Motor Mechanic skills assessment Australia
If you are a Motor Mechanic migrating to Australia, on a skilled points-based visa, ENS 186 or SID 482 visa (if you have a passport from one of these countries listed), you will need to obtain a positive Motor Mechanic skills assessment for Australia. The Motor Mechanic (General) ANZSCO code is 321211.
The Down Under Centre is proud to have TRA Approved RTOs working from our building. We work very close with these RTOs to work with clients to ensure that they are ready for their Motor Mechanic skills assessment for migration to Australia.
If you are a Motor Mechanic emigrating to Australia, you will need to complete the mandatory Motor Mechanic skills assessment. On completion of the skills assessment you will be issued with your Australian Certificate III in Light Vehicle Mechanical Technology. This will be invaluable for employment once you arrive in Australia.
See our Frequently Asked Questions for Motor Mechanics 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 Motor Mechanics who want to migrate to Australia.
Process for Motor Mechanic skills assessment Australia
Motor Mechanic is not a licensed trade but many employers insist you hold your Australian Motor Mechanic Qualification for registration and insurance purposes. It’s also important to know that each state and territory in Australia has different regulations and if you require a builders license you will need to obtain a Certificate III in Motor Mechanics prior to applying for your builders License.
1. Documentary Assessment for Motor Mechanic skills assessment Australia $1,120
In short, you are required to prove you are a Motor Mechanic to emigrate to 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 worked as a Motor Mechanic for a minimum of 12 months out of the last 36 months.
There will be a list of mandatory documentation that you must provide and a list of useful documentation that you could include in your application such as; payslips, banking, statements of service, photos, videos and more.
Down Under Centre Agency Service £600 + VAT
It is very important to remember that most of your evidence gathering for your Motor 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 Motor 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 a Motor Mechanic. 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 Motor Mechanic 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 Motor Mechanic 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 Motor 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 Motor Mechanic skills assessment Australia $2,000
The final part of your Motor Mechanic skills assessment Australia is an online technical interview.
We will organise an Australian qualified Motor Mechanic who is also an Australian qualified Trainer and Assessor in mechanics to discuss your stage two application with you and your everyday working life as a Motor Mechanic. 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 Motor Mechanic, 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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Motor Mechanic FAQs
Motor Mechanics emigrating to Australia FAQs
It’s not mandatory to have a qualification to start the Motor Mechanic skills assessment. You are required to EITHER hold your completed apprenticeship papers as a Motor Mechanic (Please note these qualifications could fall under many motor mechanical qualifications) and 3 years’ of full-time paid work experience pre or post qualification working as a mechanic. So, if you are from the UK and hold an NVQ 3 as a Motor Mechanic, you would only require the 3 years’.
If you don’t have an NVQ3, you are required to have a minimum of 5 years’ full-time paid work experience as a Motor Mechanic. It is common for clients to be assessed without holding any formal training or qualification so we use your 5 years’ of full-time paid work experience as proof for the Motor Mechanic skills assessment.
The cost of the Australian skills assessment is dictated by TRA (Trades Recognition Australia). You pay TRA directly and they have chosen RTOs (Registered Training Organisations) that deliver the Motor Mechanic skills assessment for Australian migration.
The cost for the Documentary Assessment is $1120 and for the Technical Interview the cost is $2000.
A skills assessment is required so you, the migrant, can apply for a skilled points-based visa to Australia. This is the way Australian Immigration can gauge if you are Motor Mechanic under the Australian guidelines.
The Down Under Centre work with Australian Trade Training College (ATTC), an approved TRA assessing body, to deliver the Motor Mechanic 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 Motor Mechanics 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 Motor Mechanic skills assessment process.
You also get the opportunity to speak with other Motor Mechanics who have gone through the Motor Mechanic 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 Motor 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 Motor Mechanics that have completed the Australian skills assessment and now are living in Australia.
Your TRA Motor Mechanic 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 Motor Mechanics has no expiry date.
There is plenty of work in Australia for car mechanics. Australia is large country and the demand for skilled Motor Mechanics is Australia wide. Garages can’t find enough Motor Mechanics to work in Australia.
Australian cars are required to have roadworthy certificates and these can only be completed by qualified Motor Mechanics.
The Down Under centre works with many Australian Motor Mechanic employers who take on our English speaking skilled migrants. The employers have no hesitation hiring our Australian qualified Motor Mechanics 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 Motor Mechanic.
At successful completion of your Australian Motor Mechanic 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 as a Motor Mechanic.
Motor Mechanics looking to migrate to Australia, need to be between 18 and 45 years old.
Mechanics between the ages of 25 and 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.
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 so you can emigrate to Australia as a Motor Mechanic
With a passport from the UK, Ireland, Canada, USA or New Zealand you automatically add 5 points to your partner’s visa application. If you completed the Motor Mechanic 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 as a Motor Mechanic. This is huge as employers want you to hold the necessary qualification so they can insure you to work in their garage or workshop. Australian mechanic employers need to follow health and safety requirements.
Applying for an Australian skills assessment as a Motor Mechanic 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 Motor Mechanic and obtain a visa to work in Australia as a mechanic. If you don’t hold any qualifications you can still move forward with your Australian Motor Mechanic 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 Motor Mechanics 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 Motor Mechanic skills assessment for a Subclass 482 visa application.
- Persons who hold a passport issued by 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 Motor Mechanic 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 Motor Mechanic Technical Interview, how to prepare and how the Technical Interview works.
Motor Mechanics in Australia
As a Motor Mechanic working in Australia, your daily tasks would include spotting and identifying any faults in machines and parts along with dismantling and eliminating engine assemblies, transmissions, navigation mechanisms and other devices, and examining parts. You will also be required to mend and substitute any damaged and defective parts and reassemble the motorised components, and relate to service manuals as needed. You will also be carrying out planned maintenance services, such as any oil changes, lubrications and engine services, to achieve a smooth-running process of vehicles and guarantee compliance with the pollution regulations in place. You will need to reassemble appliances and parts after they have been repaired along with doing any trying and adjusting motorised parts after being repaired for proper performance. You will need to use computers to identify and test parts. You may review vehicles and issue safety certificates or detail work required to achieve suitability.
Motor Mechanic jobs in Australia
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