Skills Assessment for Skilled Visas in Australia
To be eligible for most of the skilled visas in Australia, you must be qualified in one of the relevant occupation lists. You must obtain a positive skills assessment for your occupation issued by the relevant assessing authority.
Different industries have different assessing authorities. Here are some of the major industries and their respective assessing bodies. You can visit their website to check their assessment procedures, timeframes, and processing fees.
VETASSESS
Vetassess is a provider of vocation education and training (VET) skills assessment for both migration and national skills recognition.
Occupations include:
Advertising specialist, marketing specialist, ICT account manager, ICT business development manager, graphic designer, illustrator, fashion designer, student counsellor, medical technicians, building inspector, veterinary nurse
Website: https://www.vetassess.com.au/skills-assessment-for-migration
TRA
TRA is a skills assessment service for people with trade skills gained overseas or in Australia for the purpose of migration. You must obtain a successful MSA outcome for your visa application for migration purposes.
Occupations include:
Chef, cook, cabinetmaker, air-conditioning and refrigeration mechanic, electrician, ICT customer support officer, ICT support technicians, aircraft maintenance engineer, baker, make up artist, dental technician
Website: https://www.tradesrecognitionaustralia.gov.au/programs/migration-skills-assessment
ENGINEERS AUSTRALIA
If you want to migrate to Australia as an engineer, Engineers Australia is the body that will need to assess your skills as suitable for work in Australia. You will need a migration assessment outcome letter for your visa application.
Occupations include:
Materials engineer, civil engineer, geotechnical engineer, structural engineer, transport engineer, electrical engineer, industrial engineer, mechanical engineer, production or plant engineer, mining engineer
Website: https://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/migrants/migration-skills-assessment
ANMAC
ANMAC is the government approved independent assessing authority for nurses and midwives applying for Australian General Migration program.
Occupations include:
Registered nurse (aged care, child and family health, community health, critical care and emergency, developmental disability, medical, mental health, perioperative, surgical, paediatrics), nurse practitioner, midwife
Website: https://www.anmac.org.au/skilled-migration-services
MedBA
International medical graduates whose medical qualification are from a medical school outside Australia or New Zealand can undertake one of these 3 assessment pathways: competent authority pathway, standard pathway or specialist pathway.
Occupations include:
General practitioner, specialist physician (general medicine), cardiologist, clinical haematologist, medical oncologist, endocrinologist, intensive care specialist, neurologist, paediatrician, renal medicine specialist, rheumatologist, psychiatrist, surgeon (general)
Website: https://www.medicalboard.gov.au/registration/international-medical-graduates.aspx
AITSL
The Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership provide skills assessment services to teachers who wish to migrate to Australia.
Occupations include:
Early childhood (pre-primary school) teacher, secondary school teacher, special needs teacher, teacher of the hearing impaired, teacher of the sight impaired, special education teachers, primary school teacher, middle school teacher (Aus)
Website: https://www.aitsl.edu.au/migrate-to-australia/apply-for-a-skills-assessment
For more information about the skills list and assessment bodies, you can also visit the Department of Home Affairs website to see if your skills are in any of the occupation lists.
Here is the link: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/working-in-australia/skill-occupation-list
The search result will also tell you which assessing body would be relevant for your occupation.
