dlowe

Hi its actually my husbands skill, he too is a tool maker but had to apply under metal machinest. Hope this helps.

michaelajwest

My husband is a chef, from what I can gather, they do them in order received rather than by different trades, I could be wrong tho!!

jm157

Hi everyone

This is my first visit to this site, my husband and i are waiting on our skill assessment ,we are so anxious as our was sent in on the 21 sep.... my husband turns 45 in june so if we dont get it before then we are doomed,
Has any one heard back from tra yet as i have been reading all your posts,

regards jess

jm157

[QUOTE=jm157;9940673]Hi everyone

This is my first visit to this site, my husband and i are waiting on our skill assessment ,we are so anxious as our was sent in on the 21 sep.... my husband turns 45 in june so if we dont get it before then we are doomed,
Has any one heard back from tra yet as i have been reading all your posts,

regards jess ]

p.s i see dlowe you rang TRA and they said that all september applications are done .I hope mine is in there.I will keep you all posted on our outcome

Steviet

Hello dlowe

We are planning on going to WA as toolmaking is sponsored. Are you going to a different state. Sounds like I'm going to have a long wait as mine was sent at end of December. Excellent

dlowe

[QUOTE=jm157;9940691] Hi Jess,
good luck with your skill assessment, from what they told me you shouldnt have to wait too much longer as they said they had just finished doing the end of Septembers's applications. It is a pretty anxious time, so i know what you are going through. It would be great if you could keep us posted,
many thanks,
Donna x

dlowe

i think when we looked at my husbands trade, his skills mainly came under metal machinest rather than tool maker. He is a cnc programmer/setter/operator so maybe a bit different to what you do, i dont know? We were advised by our agent to go for metal machinest but we wanted to go to Melbourne as this is where the majority of jobs are for his trade on 'seek'. Unfortunately Melbourne was not on the state nomination list for this skill only, Darwin, WA, Canberra and Adelaide. We have been torn between WA and Adelaide but have decided to go for Adelaide as there is more opportunity of work and it appears to be cheaper. WA has beautiful beaches though

Steviet

Dlowe

I hope you hear something soon. Good luck to you and your husband

dlowe

Hi, has anyone heard any news yet?

michaelajwest

No none here!!! Getting so frustrated now!!

I take it you haven't heard anything?

dlowe

nope! They told me to phone back in 10 working days time so ill phone them on either Friday or Monday.

krazys back

No, nothing here either

maniplm

Hi all of you. I've been following your conversation about tra skill assessment as I'm about to apply again for mine in June this year, but I looks really frustrating because of the delay they've got.

I just wanted to ask if any of you have any knowlege about the problem I've got.

I applied for my skill assessment a year ago, but I failed because I started my work experience before I started college, and I only finished the college 2 years ago. In June this year it will be exactly 3 years since I finished college and 5 years this September.
The question is...

Will TRA count my experience from the moment I strated college or the moment I finished it?

It is a big difference to me as I could get extra points for my 5 year experience which I really need.

Please share any knowlege you might have about this.
Thank you.

maniplm

Obviously, I meant this june it's gonna be 3 years since I finished college and this september 5 years since I started it. Bit confusing.

jm157

Hi there

Just to let you all know, we are still waiting on our TRA,sent in since 20 september,rang them a couple of times but still no joy

jess