ACS Skills Assessment
 

We lodged our Independant Skilled Migration application on 12th March 2004 so fall into the pre-1st July nightmare (have heard nothing by the way)! From what I can see these apps have stalled and I'm a bit worried about the validity of my skills assessment now. I passed my ACS(RPL) assessment on 20th Jan 2004 but as its only valid for 12 months is there a risk that it'll run out before the app gets to a case officer?
Thanks in advance

Re: ACS Skills Assessment
 

I don' t think so all that counts is the validity of the ACS at the moment of receipt at DIMIA not after wards.

Cheers
Badri

Re: ACS Skills Assessment
 

Thanks for that - one less thing to worry about! Now just gotta worry that we've sold the house too early (put it on last week!) :-)

Re: ACS Skills Assessment
 

Can I ask a question concerning ACS.

Did you have guidelines to go against when writing references. Ie if you are programmer did U have the details that ACS were looking for exactly?

Or did you create a typical reference & send it with the knowledge that ACS would locate you in a certain job type?

Bascially I am lost as to how to base my reference & CV against.

Thanks

Re: ACS Skills Assessment
 

Not sure what you mean when you say "writing references". As I went the RPL route I had to get references from my employers that covered a minimum of 6 years - they do give details of what the reference must contain in the guidelines. From memory its something like - must be on headed note paper, must have a contact name and number for the person giving the request, must contain your job title and 5 main duties and must contain your annual wage.
You obviously can't write these yourself, they must come from your employer. Is that what you mean?
Fraze

Re: ACS Skills Assessment
 

Fraze

Thanks, yep this is what I mean. The references which are written by your former companies.

For me personally getting the references are not a problem, my worry is that the reference does not link against my job spec in ACS.

I am looking to apply against System Designer (Business Analyst). I match the edu/experience & can confirm this in the ref, from former managers.

But Where can I find a specific ACS guideline which shows all the ACS & the different job types with specific requirements from them?

Cheers for the help

Re: ACS Skills Assessment
 

I dont think they give much help on the exact guidelines required for any particular ASCO code (at least I never found it when I applied). I think the only info available is the Guidelines PDF avaiable from their website. If you've been doing the job then you should have no problem matching the references/CV to the ASCO code.
Even if your experience doesn't match System Designer, the ACS may assess you against a different ASCO code of their choosing. I've seen some cases like this on timeline (www.austimeline.com)
HTH

Re: ACS Skills Assessment
 

Got it cheers, I just didnt know if I was missing something out or not looking in the correct place. So I will have a look at these guidelines & check them against my references. Its looking good enough not to have to go through agency after all.

Good luck