Michael Hoffman

Hello,

I've been browsing in this newsgroup and on Google to get some information
on the ACS' RPL procedure. While doing that, I've stumbled over the
discussion regarding the post-Oct1 changes and this "6+1+2" rule.

So, now I am totally confused and don't know if I shoulbe be worried or
not.

My case: I have 15 years of fulltime IT experience, from development to
systems/network administration to e-commerce to project management.

I went to college before I started to work, but dropped out after two
years, that was '85-'87). That pretty much means I am in the "Potentially
Suitable" category - not A, not B, not C, but not D or E either. I'm hoping
that 15 years of germane experience should do the trick.

The guidelines say

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"2.2 Potentially Suitable

RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING (RPL)

2.2.1 An applicant who has limited or no qualifications but who has
extensive and varied experience of at least six years plus supporting
professional development education may refer certified documentation to the
ACS for assessment.

2.2.2 ACS will decide which level of qualification is appropriate and based
on this, will assess the applicant's skills as suitable or unsuitable for
the nominated skilled occupation applied for. "
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You can do the math on my likely age and thus see that I need both the 60
points from the ACS and the 10 points for recent job experience. So, what
does this "deeming date" mean? And how does it apply to me? With my 15
years of experience should I just get all my RPL documents together, then
lean back and hope for the best, knowing that *if* I get the positive ACS
assessment, I'll also be fine on the "extra" 10 points for recent
experience, or am I missing something. Do I need to adjust my RPL paperwork
to allow for the "deeming date"?

Confused...

Thanks in advance
Mike Hoffman (remove SPAMBGONE to reply, if so desired)

baloo

Hi Mike

Seeing as you need the 60 pts plus the 10pts for recent experience (3 out of last 4 yrs) then I'd suggest you get as much documentation to back up your past work experience as possible, going as far back as you can.

The work experience years for DIMA can only be counted after the deeming date that ACS gives, and ACS literally gives you a deeming date after 6yrs of suitable experience.

So, if you only include the last 10yrs references (for example), and they decide that the first 2yrs of those 10yrs don't count (for whatever reason - lack of anecdotal evidence to suggest what level you were working at for example) then they may set your deeming date at +- 8yrs from the earliest date of your references (ie - 2yrs previously). This then would not allow you to count the last 3yrs for recent work experience with DIMA as your deeming date would only be 2yrs ago & DIMA will only allow you to count work experience from your deeming date.

So in other words, what you need to do is include references, documentation etc. as far back as you can go - preferably your entire 15yrs - in order to get as early a deeming date from ACS as possible. Then in that case, you should quite easily manage the 3yrs for recent work experience as well.

Hope that makes sense.
Good luck with the RPL

Khawar

If u have 9 years experience with no IT qualification ; u qualify...

baloo

Not necessarily.... it depends on how that 9yrs experience is interpreted by ACS, how well it is documented, and whether it is backed up by valid references or not. They may decide to count all, or only some of it, depending on the level of work during those years & the necessary documentation to back it up.