance Managers and Corporate Treasurers
- Business Law:Previously optional for all applicants. This will now include both Commercial Law (covering contracts and typically employment law) as well as Corporations Law (general a fairly detailed subject covering laws applying to companies).
Trade Skills Assessment
Trades Recognition Australia (TRA) is a skills assessment service provider. TRA specialises in assessments for people with trade skills gained overseas or in Australia, for the purpose of migration and skills recognition.
The lists of occupations assisted by the TRA are available on the Department of Immigration and Boarder Protection website. The Skilled Occupations List (SOL) and the Consolidated Sponsored Occupation List (CSOL) are for skilled workers from outside Australia who are seeking to migrate to Australia or work temporarily in Australia and is compulsory for certain visa applications.
To be eligible for a successful TRA Migration Skills Assessment outcome the qualified worker might be required to provide evidence of:
- a qualification comparable to the relevant Australian qualification for the nominated occupation,
- three years of full-time paid employment in the nominated occupation at the required skill level,
- at least 12 months of paid employment in the nominated occupation in the three years immediately before applying.
Vetassess
Vetassess is the entity providing skills assessments for more than 300 general professional occupations, all of them included in the Skilled Occupations List (SOL) and the Consolidated Sponsored Occupations List (CSOL).
Get Your Visa specialises in providing skills assessments requested for migration purposes and for specific occupations listed in the Skilled Occupations List, the Consolidated Skilled Occupations List and according to the ANZSCO code.
The services provided by Vetassess include:
- General occupation migration skills assessments
- Trade occupations migration skills assessments
- Support on the advisory service
