bknight

Has anyone with a Civil engineering degree migrated down under, and did you need experience (how many years)?

BethandAndrew

Hi, my hubby has a BSc in Civil Engineering (2:1 with honours)..........but as he does not do any design work (he doesn't design the drawings) he was classed as a 'Civil Engineering Technologist' by the IEAust (skills assessment).
He had to prove he has been working in the same job (civil engineering) for 3 out of the last 4 years to satisfy the requirements for the 175 permanent residency visa.
Hope this helps,
Beth x x

bknight

thanks, thats help a lot.

JAJ

First question is your engineering degree accredited by the Engineering Council U.K.?

bknight

nope is Bsc at Salford university

JAJ

How do universities get away with offering non-accredited degrees, I wonder?

Anway, if it's not accredited for CEng purposes by EC-UK then it doesn't come under the Washington Accord and your options are:

1. Do a Competency Demostration Report (CDR) to get skill assessed by IEAUST as a professional engineer; or

2. See if your degree is accredited for IEng purposes, in which case you might be able to get a skill assessment as an Engineering Technologist under the Sydney Accord.

3. Failing that, can you do a CDR to get an Engineering Technologist skill assessment?

4. If you're applying sponsored and a 50 point skill assessment is enough then you could get this from Vetassess but you would still need to show that your work experience was at a "skilled" level.

bknight

wow, how do you know all of this information?

flamelily

my Husband did the following - after 20 yrs in the industry! Competency Demostration Report (CDR) - It was a lot of paperwork - but they are crying out for civ engs. at the moment - still not prepared to pay top$ though -

maybe you should look for a job & a company could sponser you? - do know that they are bringing in engineers from india and phillipines on 'bargin' wages - totally unfair.

znaylor1974

Would expect you'd get an offer of a 457 quite quickly if you sent your CV to the following:

BHP Billiton and the other mines
Queensland Rail
RailCorp


Z

bknight

thankyou znaylor, I was looking at the websites of the companys you mentions yes they are employing people from overseas.

bknight

Anyone know anymore about migration with a civil engineering job?

JAJ

You'll get more meaningful assistance if you ask more specific questions ...

Croweater

We got our 136 perm res visa in May 2006. I got it on the back of my degree in Civil Engineering but I'd never worked a single day as a Civil Engineer. I didn't seem to matter. I had a BEng from Plymouth Uni that was on the Washington Accord accredited list.

hope this helps.

bknight

After getting a degree in an engineering field, whats the mimimum amount of post graduate work experince you need for a perm visa?

JAJ

Strongly recommended to read carefully booklets 5 and 6 where your questions are answered:
http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/booklets/booklets.htm