Skill Assessment is an essential component for a skilled individual who wants to migrate to Australia permanently. Skills assessments are issued by relevant skills assessing authorities, an organisation that assesses if your skills meet the standards they set to work in a relevant occupation in Australia. Most skilled occupations have their own skills assessing authority, and The Department of Home Affairs can only accept a skills assessment issued by the relevant assessing authority.

Obtaining a successful skills assessment is mandatory for some visa subclasses and may be requested later for others. Each assessing authority has its own assessment procedures, timeframes and charges.

For example, if you want to get a skill assessment for a Management Consultant, you would need to apply for a skill assessment to  VETASSESS, whereas for a trade occupation like a Motor Mechanic, you would apply to TRA. For some occupations, work experience is mandatory upon completion of the degree or qualification while for others, this may not be compulsory. So it is important to understand that you meet the criteria for skill assessment application before you apply to the relevant authorities. 

Getting a positive skills assessment can be a challenging task but with our migration experts at Genuine Education and Visa Services, you will have nothing to worry about.