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Skill Assessments/ CDR Reports

  • Skills assessments are issued by relevant skills assessing authorities. A skills assessing authority is an organisation that checks that your skills meet the standards they set to work in a relevant occupation.
  • The combined list of eligible skilled occupationssets out all relevant occupations under 4 occupation lists. Most occupations in each list have their own skills assessing authority. We can only accept a skills assessment issued by the relevant assessing authority.
  • It is your responsibility to contact the relevant assessing authority for your occupation and obtain a skills assessment, if required. Each assessing authority has its own assessment procedures, timeframes and charges.
  • Obtaining a suitable skills assessment is mandatory for some visa subclasses (and streams) and may be requested for others. You should read all of the available information about the visa you are interested in applying for. This will allow you to determine if you need to submit a skills assessment and when you need to obtain it.

Here is a list of skill assessing authority

  • AACA – Architects Accreditation Council of Australia, Inc
  • AASW – Australian Association of Social Workers
  • ACS – Australian Computer Society
  • ACOPRA – Australian Council of Physiotherapy Regulating Authorities, Inc.
  • ADC – Australian Dental Council
  • AIM – Australian Institute of Management
  • AIMS – Australian Institute of Medical Scientists
  • AIQS – Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors
  • AIR – Australian Institute of Radiography
  • AIWCW – Australian Institute of Welfare and Community Workers
  • AMSA – Australian Maritime Safety Authority
  • ANCI – Australian Nursing Council Incorporated
  • APC – Australasian Podiatry Council
  • APEC – Australian Pharmacy Examining Council Inc
  • APS – Australian Psychological Society
  • ASCPA – Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants
  • CASA – Civil Aviation Safety Authority
  • DAA – Dieticians Association of Australia
  • ICAA – Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia
  • IEAust – Institution of Engineers, Australia
  • ISA – Institution of Surveyors, Australia
  • NAATI – National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters
  • NOOSR – National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition
  • OCANZ – Optometry Council of Australia and New Zealand
  • SLAA – State Legal Admission Authority
  • SPAA – Speech Pathology Association of Australia
  • TRA – Trades Recognition Australia

VETASSESS – Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services

CDR Reports:

Engineers who want to migrate to Australia have to go through Engineers Australia (EA) (the designated assessing authority for engineering occupations) first. The Migration Skills Assessment (MSA) accredits qualifications either from Australia or from countries who are full signatory to the Sydney Accord, Dublin Accord, or Washington Accord. Others (who belong to countries that are not accredited by EA) have to submit a Competency Demonstration Report (CDR).

It means that if you are an engineer from India and want to settle down in Australia, you will have to apply through the CDR pathway.

An Australia CDR needs to include documentary evidence of the core technical engineering knowledge and skills of the candidate along with his/her demonstrated application of that knowledge in the occupation category one chooses.CDR Australia engineers submit to the EA has to be quite specific and should clearly highlight their graduate competencies. Yet, for a novice to the CDR Australia immigration process, writing a CDR report can be quite an uphill task. Playing with words is not everybody’s cup of tea. CDRReport team of experts, with their extensive experience in helping engineers migrate to Australia, can help you draft a high-quality CDR for yourself in a matter of few hours.

CDR Australia assessment is based primarily upon the applicant’s undergraduate qualification and his/her graduate competencies.

For the purpose of Australian immigration, there are four types of categories CDR EA recognises and each of them has different set of graduate competencies specified for it. These are:

Professional Engineer: Professional Engineers are expected to be capable of handling engineering projects and programs to benefit society, business and government as required. They must be able to understand the costs, risks, and limitations of the project, be able to handle different stakeholders in the project, ensure reliable functioning of all materials and technologies related to the system, and contribute to the undertaking in its totality. With an ability to handle both technical and non-technical considerations in an integrated manner, Professional Engineers are thought of as innovators, harbingers of change and improvement, and do research work for advancement of science and technology.

All those who have completed four years of Bachelor degree in Engineering can apply for immigration to Australia in this category.

Engineering Technologist: Engineering Technologists are specialists of a particular branch of engineering technology or engineering-related technology and are expected to be familiar with current and emerging technologies related to their domain and also their most recent applications. However, they are not expected to have same breadth of perspective as Professional Engineers who are adept at synthesising different approaches to handle complex engineering problems and situations and can shoulder responsibilities like system integration and stakeholder interaction.

Those who have three years of Bachelor degree/diploma in any Engineering Technology discipline can apply in this category.

Engineering Associate: In Australia, Engineering Associates are often referred to as ‘para-professionals’ who are closely familiar with standards and codes of practice, and detailed aspects of operating plants and equipments safely and in a cost-effective manner. Different roles they play in engineering enterprises ranging from feasibility investigation to design and development to sourcing and procurement of resources and materials to operations management to quality assurance. They are expected to have a good ground in engineering science and principles related to their field of expertise. Engineering Associates may establish their own companies or move to senior management roles where they employ Professional Engineers, Engineering Technologists, and other specialists where appropriate.

Those who hold two-year diploma or degree in any engineering discipline can apply under this category.

Engineering Manager: Engineering Managers formulate engineering strategies, policies and plans, and directs and reviews engineering operations within an organization. It is a high-level executive position. Only those candidates who have seven years of experience as a Professional Engineer and then, at least three years of experience at the Engineering Manager level can apply in this category. It is also mandatory that people reporting to such candidates are of ‘Professional Engineer’ level.

If you are eligible for this category, you can easily get a skilled visa.

Naturally, CDR Engineers Australia accepts for each of these occupation levels has to be different.

The CDR for Australia gives you an opportunity to show that your engineering knowledge and competencies match the Australian standards. CDRReport experts include Professional Engineers who have been assessed positively by Engineers Australia and have first-hand experience of preparing an error-free CDR for Australia Immigration on time. We help you prepare a CDR Report that showcases you as the right candidate for the Engineering Category for which you are eligible.