Metal Fabricator skills assessment Australia
If you are a Metal Fabricator migrating to Australia on a skilled points-based visa or an ENS 186 employer sponsored visa, you will need to obtain the Metal Fabricator skills assessment. You also need the Metal Fabricator skills assessment for Australia, if you are emigrating to Australia on a 482 employer sponsored visa and hold a passport from one of these countries. The Metal Fabricator ANZSCO Code is 322311.
The Down Under Centre and Australian Trade Training College (ATTC) are proud to assess Metal Fabricators for Trades Recognition Australia (TRA). We work with Metal Fabricators emigrating to Australia to ensure that they are ready for their Metal Fabrication skills assessment required for migrating to Australia. At successful completion of the Metal Fabricator skills assessment, you will receive your full AQF III in Engineering and your Skills Assessment letter required for migration. The AQF III is the relevant Australian qualification for employers hiring Metal Fabricators and the document that State regulators require when applying for metal fabrication jobs in Australia.
See our Frequently Asked Questions for Metal Fabricators 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.
Specialisations:
• Boilermaker-Welder
Find out more about our Agency Service for Metal Fabricators who want to migrate to Australia.
Process for Metal Fabricator Skills Assessment Australia
The skills assessment process for Metal Fabricator Engineers is in two stages. Metal Fabrication in Australia is not a licensed trade, but employers may insist you hold your Australian Qualification in Metal Fabrication for registration and insurance purposes.
1. Documentary Assessment for Metal Fabricator skills assessment Australia $1,120
For a positive Metal Fabricator skills assessment, you are required to prove you are a Metal Fabricator and have the necessary skills to work as a Metal Fabricator 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 will also need to prove that you have been working as a Metal Fabricator for 12 months out of the last 36 months for industry currency. To prove work experience required for the Australian Metal Fabrication skills assessment, you will need to provide pay and tax evidence, statements of service, photos, videos and more. For most Metal Fabricators moving to Australia, this is the hardest part of the metal fabrication skills assessment.
Down Under Centre Agency Service £600 + VAT
It is very important to remember that most of your evidence gathering for your Metal Fabricator 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 Metal Fabricator 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 Metal Fabricator. 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 Metal Fabricator 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 Metal Fabricator 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 Metal Fabricator.
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.
3. Technical Interview for Metal Fabricator skills assessment Australia $2,000
The final part of your skills assessment as a Metal Fabricator is an online Technical interview.
We will organise an Australian qualified Metal Fabricator who is also an Australian qualified Trainer and Assessor in metal fabrication to discuss your stage two application with you and your everyday working life as a Metal Fabricator. 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 Metal Fabricator, 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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Metal Fabricator FAQs
Metal Fabricators emigrating to Australia FAQs
No, it’s not mandatory that you hold a Metal Fabricator qualification to migrate to Australia as a Metal Fabricator.
You are required to either hold your completed apprenticeship papers as a Metal Fabricator (Please note these qualifications could fall under many engineering qualifications, pipe fitter for example) and 3 years’ of full-time paid work experience pre or post qualification for the Metal Fabricator skills assessment.
If you don’t have an NVQ3, you are required to have a minimum of 5 years’ full-time paid work experience as a Metal Fabricator. It is common for clients to be assessed without holding any formal training or qualification so we use your 5 years of paid work experience as proof for Australian migration.
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 Metal Fabricator skills assessment for Australian migration. The costs of the Metal Fabricator skills assessment are:
Documentary Assessment is $1120
Technical Interview the cost is $2000
A skills assessment is a mandatory requirement so you, the migrant, can apply for a visa to Australia. This is the way Australian Immigration can gauge if you are a Metal Fabricator under the Australian guidelines. Many people want to move to Australia as a Metal Fabricator 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 Metal Fabricator you will need to complete the Metal Fabricator skills assessment for a skilled visa.
The Down Under Centre work with Australian Trade Training College (ATTC), an approved TRA assessing body, to deliver the Metal Fabricator skills assessment for Australia. You can contact our office in the UK on +44 (0)203 376 1555 or contact our office in Australia on +61 (0)3 9123 3260.
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 Metal Fabricators 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 Metal Fabricator skills assessment process.
You also get the opportunity to speak with other Metal Fabricators who have gone through the Metal Fabricator skills assessment process via our exclusive Facebook Group. We can save you money on your move and assist with finding Australia metal fabrication employers via the DUC Employment Hub.
Migrating to Australia as a Metal Fabricator 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 Metal Fabricators that have completed the Australian skills assessment and now are living in Australia.
Your Australian Metal Fabricator 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 Engineering as a Metal Fabricator has no expiry date.
Getting a job as a Metal Fabricator in Australia can easily be done from your country of origin. There is lots of work in Australia for Metal Fabricators, Pipe Fitters, Welders, Ship Builders, and Structural Steel Workers as you can work doing repair and maintenance of production machinery. Australia is huge in the mining areas, Australia has a need for Metal Fabricators who have skills working on shaping, welding metal material. Many of our employers are on the lookout for Metal Fabricators with manufacture experience, fabricators who can build ships, submarines, work on structural steel, architectural steel/metal, and work in general fabrication and make repairs to metal structures.
