Australia is facing a shortage of civil engineers and construction project managers. This blog discusses both career and migration opportunities for these two occupations in Australia. 1. Areas of Practice & Employment Context: Understanding these areas of practice and employment context is crucial for both employment and migration purposes. They assist employees in understanding how employers verify the authenticity of their experience and visa aspirants in knowing the Migration Skills Assessment requirements for a specific occupation, such as Civil Engineer or Construction Project Manager. According to EA, an area of practice isn’t the activities or projects someone does that are incidental to their work’s main purpose, an area of practice is the purpose of and forms the bulk of an engineering professional's work. Most engineers don’t work across more than one or perhaps two areas of practice. VETASSESS defines employment context as acceptable employment. ...
As a Registered Migration Agent (RMA) since 2017, I have reliable information from various perspectives such as migrants overseas and temporary migrants in Australia who have received an unfavourable outcome on their Australian Computer Society (ACS) Migration Skills Assessments. One of the common reasons for refusals or unsuitable outcomes is that their work experience was, according to ACS, not closely related to their nominated occupation. Occasionally, applications are not refused. Therefore, the outcome is not necessarily unsuitable, but the work experience being assessed as ‘not closely related’ to the nominated occupation. An outcome can be termed unfavourable even if it is suitable as the applicant is not happy with it. This is because one or some work experience may not be considered related. Interestingly, some applicants have received an Employment Reference Letter (ERL) endorsed by their employers as per the prescribed format. Another issue is that applicants whose ex...