VETASSESS is offering a free employability assessment for more occupations under an Australian Government program to help migrants living in Australia gain employment at their skill level.
The employability assessment will identify gaps in areas such as literacy, digital skills and communication skills. VETASSESS will provide a referral to a training organisation that will help the applicant with these skills and the Australian Government will pay most of the cost.
Migrants who have received a successful skills assessment from VETASSESS in any of 43 occupations can apply for this program if their assessment is dated from 1 January 2012 – with the date now extended back from 2019. The full list of roles assessed by VETASSESS and the eligibility criteria are here.
Members should note that:
- This program is not part of the VETASSESS skilled migration assessment program. It is available to applicants living in Australia on an eligible permanent visa.
- VETASSESS can only refer migrants to this program who have received a successful skills assessment from VETASSESS. Migrants with assessed under other authoritiesshould contact those to determine if they are eligible.
- This is part of the Pilot 3 – Employability Assessments for Migrants Pilot, and part of the Australian Government’s Skills Assessment Program pilots. For more information on the pilots, visit the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations’ website here