Skill Level: 3 | Assessing Authority: TRA
Job description
Makes, rebuilds and repairs upholstered articles such as chairs, sofas, beds and mattresses.
Specialisations:
- Furniture Upholsterer
- Mattress Maker
Tasks Include:
- conferring with clients to determine materials and cost of furniture items to be made or repaired
- making and repairing wooden frames, and removing and replacing defective springs
- removing coverings, webbing and padding from old furniture
- securing material, padding, springs and webbing to articles to be upholstered
- measuring and cutting materials and covering furniture
- seaming cushions and joining sections of covering material
- attaching ornamental trims, braids and buttons
- padding and covering spring units to upholster mattresses
- may finish wooden surfaces on furniture
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.
Skills Assessment |
Fee ($AUD) |
Migration Skills Assessment Application Fee |
$795 |