Preparing Documents for Skills Assessment:
1. Consolidate all pages into one PDF document for each qualification and each employment
entry
2. Scan Original documents in Colour (at least 300dpi)
3. CERTIFIED DOCUMENTS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE
4. Maximum limit of 3MB per PDF
1. Passport – Applicant details page only, not full passport
2. Evidence of change of name (if applicable)
3. Degree or Award Certificate:
- Title of Degree or Award
- Name of University or Awarding Institution
- Date the Degree or Award was completed – the qualification will be assessed as NOT suitable if there is no documented evidence that the degree has been completed and awarded.
4. Degrees & Award Transcripts:
- Unit or Subject Names and Grades or Marks Achieved (uploaded in chronological order)
5. Work Experience:
- Employment references (Please see below for detailed instructions for Employment. References Sec 5.1)
- Evidence of Paid employment: Payment Evidence must include at least two of the following to cover the relevant period of employment:
- Official government tax records or documents that may include payment summaries, group certificates or notices of assessment (citing company and applicant name);
- Payslips citing names of the applicant and employer; It is recommended that you at least produce payslips for the first two months and last two months of your total duration at each position held;
- Employment-linked insurance/superannuation documents citing the name of the applicant and employer;
- Bank statements showing salary payments from employer (citing applicant's name and name of employer).
6. Detailed Resume including job titles and job duties.
Each employment reference must contain:
a) Start and Finish Dates of Employment – these should be specific dates in a DD/MM/YYYY format
b) Position title
c) Description of Duties Performed – Required to determine the relevance of the experience to the nominated occupation
d) Breakdown of any earlier roles and list of duties the applicant may have performed for the same employer – if applicable
e) Hours worked - Full time or Part time and actual hours worked per week
f) Country where Employment was undertaken
g) Company Letterhead and signed by an authorised person for the organisation (digital signatures are acceptable and must be verifiable)
a) If your employment is “Current”, the employer reference should state the term “To Date” and MUST include the date the reference was written.
b) Experience can only be considered up until the submission date of your application.
c) Relevance to your nominated occupation is determined by the description of duties in your work reference.
d) If dates or duties are unclear or open to misinterpretation, the work episode will be assessed as unsuitable.
e) Work experience carried out as part of a qualification is not considered for skilled employment and will be reported as “Concurrent Employment”.
f) Work experience carried out prior to the applicant being 18 years of age will not be considered for skilled employment and will be reported as ‘Not professional level ICT experience’.
g) Generic references that do not state specific details of duties will be assessed as “Not Suitable due to insufficient information.
h) References with duties copied and pasted directly from ANZSCO will not be accepted.