ANZSCO 331212: Carpenter
Skill Level: 3 | Assessing Authority: TRA
If you are a Carpenter wanting to migrate to Australia under a skilled migration program such as visa visa 482, 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
Constructs and installs structures and fixtures of wood, plywood, and wallboard, and cuts, shapes and fits timber parts to form structures and fittings.
Specialisations:
- Fixing Carpenter
- Formwork Carpenter
- Prop and Scenery Maker
- Roof Carpenter
Tasks Include:
- studying drawings and specifications to determine materials required, dimensions and installation procedure.
- ordering and selecting timbers and materials, and preparing layouts
- cutting materials, and assembling and nailing cut and shaped parts
- erecting framework and roof framing, laying sub-flooring and floorboards and verifying trueness of structures.
- nailing fascia panels, sheathing roofs, and fitting exterior wall cladding and door and window frames
- assembling prepared wood to form structures and fittings ready to install.
Skills Assessment Pathway
A skills assessment determines if you have the skills and experience necessary to work in Australia at the required level for your occupation. There are two skills assessment pathways for this occupation either Pathway 1 or Pathway 2 depends on whether you have or don’t have an accepted Australian qualification.
Pathway 1: You don’t have an Australian qualification.
As part of the skill assessment application process, you must have:
- 5 years’ employment experience with no formal training OR
- 3 years’ employment experience with relevant formal training. Formal training is training that aligns with the national training standards in your country of training.
- At least 12 months working full time within the last 3 years.
- Your evidence must show you have worked in your occupation and must be able to verify.
Pathway 2 – You do have an Australian qualification.
As part of the skill assessment application process, you must have:
- An Australian qualification including a Statement of Results.
- 3 years’ employment experience.
- At least 12 months working full time within the last 3 years.
- Your evidence must show you have worked in your occupation and must be able to verify.
Skill Assessment Outcome
If you successfully completed skill assessment with positive outcome you will receive the following:
- an Australian Certificate III in Carpentry
- a Statement of Results
- a migration outcome letter if the assessment is to support your visa application.
Skill Assessment Agency Services
Most of the evidence documentation required for your Carpenter 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.
Application Fees
The following table provides an outline of the fees that are charged by TRA in accordance with it for the purpose of conducting skill assessments.
Pathway 1 Application Fees |
|
Stage 1 - Documentary Evidence Assessment |
AUD $1120 |
Stage 2 - Technical Interview |
AUD $2000 |
Pathway 2 Application Fees |
|
Stage 1 - Documentary Evidence Assessment |
AUD $1120 |
Stage 2 - Technical Interview |
AUD $900 |