Sheet Metal Trades skills assessment Australia

We assist Sheet Metal Trades workers emigrating to Australia. If you are a Sheet Metal Trades worker looking to apply for a skilled points–based visa, an ENS 186 or 482 employer sponsored visa (if you have a passport from one of these countries listed), you will need to complete the Sheet Metal Trades worker skills assessment for Australia. Sheet Metal Trades Worker ANZSCO Code 322211.

The Down Under Centre and Australian Trade Training College (ATTC) are proud to assess Sheet Metal Trade workers for Trades Recognition Australia (TRA). We work with Sheet Metal Trade workers emigrating to Australia to ensure that they are ready for their Sheet Metal Trade skills assessment required for migrating to Australia. At successful completion of the skills assessment, you will receive your full AQF III in Engineering – Fabrication, and your Skills Assessment letter required for migration. The AQF III is the relevant Australian qualification for employers hiring Sheet Metal workers and the document that State regulators require when applying for sheet metal jobs in Australia or registration.

See our Frequently Asked Questions for Sheet Metal Trade Workers 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 Sheet Metal Trade workers who want to migrate to Australia.

Sheet Metal Trades Worker skills assessment Australia process

The skills assessment process for Sheet Metal Trades Workers is divided into 2 stages. Sheet Metal Trades Workers will receive the full Certificate III in Engineering – Fabrication as well as their skills assessment letter which is required for Australian migration.

​1.  Documentary Assessment for Sheet Metal Trades skills assessment Australia $1,120

You will need to prove that you are a qualified or an experienced Sheet Metal Trades Worker.

  • 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 Sheet Metal Trades Worker for 12 months out of the last 36 months. You must prove your work experience via bank statements, payslips, employment references, as well as photos and videos of your work.

It is very important to remember that most of your evidence gathering for your Sheet Metal Trades 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 Sheet Metal worker 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 Sheet Metal Trades Worker. 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 Sheet Metal Trades 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 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 Sheet Metal Trades worker.

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 Sheet Metal Trades Worker skills assessment Australia $2,000

The final part of your skills assessment as a Sheet Metal Trades Worker is an online Technical interview.

We will organise an Australian qualified Sheet Metal Trades Worker, who is also an Australian qualified Trainer and Assessor in sheet metal to discuss your stage two application with you and your everyday working life as a Sheet Metal Trades Worker. 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 Sheet Metal worker, 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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Sheet Metal Trade Workers FAQs

Sheet Metal Trade Workers emigrating to Australia FAQs

It is not mandatory to hold a qualification to start the Sheet Metal Trades Worker skills assessment. You are required to EITHER hold your completed apprenticeship papers as a Sheet Metal Trades Worker and 3 years’ of full-time paid work experience pre or post qualification. For example, if you are from the UK, you would need your NVQ3 and 3 years’ of full-time paid work experience.

If you have NO NV3, then you are required to have a minimum of 5 years’ full-time paid work experience completing sheet metal tasks. 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.

• Documentary Assessment is $1120
• Technical Interview is $2000

The cost of the Australian skills assessment is dictated by Trades Recognition Australia (TRA). You pay TRA directly and they have chosen Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) that deliver the Sheet Metal Trades Worker skills assessment for Australian migration.

The skills assessment is required so you, the migrant, can apply for a visa to Australia. This is the way Australian Immigration can gauge that you are Sheet Metal Trades Worker under the Australian guidelines. Many people want to move to Australia as a Sheet Metal Trades Worker and without the Sheet Metal Trades Worker 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 Sheet Metal trades Worker you will need to complete the Sheet Metal trades Worker 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 Carpenter 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.

We have over a decade of experience working with Sheet Metal Trade workers throughout 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 Sheet Metal Trades skills assessment process.

You also get the opportunity to speak with other Sheet Metal workers who have gone through the Sheet Metal Trades skills assessment process via our exclusive Facebook Group. We can save you money on your move and assist with finding Australia sheet metal employers via the DUC Employment Hub.

Migrating to Australia as a Sheet Metal worker 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 Sheet Metal Trade workers that have completed the Australian skills assessment and now are living in Australia.

Your TRA Sheet Metal Trades Worker 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 for the visa, before the 3 years is up.

