geordie mandy

My OH has applied for loads of jobs and most of the time he gets no responce other times he gets you need to have a visa.
At the moment he is putting his stuff together for Engineers Australia to see if he can get a positive assessment as a professional mechanical Engineer. However, looking at the criteria it looks like he is border line between Mechanical Engineer and Mechanical Engineer technologist. So we are assuming he will get the lower grade meaning he will be 5 points short(even with ILETS) for a 175 visa.
He is feeling so down hearted at lack of response so could any one give us some advice. We have been using Seek although he emails companies direct with his resume rather than through Seek.
He has had 22 years in the army and has worked his way up to the top of the chain.
Mandy

somme

Hi Mandy, is he looking at being sponsored by an employer ?

geordie mandy

He is, as none of the states apart from queensland on a provisional visa have mechanical engineering technologist on their list
Ideally he is after the permanent ENS visa
Mandy

Catch

He could do a stint in the ADF,one of the quickest route's to citizenship

Mipik

Not replying, not interested if you have no visa or even not interested until you have an arrival date is the norm.

There are a few options you might consider.

1. Try to apply for positions in the places away from the main cities, smaller places where they might be more desperate to find somebody. Don't know what you think about living in real regional Oz.

2. The advantage of qualifications assesment through IEAust is that you have a choice of them assessing either your education (if you are from a group of countries they accept) or your engineering experience (the only way for other countries).

The second way through writing CDR allows engineers to get their qualifications assessed in an engineering discipline other than what they studied in school. It is a fair bit of work and real experience is needed but might work.

I found an engineering qualification that was on a list sponsored by SA (different states have different lists) and than got assessment in that qualification through the CDR than applied for STNI visa and got it without problems. Must admit that the CDR way was the only way for me but it also gave me a choice of what qualifications I want assessed.

Deutschmaster

It might be just better at this point to see what Engineers Australia say, rather than worry at this stage what may happen. Once you get the skills assessment then you can make plans.

geordie mandy

That was our first plan, however they have had his application in since April and reckon the skills assessment was still in progress, by their reckoning it would bfore April 10 before we got to oz and hubby would be 41 and would have been out of the army 1 year.
Mandy

geordie mandy

We are aiming to go to the VIC/NSW border around Albury area. so are prepared to go regional, just not trpoical
Mandy

noggin

Have u sought specialist advice....one of then AGENT fellows?

Mipik

But whhich route of qualifications assessment are you taking?

geordie mandy

He is going to do the CDR although he could use the Sydney accord it would not give him the level he is after.
Mandy