ANZSCO 331112: Stonemason
Skill Level: 3 | Assessing Authority: TRA
If you are a Stonemason wanting to migrate to Australia through the skilled migration visa 491, visa 190, or visa 494, you must complete the compulsory skill assessment. This is one of the most important requirements for your visa application.
Job description
Cuts and shapes hard and soft stone blocks and masonry slabs to construct and renovate stone structures, kitchen benchtops and monumental masonry. Registration or licensing may be required.
Specialisation:
- Monumental Stonemason
Tasks Include:
- studying plans and specifications to determine materials required, dimensions and installation procedures
- erecting and dismantling restricted height scaffolding
- sealing foundations with damp-resistant materials and spreading layers of mortar to serve as base and binder for blocks using trowels
- laying bricks in rows, designs and shapes, and spreading mortar between joints
- embedding blocks in mortar and removing excess mortar
- checking vertical and horizontal alignment
- cutting, shaping and polishing stones and bricks using machines and hand tools, and shaping bricks to fit irregular spaces
- repairing and maintaining bricks, cement blocks and related structures
- designing and cutting monumental masonry and lettering
- constructing walls using stone slabs and large masonry slab blocks
- cutting, polishing, joining and installing stone kitchen benchtops
- may prepare base and bedding course and lay segmental paving
Skill Assessment Agency Services
Most of the evidence documentation required for your Stonemason skills assessment is also required for your visa application. Ozlinks Education is an agency that can assist you in understanding and meeting the skill assessment criteria, giving you the best chance of a positive result. Click here to learn more about how our agency service can assist you.
Documents Requirement
The following is a summary of the documentation checklist for the skill assessment application.
Personal Documents
- Passport bio page
- Passport photo
- Proof of identity, including a national ID or driver’s license
- Current CV/Resume
Qualifications
- final qualification/s or apprenticeship certificate/s or award/s
- a full academic transcript or other documents that include the start and end date of your training and details of the program of study.
- apprenticeship documents such as the contract of apprenticeship, journal or any other relevant document from your employer, governing body or training institution relating to your apprenticeship (if applicable).
Employments Evidence Documents
You are required to demonstrate 3 years of full-time (as 38 hours per week) or equivalent part-time paid employment. This employment must be directly relevant to your nominated occupation and can be completed before, during or after your comparable qualification.
- Statement of services letter
- Payslips
- Personal tax return
- Superannuation evidence
- Employment contract
Processing Time
According to Trades Recognition Australia, skills assessment applications are typically finalized within 120 days of the date you submit and pay for your application. The completion time is determined by how promptly Trades Recognition Australia receives all relevant documents and any additional information from you. Ensuring that you have provided all necessary documents in the correct format will help reduce processing time.
What will I get after the assessment?
Once you have successfully completed your skills assessment application and received a positive outcome, Trades Recognition Australia, the assessing authority, will issue a letter detailing the results of your assessment. This letter is essential for your visa application.
Application Fees
The table below summarises the fees that are charged by Trades Recognition Australia in compliance with it for the purpose of skill assessments application.
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Skills Assessment |
Fee ($AUD) |
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Migration Skills Assessment Application Fee |
$795 |
