Air-Conditioning & Refrigeration Mechanic Skills Assessment Australia
If you are an Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic migrating to Australia, you will need to complete the mandatory Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic skills assessment. The Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic ANZSCO Code is 342111.
The Down Under Centre is proud to work closely with Trades Recognition Australia (TRA) Approved Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) and work with Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanics to ensure that they are ready for their Australian skills assessment.
At successful completion of the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic skills assessment, you will receive your Offshore Technical Skills Record (OTSR) and Skills Assessment letter. Your Skills Assessment Letter is required for migration. The OTSR allows Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanics to apply for a provisional license to work under supervision in Australia.
If you would like to check your eligibility to migrate to Australia as an Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic, use our Free Visa Points Calculator or complete our Enquiry Form and our Migration Consultants will be happy to advise on your options.
Learn more about our Agency Service for Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanics who want to migrate to Australia.
Process for Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Skills Assessment Australia
Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic is a licensed trade so you are required to hold your OTSR to get your provisional registration which allows you to work in Australia as an Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic. It’s also important to know that each state and territory in Australia has different regulations.
1. Documentary Assessment for Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration skills assessment Australia $1,120
In short, you are required to prove you are an Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic and have the necessary skills to work in Australia.
- If you hold trade related qualifications, you’ll be asked to prove you have a minimum of 4 years’ full-time paid work experience.
- If you don’t have trade related qualifications, you’ll be asked to prove you have a minimum of 6 years’ full-time paid work experience.
You will also need to prove that you have worked as an Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic for a minimum of 12 months out of the last 36 months. To prove your work experience for the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic skills assessment for Australia, you will have to provide pay and tax evidence, statements of services and more. For many Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanics moving to Australia, this is considered to be the hardest part of the skills assessment.
Down Under Centre Agency Service £600 + VAT
It is very important to remember that most of your evidence gathering for your Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic skills assessment is also required for your skilled points-based or employer sponsored visa. The Down Under Centre can provide you with an Agency Service £600 + VAT to assist you with the gathering of your documentation for your Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic skills assessment. We can also advise how many years of work experience will be required to give you maximum points for your visa to migrate to Australia as an Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic.
As part of our Agency Service, we give you access to your bespoke Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic Client Portal that will advise exactly what photos, videos, pay/tax evidence to gather, what your CV needs to focus on, employer references and more. You’ll be assigned a Client Manager, who can answer questions and advise on the documents you have supplied via the Portal. We do this so you can obtain a successful skills assessment as an Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic.
Our Agency Service also includes;
- Access to our private Facebook group, giving you access to our staff and other clients that are in the process or have already made the move to Australia. To have like-minded people who have either achieved their goal of migration or currently in the process of migrating, answering questions and offering tips is a real asset. Our DUC family is an amazing community that offers so much support.
- 10% off the PTE Academic English Test (for clients in the UK) and Scored Practice Tests.
- Free access to set up your DUC Employment Hub profile.
- Should you use the DUC to process and lodge your visa application, you’ll also be offered a free relocation call with a DUC Relocation Agent, who can advise of many topics on the area/State of Australia you are looking to move to and save you money on the move.
Please call our UK office on +44 (0)20 3376 1555 or our Australia office on +61 (0)3 9123 3260 to enquire about our Agency Service and how it can specifically help you.
2. Technical Interview for Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic skills assessment – $2,000
In the Technical Interview stage, you will have a video call with an assessor who will ask you a range of questions about the skills and knowledge required to work as an Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic in Australia. They will also discuss your evidence that you provided in your skills assessment application. This is why it’s very important that you have provided the assessing body and their assessor with a complete application.
3. Practical Assessment for Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic skills assessment Australia $2,200
The final part of your skills assessment is a Practical Assessment. In the Practical Assessment you will complete a series of tasks while being observed by an assessor. The assessments are run by the RTO.
Gap Training in Australia for Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanics
After obtaining the Offshore Technical Skills Record (OTSR), and once you’re in Australia, Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanics can apply for a provisional licence to work under supervision in Australia and must complete the GAP Training to get a full License. Find out more about GAP Training here.
If you’re an Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic who holds an OTSR and ready to start your GAP Training in Australia, click here to enquire with Get Skilled Training.
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Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic FAQs
Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanics emigrating to Australia FAQs
No, it’s not mandatory. To be eligible for an Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic skills assessment Australia, you are required to either have completed an apprenticeship and hold relevant qualifications, such as and NVQ3, and 4 years’ of full-time paid work experience.
If you have had no formal training and/or no qualifications, you must be able to prove at least 6 years’ of full-time paid work experience as an Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic.
The cost of the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic skills assessment is dictated by TRA (Trades Recognition Australia), you pay them directly and they have chosen RTOs (Registered Training Organisations) that deliver the Australian skills assessment.
Stage 1:Â Documentary assessment $1,120
Stage 2:Â Technical interview $2,000
Stage 3:Â Practical assessment $2,200.