Your Australian Certificate III in Engineering – Fabrication, as a Sheet Metal Trades Worker has no expiry date.

The Down Under Centre works with many Australian Sheet Metal employers who want English speaking, skilled migrants.  Employers hire Sheet Metal Trades workers moving to Australia via our DUC Employment Hub.

Upon completion of your Australian Sheet Metal Trade skills assessment you will receive your Australian Certificate III in Engineering – Fabrication, which is required to obtain the relevant registration and licenses you need for whichever state of Australia you migrate to.

Our Employment Team in Australia can also help Sheet Metal workers with employment opportunities.

At successful completion of your Australian Sheet Metal Trades Worker 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 Engineering – Fabrication.

To work in Australia as a Sheet Metal Trades Worker, this Australian qualification is extremely important when looking for Sheet Metal Trades Worker jobs in 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 so you can emigrate to Australia as a Sheet Metal Trades Worker.

With a passport from the UK, Ireland, Canada, USA or New Zealand you automatically add 5 points to your partner’s application. If you completed the Sheet Metal Trades Worker 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 – Fabrication. This is huge as employers want you to hold the necessary qualification so they can insure you to work. Australian Sheet Metal Trade employers need to follow strict health and safety requirements.

Applying for a skills assessment as a Sheet Metal Trades Worker 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 Sheet Metal Trades Worker and obtain a visa to work in Australia as a Sheet Metal Trades Worker. If you don’t hold any qualifications you can still move forward with your Australian 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 Sheet Metal Workers and skilled migrants seeking employer sponsorship.

Click here to contact our Employment Team and start your hiring journey today.

Sheet Metal Trade Workers do usually need to complete the English test when emigrating to Australia, to generate points towards the visa application.

If you are a Sheet Metal Trades Worker hoping to migrate to Australia, you need to be between 18 and 45 years old to get a points-based visa. However at age 18, Sheet Metal workers will not have yet achieved the necessary qualifications and experience to prove their competence.

Sheet Metal Trade Workers between the ages of 25-32 years old generate the maximum points for age towards their visa application.

If your country of passport is listed below, this means it is mandatory for you to obtain the Sheet Metal Trades worker 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.

https://www.downundercentre.com/mandatory-skill-assessment-subclass-482-visa

The best way to prepare for your Sheet Metal Trades 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, how to prepare and how the Technical Interview works.

Sheet Metal Trade Workers duties in Australia

There is a demand for Sheet Metal Trades Workers in Australia as Australia has a growing economy and an ageing population meaning the workforce is drying up. Sheet Metal Trades Worker in Australia need to complete a four-year apprenticeship to obtain their certificate III in engineering and fabrication. Sheet Metal Trades Worker ANZSCO Code 322211.

Sheet Metal Trades Workers in Australia work in workshops to provide structured Sheet Metal. Scope of work for Sheet Metal Trades Workers may include making flashings and ducting, products and component for sheet metal and machinery.

Sheet Metal Trades Workers in Australia will be required to complete the following tasks.

• Read and interpret shop drawings.
• Determine job and materials required.
• Set up and use folders, guillotines, brake presses, seamers. Braise steel.
• MIG weld.
• TIG Weld.
• Solder selecting metal stock, such as stainless steel, galvanised iron, mild steel, aluminium and copper, and checking sizes, gauges and other dimensions of metal stock against specifications.
• Marking out metal stock with reference points and lines, using templates, gauges and other measuring instruments.
• Cutting metal stock along guidelines using hand and power shears, guillotines and drills.
• Shaping and forming cut metal stock into products using folding and bending machines, rollers, presses and hammers.
• Fitting and assembling components into final products by welding, riveting, soldering, brazing and otherwise joining.
• Finishing products by polishing, filing, sanding and cleaning assembled products may repair damaged sheet metal products and components.
• May specialise in fabrication, or on-site assembly and installation, of sheet metal products may produce aircraft sheet metal components requiring advanced drawing and calculating skills

Sheet Metal Trade Worker jobs in Australia

Engineers and Sheet Metal Trades Workers in Australia can be very well paid. The demand for Sheet Metal Trade Workers to work in Australia has risen over the years.

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. Jobs are being posted every day.

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