> I don’t know whether anyone will be able to help with this query –
> perhaps one of the agents if they have time or someone who has been
> through this part of the migration process?
>
> I have got the opportunity to move in to a role which resembles quite
> closely that of project/program administrator. I know that this is
> assessed by VETASSESS and have a degree so think I wouldn’t have a
> problem getting a positive assessment from them but how do they decide
> at the DIMIA that your recent work experience (which I will need 2
> years of) is in the right occupation? Do they also assess your job
> description and decide whether it is close enough to that occupation
> or do they just rely on what VETASSESS say?
>
> I’m asking before I move in to the role as I don’t want to do so
> if it wouldn’t help with our application in a few years time.
>
> I would really appreciate any guidance/pointers anyone is able
> to offer.
>
> Thanks
Hi KJB,
Vetassess only assesses the level of your qualification. Although there
are many occupations which are assessed on the skilled occupation list
(SOL) by Vetassess, as far as they're concerned a "degree" level
qualification means you can be assessed as a physicist, oenologist or
management consultant. Equally, all diploma level qualifications are
worth 40 points except if they're engineering ones in which case they're
sometimes worth 60 (but in that case they're not assessed by Vetassess).
In order to determine whether your recent work experience is in a SOL
occupation a case officer must have regard to the ASCO dictionary
(there's a link to this in the SOL form 1121i). If you think that the
new job is close to the definition there, then you're possibly ok, but
there's no way of being sure until a case officer says yes. Some
occupations are easy to classify, others are difficult. Something like
this depends as much on what an employer or supervisor will put in your
reference at the end of the two years, but you could start by
negotiating a duty statement which is reasonably close to the ASCO
descriptors.
Cheers,
George Lombard
www.austimmigration.com.au
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