advice needed please on Carpentry skills assesment
 

Hi my name is Nic i am 39 yrs old and a carpenter from the uk i have 5 yrs experience behind me. I am married with 3 children 17,8,7. I retrained to be a carpenter a little over 5 yrs ago because i wanted to move to Australia to be near my family ( Dad and four sisters) the live in Brisbane Qld. but my problem is i am 40 in July and lose 10 points i plan to do the Ielts test to help my self .
I know i would have to do a skills assesment has anyone done this test if so what was involved and how did you find it ? i get a little nervous with things like this .

i have also been advised by emigration group i have a better chance in going to New Zealand on a work to residency visa. i just feel like someone has thrown a spanner on the works and knocked me of course lol all and any advice pls.I have been to Aus loads of times but never new zealand whats it like.

Re: advice needed please on Carpentry skills assesment
 

Only skilled experience counts for points. How many years have you been qualified? If you only started re-training 5 years ago, I doubt you will have any points from experience as they look for 3 or 4 years of training time.

Given that, even with IELTS I don't think you can make the required points for a PR visa. If this is the case, spending money on a skills assessment would be a waste, sorry to say :(

Re: advice needed please on Carpentry skills assesment
 

Will your oldest child be still in full time education? The reason being, even if you manage to get a visa, she might not if no longer regarded as dependent.

Re: advice needed please on Carpentry skills assesment
 

Hi Nic.

Have you had an assessment of your points and visa strategy prepared?

In case of need: https://www.gmskilled.com/carpenter-...-to-australia/

See also the factsheet, etc here: https://www.vetassess.com.au/skills-...nd-fact-sheets

Best regards.