VETASSESS Skill Assessment 6 Different Group Requirements
VETASSESS skill assessment is a must for those who want to migrate to Australia. It involves evaluating a candidate’s qualifications and employment considering their eligibility for the nominated occupation. An aspirant must have both their qualifications and employment positively assessed for migration.
VETASSESSES is known for its specialty in evaluations that took more than 24 years of experience to be established. It assesses the qualifications and the work experience of a probable migrant and the supporting individual application for employment, course entry, and industry membership. VETASSESS skill assessment, the Australian authorized assessment organization, evaluates 28 trade occupations and over 360 professional occupations from diverse industries.
If you are one of those Australian immigration aspirants looking for a VETASSESSES skill assessment, then this blog is a must-read for you. It will familiarize you with the documents you need for this and different VETASSESS groups and their requirements. So, read the whole blog attentively.
6 different VETASSESS groups:
VETASSESES has 6 groups for general occupations. The assessing organization has split its general occupations into the following groups; A, B, C, D, E, and F for evaluation reasons as per the indicative skill level on ANZSCO. The table shown below gives the corresponding groups with their skill level. But, the table doesn’t have group F, as it only has one occupation.
ANZSCO skill level
VETASSESSES occupation group
Skill level 1
Australian Bachelor degree or Master Degree or Doctoral degree
Group A or B
Skill level 2
Australian qualification framework (AQF) associate degree or AQF advanced diploma or AQF diploma
Group C or E
Skill level 3
AQF Certificate III (with extra years of employment) or AQF Certificate IV
Group D
Now, let’s move ahead to know the qualification requirements for each group:
Group A
Qualifications evaluated at Australian Bachelor degree or higher-level degree with a highly related study field and at least one year of post-qualification highly relevant employment at a suitable skill level completed within the last five years.
Employment before qualification will not be taken into account.
Group B
Qualifications evaluated at Australian Bachelor degree or higher degree with a related field of study and a minimum of one year of post-qualification highly related employment at a suitable skill completed within the last five years.
In the case of the degree not highly related, but with a highly related Diploma and a minimum of two years of post-qualification highly related employment at a suitable skill level completed in the last five years.
A minimum of 5 years of highly related employment before any qualification may be taken into consideration.
Group C
A qualification or qualifications evaluated at least AQF Diploma with a hugely relevant study field and a minimum of one-year post-graduation highly related employment at a suitable skill level completed off in the period of the last five years.
In the case of the AQF diploma is not highly related, but with a highly related AQF Certificate IV, a minimum of one year of position-qualification highly related employment at a suitable skill level completed within the last five years.
If the situation is that AQF Diploma is not hugely relevant, a minimum of 2 years of post-qualification hugely relevant employment at a suitable skill level completed within the period of the last five years.
A minimum of 3 years of highly relevant employment before any qualification may be taken into account.
Group D
AQF Certificate IV level, hugely relevant, a minimum of 1 year of post-qualification hugely related employment at a suitable skill level completed within a span of the last five years.
AQF Certificate IV level, not highly relevant, a minimum of 2 years of post-qualification highly relevant employment at a suitable skill level completed within the period of the last 5 years.
AQF Certificate III level, highly related, a minimum of 3-year post-qualification highly related employment at a suitable skill level completed with a span of the last 5 years.
A minimum of 3 years highly related employment before any qualification may be taken into account
Group E
Qualifications evaluated at AQF diploma level with a highly related field of study and a minimum of one year of post-qualification highly related employment at a suitable skill level completed within the last five years.
Employment before qualification will not be taken into consideration.
Group F
Just one occupation in this group (442111 prison officer)
Required evidence documents for VETASSESS skill assessment:
The following list contains the document details required for VETASSESS skill assessment:
ID documents:
· Current passport copy
· One latest passport-sized photo (45 X 35mm)
Qualification proof
· Qualification award certificate
· Academic transcript
Employment proof and latest resume
· statement of service from employers
· salary proof
· employment contracts