Manufacturing is a big area and we have seen a rise in Metal Fabrication jobs Australia wide. The Down Under Centre works with many Australian Metal Fabricator employers who take on our English speaking skilled migrants. The employers have no hesitation taking on our Australian qualified Metal Fabricators moving to Australia by using our DUC Employment Hub – our employment hub will also show you how to prepare for your move to Australia.
At successful completion of your Australian Metal Fabricator skills assessment, you will receive your TRA skills assessment letter required for a skilled visa to Australia and you will also receive your Australian Certificate III in Engineering – Metal Fabricator.
If you are a Metal Fabricator looking to migrate to Australia, you need to be between 18 and 45 years old.
Metal Fabricators between 25-32 years old generate the maximum points for age towards their 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.
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If I am a Metal Fabricator, based out of the UK, can I still be a client of the Down Under Centre?
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 for Metal Fabricators. We have clients all over the world and the tools to get you to Australia as a Metal Fabricator.
With a passport from the UK, Canada, Ireland, USA or New Zealand you automatically add 5 points to your partner’s Australian visa application.
If you completed the Metal Fabricator skills assessment 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 arrive in Australia with your Australian Certificate III in Engineering Metal Fabrication. This is huge as employers want you to hold the necessary fabrication qualification so they can insure you. It also means they know you have the Australian standards if any injuries take place while completing Metal Fabrication tasks.
Applying for a skills assessment as a Metal Fabricator 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 Metal Fabricator and obtain a visa to work in Australia as a Metal Fabricator. If you don’t hold any qualifications you can still move forward with your Australian Metal Fabricator 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 Metal Fabricators and skilled migrants seeking employer sponsorship.
Click here to contact our Employment Team and start your hiring journey today.
Metal Fabricators do usually need to complete the English test when emigrating to Australia, to generate points towards the visa application.
If your country of passport is listed below, this means it is mandatory for you to obtain the Metal Fabricator skills assessment for a Subclass 482 visa application.
- Persons who hold a passport issued by Brazil, China, Fiji, Hong Kong, India, Macau, Philippines, South Africa, Thailand, Vietnam or Zimbabwe; and
https://www.downundercentre.com/mandatory-skill-assessment-subclass-482-visa
The best way to prepare for your Metal Fabricator 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 Metal Fabricator Technical Interview, how to prepare and how the Technical Interview works.
Metal Fabricator duties in Australia
There is a demand for Metal Fabricators in Australia as Australia has a growing economy and an ageing population meaning the workforce is drying up. Metal Fabricators in Australia need to complete a four year apprenticeship to obtain their certificate III in engineering and fabrication.
Metal Fabricators in Australia may build ships, submarines, work on structural steel, architectural steel/metal, and work in general fabrication and make repairs to metal structures. Fabricators in Australia would join, cut and shape metal components. They are required to use moulds to produce patterns for metal castings and be able to coat a variety of materials. Most Fabricators work in production areas in workshops, and must follow health and safety procedures.
To work in Australia as a Metal Fabricator, you will be required to complete the following duties:
- Mark out materials.
- Examine detailed drawings or specifications to find out job, material and equipment requirements.
- Cut and shape metal components.
- Cut, roll, shape, bend, mould, spin, heat or hammer metal products to fabricate parts or sub-assemblies.
- Assemble parts and structures by lining up and joining them by welding, bolting or riveting.
- Use welding equipment including Oxy-Acetylene welding and MIG weld.
- Finish products by cleaning, polishing, filing or bathing them in acid solutions, or by applying protective or decorative coatings.
- Heat treat metal parts and components.
- Set up and/or operate hand and machine tools, welding equipment or Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) machines.
- Select, clean and prepare metal stock.
- Cut marked-out metal sections and shapes using hand tools, flame cutting torches and metal cutting machines.
- Align parts to be joined using hand tools and measuring instruments.
- Examine welds for width of bead, penetration and precision.
- Clean and smooth welds by filing, chiselling and grinding.
During your Metal Fabricator Skills Assessment for Australia you will be required to prove that you can carry out the above tasks through your Technical Interview and Stage 2 Application. If you require more information please fill in the enquiry form and one of our experienced staff will be in touch with you as soon as possible.
Metal Fabricator Jobs in Australia
Engineers and Fabricators in Australia can be very well paid. The demand for Metal Fabricators to work in Australia has risen over the years. Once you are employed as a Metal Fabricator you are entitled to a pension which is currently set at 9.5% of your wage. This is put into your pension scheme by your employer and is not deducted from your weekly salary.
Employers hire Metal Fabricators via our DUC Employment Hub. It 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.
Jobs posted for Metal Fabricators in Australia via DUC Employment Hub:
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