A skills assessment is required for Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanics migrating to Australia so they can apply for a visa to work in Australia as an Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic. The skills assessment is the way Australian Immigration can confirm that you have the relevant Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration skills to match the Australian guidelines.
Even if you don’t require the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic skills assessment for the purposes of a visa, you will need it to become a registered Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic in Australia as you require the OTSR to obtain your provisional license and commence the GAP Training in Australia.
If you’re an Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic who holds an OTSR and ready to start your GAP Training in Australia, click here to enquire with Get Skilled Training.
We have over a decade of experience working with Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanics during the skills assessment process. We have developed software to assist with the process, and have the staff to hold your hand throughout the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic skills assessment process.
You also get the opportunity to speak with other Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanics who have gone through the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic skills assessment process via our exclusive Facebook Group. We can save you money on your move and assist with finding employers via the DUC Employment Hub.
Migrating to Australia as an Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic has its challenges and you, the migrant, will have plenty of questions. We know the answers and are always available to answer any of your questions.
Check out our free monthly migration webinars, and bespoke Podcasts to hear more from Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanics that have completed the Australian skills assessment and now are living in Australia.
Your TRA Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic skills assessment is valid for 3 years from the date the skills assessment is issued.
This means you need to have received your Invitation to Apply for the Visa before the 3 years is up.
There is lots of work in Australia for Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanics.
The Down Under Centre works with many Australian Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic employers who take on our English speaking skilled migrants via our DUC Employment Hub. The employers have no hesitation hiring our Australian qualified Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanics moving to Australia. Our Employment Hub will also teach you how to prepare for your move to Australia.
Our Employment Team in Australia can also help Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanics with Australian employment opportunities.
At successful completion of your Australian Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic skills assessment you will receive your TRA skills assessment letter required for a skilled visa to Australia.
You also receive your OTSR (Off-Shore Technical Skills Record). You take this to any Australian State Regulator to receive your provisional registration to work in Australia as an Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic.
Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanics looking to migrate to Australia need to be between 18 and 45 years old.
Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanics between 25-32 years old generate the maximum points for age towards their Australian visa application. Complete our free visa points calculator to confirm your points.
Also if you are under 31 years old you can look into the Working Holiday Visa.
To work in Australia as an Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic you are required to hold registration. To apply for your registration you are required to hold your OTSR (Off-Shore Technical Skills Record) – you will gain this at successful completion of the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic skills assessment.
So, please make contact with the Down Under Centre so we can explain the process in detail. You don’t want to arrive in Australia and need to start the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic skills assessment as it will set you back with your plan to work in Australia as an Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic.
Yes, The Down Under Centre Employment Hub is here to help!
We are not a recruitment agency, we are employment specialists, servicing migrants who are actively looking to relocate to Australia as well as employers who are seeking talent from overseas.
With extensive experience in the Australian labor market, our team understands the needs of employers and empathises with the unique challenges migrants and their families face during the relocation process.
We are dedicated to finding the right candidates for your business. Using our exclusive candidate database, we can match you with visa-ready Air-Conditioning & Refrigeration Mechanics and skilled migrants seeking employer sponsorship.
Click here to contact our Employment Team and start your hiring journey today.
For Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanics migrating to Australia, a skills assessment is not mandatory for a 482Â employer sponsored visa.
However, Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic is a licensed trade in Australia and you would need to obtain the skills assessment, to get the Offshore Technical Skills Record (OTSR), so that you can apply for a provisional license to work in Australia.
You would then need to complete the Gap Training to get a full license.Â
If you’re an Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic who holds an OTSR and ready to start your GAP Training in Australia, click here to enquire with Get Skilled Training.
Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanics emigrating to Australia do usually need to complete an English test, to generate points towards the visa application.
Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanics in Australia
You should be able to bring together, install, uphold and repair industrial, commercial and domestic air conditioning and refrigeration arrangements and equipment.
Your tasks involve establishing job requirements from drawings and specifications, and laying out connection reference points and piercing holes, connecting mounting brackets and cutting, bending and threading piping. You’ll be connecting and fixing components such as compressors, motors, condensers, evaporators, switches and gauges, and copper lines for steam, gas, refrigerant, compressed air, oil and chilled water. Additionally, you’ll be fastening, joining, riveting, welding and brazing pipes to connect equipment, and checking placement and accuracy of fit; filling systems with gas or fluid to check for leaks; test-operating refrigeration systems, checking mechanisms and adjusting. Furthermore, eliminating test gas and fluid using vacuum pumps, and filling with refrigerant and checking and repairing refrigeration systems, identifying faults and mending and replacing defective components. You’ll also be correcting system controls and mechanisms and reassembling systems and recording causes of faultiness and action taken.
Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic jobs in Australia
The DUC Employment Hub is a tool that connects migrants to employers in Australia as well as providing you with a Relocation Hub to make your journey to Australia smoother. Air-Conditioning & Refrigeration Mechanic Jobs offering sponsorship in Australia are being posted regularly.Â
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