ANZSCO 351411: Cook

ANZSCO 351411: Cook

Skill Level: 3 | Assessing Authority: TRA

Job Description

Cooks prepare, season and cook food in dining and catering establishments. Chefs, Fast Food Cooks and Kitchenhands are excluded from this unit group.

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 Cook, 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 as a Cook with no formal training OR
• 3 years’ employment experience as a Cook 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 as a Cook 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 as a Cook.
• At least 12 months working full time as a Cook 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 Commercial Cookery qualification and a Statement of Results
• a migration outcome letter if the assessment is to support your visa application.