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Guest imigrate Australia

Hi There

 

The process for a Skill Select Visa is that you will need a skills assessment prior to lodging your expression of interest.

 

Your skills will be assessed by TRA (at the moment) and I would suggest that your trade will still be on the CSOL (Consolidated Skilled Occupations List).

 

Check out

 

http://www.deewr.gov.au/Skills/Programs/SkillsAssess/TRA/residenceVisa/Skilled/Pages/home.aspx

 

for the requirements for your skills assessment.

 

Let me know if you have any more questions.

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Can you help me too! Im very confused I dont think i meet the 65 points unless I sit the English test, how do I do this and how quickly can it be done. Im 40 27 May and need to lodge my application prior to this. I didnt realise that the english requirement had changed and thought I meet the points..l. its very frustrating!

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Hi

 

Can anyone tell me if an NVQ level 2 in plastering is enough to qualify for a skill select visa. I want to get my application started ASAP so any advice would be helpfull

 

Rehards

 

Hello Pipmcrae

 

An NVQ2 is deemed to be lower than the Aussie AQF III. NVQ2 and AQF II are deemed to be about equal, I believe.

 

I don't know anything about SkillSelect but I suspect it is unlikely that SkillSelect would accept something lower than the equivalent of an AQF III? (I'm hoping that Phil Olsen will correct me if I'm wrong about this?!)

 

If my hunch about the above is correct, I think you should investigate whether or not you would be able to obtain an AQF III. This can sometimes be done without the need to leave the UK:

 

http://www.australianskillassessments.com/

 

Alternatively, I know that Silver Trowel in Perth are also able to help people to obtain the AQF III via the RPL route described by ASA. RPL = Recognition of Prior Learning. ASA (which is run by an Aussie named Darren Le'ake) provides the clearest description that I've found about how the RPL route works. I know for a fact that Silver Trowel are also able to do these RPL assessments but the candidate has to go to Perth for the purpose if Silver Trowel are chosen:

 

http://silvertrowel.com.au/

 

Silver Trowel is run by an Aussie called Jonathan Skerratt and his wife. I can't remember Mrs Skerratt's first name though I think it might be Anne but I'm not certain about that so "Mrs Skerratt" will do as a form of address until you are sure, I would suggest!.

 

I hope this is of some help.

 

Cheers

 

Gill

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Hi

 

Can you help me too! Im very confused I dont think i meet the 65 points unless I sit the English test, how do I do this and how quickly can it be done. Im 40 27 May and need to lodge my application prior to this. I didnt realise that the english requirement had changed and thought I meet the points..l. its very frustrating!

 

 

Hi Shelley

 

The IELTs can be done in the UK if you are in the UK? Some of the Further Education Colleges do it:

 

http://www.ielts.org/

 

The IELTS website is good - very user friendly imho.

 

You might have to travel some distance from home in order to be able to sit an IELTS promptly but if you are willing to travel around the UK then it is usually possible to get one of the providers to help out by letting you do it quickly.

 

Cheers

 

 

Gill

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Guest imigrate Australia

Hi Guys

 

Gill - my understanding (and details are sketchy at the moment) is that the process changes and not the skill requirements. The skill requirements are set out in ANZSCO and that forms the basis of the process.. So direct answer MY expectation is that the skill levels will not change.

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Hi Guys

 

Gill - my understanding (and details are sketchy at the moment) is that the process changes and not the skill requirements. The skill requirements are set out in ANZSCO and that forms the basis of the process.. So direct answer MY expectation is that the skill levels will not change.

 

Thanks very much for the information, Phil. (I'm not even trying to understand anything about SkillSelect or the new skilled visas until after 01 July 2012. I can't cope with scrappy bits of paper pushed out by DIAC, so I'm waiting for the details to appear on their website, which I like.)

 

Pipmcrae, please have a gander at the ASRI list below:

 

http://www.immi.gov.au/asri/

 

There are Solid Plasterers and Fibrous Plasterers, so please look under S and F in ASRI.

 

ASA also provide a bit more information:

 

https://www.australianskillassessments.com/constructiontrades.php

 

Both types of Plasterer have to have an Aussie AQF III or its overseas equivalent. Your own paper qualification is an NVQ2 which is not high enough. However, if you have at least 4 years of relevant experience then you should be able to get an AQF III, so I'd say that your first step should be to contact Darren Le'ake at ASA and ask him for more information (including about price.)

 

Then contact Jonathan Skerratt at Silver Trowel as well and ask him about price too, so that you can compare the two quotes.

 

I know a Plasterer who went out to Perth to get an AQF III from Silver Trowel a couple of years ago. Apparently doing that was cheaper than doing it in the UK.

 

The whole of the paper-based RPL assessment can be done whilst you are still in the UK but you have to go to Perth for the practical assessment. Silver Trowel arrange the equipment and the venue - you do not have to take your own tools to Perth unless you want to.

 

If you can stand it, Air Asia does low-cost flights from Stansted to KL and then another flight from KL to Perth:

 

http://www.airasia.com/ot/en/home.page

 

Some friends of mine said that they use Air Asia a lot between Perth & KL. Long-haul from London to KL, don't expect luxury but you can expect much better than you would get on the average train in the UK. Take a book! That's what my sister and I used to do in the 1960s & 1970s when we were flying between London & KL three times a year for the school holidays. Sure, its tiring and boring but it is by no means impossible to cope with it!

 

Cheers

 

Gill

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