Cabinetmaker Skills Assessment Australia
If you are a Cabinetmaker moving to Australia on a skilled points-based visa, an ENS 186 employer sponsored visa or 482 employer sponsored visa (if you have a passport from one of these countries listed), you will need to complete the mandatory Cabinetmaking skills assessment to emigrate to Australia. The Cabinetmaker ANZSCO Code is 394111.
The Down Under Centre and Australian Trade Training College (ATTC) are proud to assess Cabinetmakers for Trades Recognition Australia (TRA). We work with Cabinetmakers emigrating to Australia to ensure that they are ready for their Cabinetmaking skills assessment required for migrating to Australia. At successful completion of the Cabinetmaker skills assessment, you will receive your full AQF III in Cabinetmaking and your Skills Assessment letter required for migration. The AQF III is the relevant Australian qualification for employers hiring Cabinetmakers and the document that State regulators require when applying for cabinetmaker jobs in Australia or registration.
See our Frequently Asked Questions for Cabinetmakers emigrating to Australia.
If you would like to see if you are eligible for a Skilled Visa, use our Free Visa Points Calculator or complete our Enquiry Form and our Migration Consultants will be happy to advise on your options.
Find out more about our Agency Service for Cabinetmakers who want to migrate to Australia.
Process for Cabinetmaker Skills Assessment for Australia
The Cabinetmaker skills assessment process is broken up into two stages. Cabinetmaking is not a licensed trade but many employers insist you hold your Australian Cabinetmaking Qualification for registration and insurance purposes.
1. Documentary Assessment for Cabinetmaker skills Assessment Australia $1,120
In short, you are required to prove you are a Cabinetmaker and have the necessary skills to work as a Cabinetmaker in Australia.
- If you hold trade related qualifications, you’ll be asked to prove you have a minimum of 3 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 5 years’ full-time paid work experience.
You also need to prove you have worked as a Cabinetmaker for a minimum of 12 months from the last 36 months. You will be asked to prove this via payslips, bank statements, tax, and employment references. You also need to make sure you supply copies of your evidence and photos of your cabinetmaking work. For many Cabinetmakers looking to migrate to Australia, this is considered to be the hardest part of the Cabinetmaker skills assessment process.
Down Under Centre Agency Service £600 + VAT
It is very important to remember that most of your evidence gathering for your Cabinetmaker 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 Cabinetmaker 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 a Cabinetmaker. This stage is considered to be the most difficult stage of your visa application.
As part of our Agency Service, we give you access to your bespoke Cabinetmaker Skills Assessment 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 and one of our Cabinetmaker Assessors, who can answer questions and advise on the documents you have supplied via the Skills Assessment Portal. We do this so you can obtain a successful skills assessment as a Cabinetmaker.
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 Cabinetmaker skills assessment Australia $2,000
The final part of your skills assessment to Australia for the Cabinetmaker trade is an online technical interview.
We will organise an Australian qualified Cabinetmaker who is also an Australian qualified Trainer and Assessor in cabinetmaking to discuss your stage two application with you and your everyday working life as a Cabinetmaker. This is why it’s very important that you have provided the assessing body and their assessor with a complete application.
Technical Interviews are held at our UK offices in Leatherhead and Dumbarton. They are also hosted in Australia (QLD, VIC, NSW and WA), India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Philippines, Vietnam, South Africa, UAE and Fiji.
Please note that if the Assessor feels that you do not have the necessary skills to work in Australia as a qualified Cabinetmaker, they will ask you to provide further information which will be at your cost. The Down Under Centre have never had a client that has required a site visit as yet as we work closely with them to ensure that this does not need to happen. The assessors understand that you may be nervous, and they will discuss your application with you in a calm manner in a relaxed environment and do all they can to assist you and put you at ease.
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Cabinetmaker FAQs
Cabinetmakers emigrating to Australia FAQs
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Is a qualification required to start the Cabinet Maker skills assessment for Australian Migration?
No, it’s not mandatory. You are required to either hold your completed apprenticeship papers as a Cabinet Maker and 3 years’ of full-time paid work experience pre or post qualification. So, if you are from the UK and hold a formal qualification as a Cabinet Maker you would only require the 3 years’ of employment experience.
If you have NO NVQ or formal training for example, you are required to have a minimum of 5 years’ full-time paid employment experience. It is common of our clients to be assessed without holding any formal training or qualification so we use your 5 years’ of paid work experience as evidence. Your evidence must also show you have worked in your occupation for at least 12 months within the last 3 years and must be able to be verified.
Documentary Assessment is $1120.
Technical Interview is $2000.
The cost of the skills assessment is dictated by TRA (Trades Recognition Australia). You pay them directly and they have chosen RTOs (Registered Training Organisations) that deliver the Cabinetmaker skills assessment for Australian Migration.
An Australian Cabinetmaker skills assessment is required so that you, the migrant, can apply for an Australian Visa. This is the way Australian Immigration can gauge if you are in fact a Cabinetmaker under the Australian guidelines.
Many people want to immigrate to Australia as a Cabinetmaker but without a skills assessment delivered by an approved assessing body Australian immigration have no way in checking a migrant has the necessary skills. To emigrate to Australia as a Cabinetmaker you will need to complete the Cabinetmaker skills assessment for a skilled visa.
