Plumber Skills Assessment Australia
If you are a Plumber looking to migrate to Australia on a skilled points-based visa, you will need to complete the mandatory Plumbing skills assessment to emigrate to Australia. The Plumber ANZSCO Code is 334111.
The Down Under Centre and Australian Trade Training College (ATTC) are proud to assess Plumbers for Trades Recognition Australia (TRA). We work with Plumbers emigrating to Australia to ensure that they are ready for their Plumbing skills assessment required. We also deliver the Plumbing Practical Assessment.
At successful completion of the Plumber 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 Plumbers to apply for a provisional license to work under supervision in Australia.
See our Frequently Asked Questions for Plumbers emigrating to Australia
If you would like to check your eligibility to immigrate to Australia as a Plumber, 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 Plumbers who want to migrate to Australia.
Process for Plumber skills assessment Australia
The Plumber skills assessment process is broken up into three stages. Plumbing is a licensed trade so employers in Australia will insist you hold an Offshore Technical Skills Record (OTSR) for registration and insurance purposes. It’s also important to know that each state and territory in Australia has different regulations. Plumbers must do a Practical Assessment for their skills assessments, and we deliver these in our Leatherhead, UK office.
1. Documentary Assessment Plumber skills assessment Australia $1,120
You must prove you are a Plumber and have the necessary skills to work as a Plumber 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 a Plumber for a minimum of 12 months out of the last 36 months for industry currency. To prove your work experience for the Plumber skills assessment for Australia, you will have to provide pay and tax evidence, statements of services and more. For many Plumbers moving to Australia, this is considered to be the hardest part of the Plumbing skills assessment.
Down Under Centre Agency Service £600 + VAT
It is very important to remember that most of your evidence gathering for your Plumber 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 Plumber 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 Plumber.
As part of our Agency Service, we give you access to your bespoke Plumber Skills Assessment Portal that will advise exactly what pay/tax evidence to gather, what your CV needs to focus on, employment references and more. You’ll be assigned a Client Manager and one of our Plumbing 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 Plumber.
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 Plumber skills assessment Australia $2,000
We will liaise with you and ATTC to organise your Technical Interview with an Australian qualified Plumber who is also an Australian qualified Trainer and Assessor.
In the Technical Interview, 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 a Plumber 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.
Please note that if the Assessor feels that you do not have the necessary skills to work in Australia as a qualified Plumber, 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 ATTC 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 and do all they can to assist you and put you at ease.
3. Practical Assessment Plumber skills assessment Australia $2,200
The final part of your Plumber skills assessment is a Practical Assessment. In the Practical Assessment you will complete a series of plumbing tasks while being observed by an assessor. We currently deliver the Practical Assessments in Leathehead, UK.
The Practical Assessments are also hosted in Queensland, Australia and in the Philippines.
Plumbing GAP Training Australia
After Plumbers obtain their Offshore Technical Skills Record (OTSR), they can apply for a provisional license to work under supervision in Australia. Plumbers must complete the Plumbing GAP Training to get their full Plumbing License. Find out more about GAP Training here.
Free Visa Points Calculator for Plumbers to Australia
Please fill in the form below to check your eligibility to emigrate to Australia as a Plumber.
Plumbers FAQs
Plumbers emigrating to Australia FAQs
To be eligible for a skills assessment for Australia as a Plumber you are required to have completed an apprenticeship and hold relevant qualifications, such as NVQ 3, 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 a Plumber.
TRA set the fees and they are the same regardless of which RTO processes your assessment.
Stage 1; Documentary assessment $1,120
Stage 2; Technical interview $2,000
Stage 3; Plumbing practical assessment $2,200.
You pay in stages as and when you are approved through each stage of the Plumbing skills assessment.
A skills assessment is required so you, the migrant, can apply for a visa to work in Australia as a Plumber. The skills assessment is the way Australian Immigration can confirm that you have the relevant plumbing skills to match the Australian guidelines.
Even if you don’t need the plumbing assessment for the purposes of a visa, you will need it to become a licensed Plumber in Australia as you require the OTSR to obtain your provisional license and commence the Plumbing GAP Training.
The Down Under Centre work with Australian Trade Training College (ATTC), an approved TRA assessing body, to deliver the Plumber 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 Plumbers 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 Plumber skills assessment process.
You also get the opportunity to speak with other Plumbers who have gone through the Plumbing skills assessment process via our exclusive Facebook Group. We can save you money on your move and assist with finding Australia plumbing employers via the DUC Employment Hub.
Migrating to Australia as a Plumber 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 Plumbers that have completed the Australian skills assessment and now are living in Australia.
Your TRA Plumbing 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.
Getting a job as a Plumber in Australia will depend on the current job market; most states of Australia are searching for migrant Plumbers. Plumbing in Australia is a licensed trade so you are required to hold at least your provisional plumbing registration.
Upon completion of your Australian Plumbing skills assessment you will receive your OTSR (Offshore Technical Skills Record). You take this to any Australian Plumbing State Regulator to receive your plumbing provisional registration.
The Down Under Centre works with many plumbing employers who want English speaking, skilled migrants. Our employers hire our Plumbers moving to Australia via our DUC Employment Hub. The DUC Employment Hub will also explain how to prepare for your move to Australia and has a section that explains what each state requires for Plumbers to apply for their Australian plumbing registration.
Our Employment Team in Australia can also help Plumbers with Australian employment opportunities.
Plumbers emigrating to Australia do usually need to complete an English test, to generate points towards the visa application.
If you are a Plumber hoping to migrate to Australia, you need to be between 18 and 45 years old. However, at age 18, Plumbers will not have yet achieved the necessary qualifications and experience to prove their competence. Plumbers between the ages of 25-32 years old generate the maximum points for age towards their visa application.
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 Plumbers and skilled migrants seeking employer sponsorship.
Click here to contact our Employment Team and start your hiring journey today.
For Plumbers migrating to Australia, a skills assessment is not mandatory for a 482 employer sponsored visa.
However, Plumbing 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. https://www.downundercentre.com/gap-training-australia
The best way to prepare for your Plumber skills assessment Technical Interview is to view the Self-Assessment Questionnaire you completed in your Documentary Assessment stage. On your DUC Skills Assessment Portal, we have a tips section on how to pass the Plumber Technical Interview, how to prepare and how the Technical Interview works.
Plumbers in Australia
As a plumber, you should be able to fit, uphold and repair pipes, drainage and metal roofing, mechanical services and related equipment for water supply, gas, drainage, sewerage, heating, cooling and ventilation systems.
You need to be learning blueprints, drawings and specifications to govern the layout of plumbing systems and the resources required. Also, marking out and fitting hot and cold-water systems and connected equipment. Other tasks include installing water-based fire protections systems, as well as fire hydrants, hose reels and sprinkler systems. You will be designing and installing sanitary plumbing and water supply systems, discharge pipes and sanitary fixtures. Fabricating and installing soil and waste stacks is another task. Additionally, assembling and installing motorised services, air handling and conditioning equipment and small-bore heating systems. You’ll be joining sewerage and effluent propelling equipment and disposal systems.
Plumbing Jobs in Australia
The DUC Employment Hub is a tool that connects migrants to employers in Australia. Plumbing Jobs offering sponsorship in Australia are being posted regularly.
Plumbing Jobs in Australia via DUC Employment Hub:
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