In this blog, VETASSESS Skills
Assessment Experts answer some of the most common questions that they
receive about trade and professional and general occupations.
For trade occupations, are City and Guilds qualifications acceptable for electricians?
City
and Guild are an international institute that offer qualifications
comparable to the Australian Qualifications Framework. If you hold one
of their qualifications that are relevant to your occupation, you are
eligible for a Pathway 1 application. Pathway 1 is for applicants who do
not have an Australian qualification or occupational licence.
Find out more here
I am a hairdresser and am paid cash in hand. If I cannot get payslips as evidence of my employment, what are my options?
You
must provide financial evidence to verify all payments made to you. If
you are unable to do this, we will not be able to verify or acknowledge
these employment periods and your application may be unsuccessful. All
applications must meet the minimum evidence requirements of at least two
forms of financial evidence. If you are paid in cash, you must provide
detailed receipts of these payments, such as a payroll summary and
taxation documents. If you are self-employed, you must supply a letter
from your accountant detailing your financial obligations.
My
job title is different from the job title for the occupation Id like
to apply for under the ANZSCO code, how will this affect my application?
An
applicants job title does not need to match the occupation they
nominate. Our assessors look at your education and employment experience
and evaluate the level of tasks you perform against those commonly
required for the nominated occupation. We have helpful Information
Sheets for most of our general and professional occupations and you can
find them by searching on our website.
I have work
experience, an MBA and degree in my professional occupation, do I submit
evidence of other short courses I have taken and awards that I have
won. Will this help in the process?
Please include any
short courses and/or awards supporting your role in your professional
occupation in your CV only. Submitting them as part of your official
qualification evidence may delay the assessment process as we will need
to formally assess them against qualifications within the Australian
Qualifications Framework (AQF). Your short courses and awards will most
likely not have an AQF equivalent.
Is an Australian Graduate Diploma considered as being at the same level as an Australian Bachelor Degree?
No,
even though a Graduate Diploma sits higher than the Bachelor degree in
the AQF it is not considered as having the same depth and breadth as a
Bachelor Degree and, therefore, cannot be used to meet occupations that
require a Degree level qualification.
I have experience
as a Talent Acquisition Specialist in India and am now a Recruitment
Consultant in Australia. My company here only has three staff, will
working for a small company affect my application?
Our
assessors look at whether you have met the requirements for the
occupation. If you work for a small company that does not mean you
cannot fulfil the requirements. However, you will need to provide
evidence of your education, the primary tasks performed for each of your
roles as well as your income/salary for each of those roles.
We
have an information sheet available for Recruitment Consultant which
provides details of the educational qualifications and the level of
employment experience required. You can find it here.
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