The Down Under Centre are very proud to be working with ATTC – this is what we do! We have over a decade of experience working with Cabinetmakers during the skills assessment process. We have developed software to assist with the process, and have the staff and assessors to hold your hand throughout the Cabiknetmaker skills assessment process.
You also get the opportunity to speak with other Cabinetmakers who have gone through the Cabinetmaking skills assessment process via our exclusive Facebook Group. We can save you money on your move and assist with finding Australia carpentry employers via the DUC Employment Hub.
Migrating to Australia as a Cabinetmaker 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 Cabinetmakers that have completed the Australian skills assessment and now are living in Australia.
Your TRA Cabinetmaker skills assessment is valid for 3 years from the date the skills assessment was issued.
This means you need to have your invitation to apply before the 3 years is up. Your Australian Certificate III in Cabinetmaking has no expiry date.
Getting a job as a Cabinet Maker in Australia can be done from your country of origin. There is a lot of work in Australia for Cabinetmakers. The Down Under Centre also work with many Australian employers who take on our English speaking skilled migrants. The employers have no hesitation taking on our Australian qualified Cabinetmakers moving to Australia by using our DUC Employment Hub.
At successful completion of your Australian Cabinetmaker skills assessment you will receive your TRA skills assessment required for a skilled visa to Australia and you will also receive your Australian Certificate III in Cabinetmaking.
If you are a Cabinetmaker emigrating to Australia, you need to be between 18 and 45 years old. However at age 18, Cabinetmakers will not have yet achieved the necessary qualifications and experience to prove their competence. Cabinetmakers between the ages of 25-32 years old generate the maximum points for age towards their visa application. Complete our free visa points calculator to confirm your points.
If you are also lucky enough to be under 31 years old you can look into the Australian Working Holiday Visa.
Yes you can! First, complete our free visa points calculator. We’ll contact you to determine your eligibility for migrating to Australia and will explain the Australian migration process. We have clients all over the world and the ability to get you to Australia as a Cabinetmaker.
With a passport from the UK, Ireland, Canada, USA or New Zealand you automatically add 5 points to your partner’s Australia visa application. If you completed the Cabinetmaker skills assessment successfully for Australia (and are under 45 years of age) this may add 10 points.
Not only do you get extra points for an Australian skilled visa, you will also arrive in Australia with your Australian certificate III in Cabinetmaking which is very appealing. This also means the employer knows you have the Australian standards and are competent in the trade.
Applying for a skills assessment as a Cabinetmaker to migrate to Australia does not necessarily require a qualification; this is dependent upon the country of your passport.
The Down Under Centre has access to Australia’s Country Education Profiles and can confirm if your qualifications will be recognised so you can complete your skills assessment as a Cabinetmaker and obtain a visa to work in Australia. If you don’t hold any qualifications you can still move forward with your Australian Cabinetmaker skills assessment if you can provide 5 years’ of full-time paid work experience.
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 Cabinet Makers and skilled migrants seeking employer sponsorship.
Click here to contact our Employment Team and start your hiring journey today.
If your country of passport is listed below, this means it is mandatory for you to obtain the Cabinetmaker skills assessment for a Subclass 482 visa application.
- Persons who hold a passport issued by Brazil, Fiji, Hong Kong, India, Macau, Philippines, South Africa, Thailand, Vietnam or Zimbabwe.
https://www.downundercentre.com/mandatory-skill-assessment-subclass-482-visa
The best way to prepare for your Cabinetmaker skills assessment Technical Interview is to view the Self-Assessment Questionnaire and Applicant Kit you completed in your Documentary Assessment stage. On your DUC Skills Assessment Portal, we have a tips section on how to pass the Technical Interview for Cabinetmakers, how to prepare and how the Technical Interview works.
Cabinetmakers in Australia
Cabinetmaking in Australia is a well-respected trade. There is a need for cabinetmakers all over Australia, as Australia has a growing economy and a population that is aging. In Australia cabinet makers need to complete a four-year apprenticeship to obtain their certificate III in Cabinetmaking. (ANZSCO 394111)
Cabinetmakers fabricate and repair wooden furniture, and fit and assemble prepared wooden parts to make furniture. Cabinetmakers in Australia may work as antique furniture reproducers, antique furniture restorers, chair and couch making, and coffin Making.
To work as a Cabinetmaker in Australia you will be required to know the following.
Select and work with materials such as particle board, timber, veneers, synthetic wood and arrangements of screws and metal fittings. Repair and refurbish furniture and antiques. Make frames chairs and couches. Build cabinets to suit bathrooms, kitchens and bedrooms. Assembling parts to form sections of furniture. Fitting locks, hinges, catches, drawers and shelves. Work to fit timber components on boats and caravans. Work from drawings is crucial. Examining drawing, work orders and sample parts to determine specifications.
Cabinetmaking jobs in Australia
Many Cabinetmaking jobs are paying $35 per hour plus overtime. Don’t forget if you are employed as an Australian Cabinetmaker you are entitled to a pension, which your employer adds to your wage.
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.
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