Cook skills assessment Australia

In Australia, Chef = Chief! A Chef in Australia must be able to demonstrate a broad range of kitchen management skills and experience, in addition to cooking skills. This includes people management (e.g. rotas, coaching, training & development, handling conflict), finance management (budgeting, costings, stock control) as well as daily operational management including overseeing Food Hygiene standards and Health & Safety. Read more on Chef skills assessment Australia.

If your roles have not included these management tasks in depth, you will likely be advised to complete the Cook skills assessment. Any questions please make contact with the Down Under Centre.

The Cook skills assessment for Australian migration is a 2 stage approach. You need to prove to the assessor you have the necessary skills as a Cook.

The first stage is paper based, proving you are a Cook though payslips, detailed CV, references, videos, photos, qualifications. This is called the documentary assessment for the Cook skills assessment Australia.

The second stage is a technical interview with an Australian qualified Cook and is also a qualified trainer and assessor. This is a relaxed chat over Skype or Zoom where you have a one to one with our Australian Cook Assessors.  

No, its not mandatory. If you completed an apprenticeship as a Cook, then you are required to show 3 years of paid work experience pre or post qualification. For example, if you are from the UK and hold an NVQ3 as a Cook, you would require the 3 years work experience as a Cook.

If you do not hold an NVQ3 as a Cook, then you are required to have a minimum of 5 years paid work experience as a Cook.

The skills assessment is required so you, the migrant, can apply for an Australian visa and work in Australia as a Cook. This is the way Australian Immigration can gauge if you are in fact a Cook under the Australian guidelines.

Many people want to move to Australia as a Cook and 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 Cook you will need to complete the Cook skills assessment for a skilled visa.

Australian Trade Training College (ATTC) is an approved TRA assessing body who can deliver the Cook skills assessment. They have an office in the Down Under Centre and can be contacted on 0203 780 2437.

The Down Under Centre work very close with the assessing body for the Cook skills assessment. We are very proud to be working with a TRA skills assessment provider, and we have many years’ experience with clients and have the correct software and plenty of staff to hold your hand throughout the Australian skills assessment.

Migrating to Australia as a Cook has its challenges and you the migrant will have plenty of questions. We will know the answers and be available through working hours to answer any of your questions.

Your TRA Australian Cook skills assessment is valid for 3 years from the date the skills assessment was issued. This means that you need to have your invitation to apply for the visa within 3 years of your skills assessment completion.

Your Australian certificate III in commercial cookery has no expiry date. This certificate is invaluable to employers when looking for Cook jobs in Australia.

Australia has lots of pubs, restaurants and holiday destinations that require great Cooks.

Our busiest cities; Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth are always on the look out for skilled Cooks to work in Australia. There is also a need for Cooks in rural areas of Australia.

The Down Under Centre works with many Australian Cook employers who take on our English speaking skilled migrants. The employers have no hesitation taking on our Australian qualified Cooks moving to Australia by using our DUC Employment Hub. Our employment hub will also teach you how to prepare for your move to Australia as a Cook. You will also receive a skype chat with one of our relocation team.

At successful completion of your Australian Cook 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 commercial cookery.

If you are a Cook looking to migrate to Australia, you need to be between 18 and 45 years old. However at age 18, Cooks will not have yet achieved the necessary qualifications and experience to prove their competence.

Cooks 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 under 31 years old you can look into Working Holiday Visas Australia.

Yes, you can. First, complete our free visa points calculator. We’ll contact you to determine your eligibility for migrating to Australia and explain the Australian visa process. We have clients all over the world and the tools to get you to Australia as a Cook.

With a passport from the UK, Ireland, Canada, USA or New Zealand you automatically add 5 points to your partner’s Australian visa application.

If you completed the Cook skills assessment for Australia (and are under 45 years of age) this would add 10 points. You would also benefit from the Cook certificate III in commercial cookery which will benefit when applying for a job as a Cook in Australia.

Applying for a Cook skills assessment 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 Cook and obtain a visa to work in Australia as a Cook.

If you don’t hold any qualifications you can still move forward with your Australian skills assessment if you can provide 5 years of paid work experience.