Qualifications equivalent
May 3rd 2018, 5:40 am
#62
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Re: Qualifications equivalent
That's good: BTEC gets mentioned in the list of equivalent quals, https://www.acecqa.gov.au/qualifications/nqf-approved.
May 3rd 2018, 5:45 am
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Re: Qualifications equivalent
OP needs to come here with a plan to further herself as an educator's salary ain't much. BTW, I don't think kinder teachers are paid that much either. We have a friend who is studying for her kinder teacher degree whilst working full-time as a diploma, so it can be done. Saying that, I would recommend arriving with enough cash to cover costs of $20-30k a year. If it takes 3 years to get the degree, need $60-90k on top of salary for living. Plus, you need the cost of tuition, which hopefully is domestic fees of about $7k per full-time year. Whether domestic or international depends on the visa.
May 5th 2018, 8:46 am
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Re: Qualifications equivalent
If OP is willing to live inland regional, it's possible to buy a house in the $100k to $200k range. "Inland regional" - think places like Mildura, Dubbo or the WA Wheatbelt - not Geelong, Newcastle etc. In that range it will be an old fibro house, possibly with asbestos, with 60 year old plumbing, and quite probably not in a good neighbourhood.
But owning your own house in the regions could be a nice alternative to having four flatmates in Sydney or Melbourne and commuting out to a regional centre for work.
But owning your own house in the regions could be a nice alternative to having four flatmates in Sydney or Melbourne and commuting out to a regional centre for work.
May 5th 2018, 10:57 pm
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Re: Qualifications equivalent
If you want to be a kinder teacher probably best to use Dip to get credits and not bother with Adv Dip. For example, you could get 8 units credit, https://www.swinburne.edu.au/study/c...CHC50113/local, out of a total of 32, https://www.swinburne.edu.au/study/c...rly-childhood/, equivalent to 1 year credit on a 4 year degree. Intentional fees are $24550/year.
EDIT: It seems 187 is pr visa so no international fees for you! Come to VIC and you will get zero fees for some quals, https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/375808. No childcare courses, which is interesting as it wasn't that long ago that the Feds would pay for dip and adv dip in childcare.
Last edited by scrubbedexpat020; May 5th 2018 at 11:02 pm. Reason: Visa 187
May 6th 2018, 6:04 am
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Re: Qualifications equivalent
You are of course aware there is every chance the occupation could be removed. If you were studying in Australia at that time, there may be no pathway to a visa after study?
