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Its not intense but 2.5 hours of questioning is what it is. you go into a room a witness logs on to the person in oz, all very friendly nothing to panic over, introduce yourself etc, he explains the system and then its a casual chat, interview with him or her. He clicks away showing you slides, questions, pictures of slicers and asks you to explain how to clean it, other questions include allergies, temps, set up procedures on a daily basis, what you would do in certain circumstances ie an argument has happened and how you would deal with it. how you cook certain types of products ie bread, pasta, pastry the different types and how its made / joints of meat and fish work including safe cooking temps, different types of sauces, types of buffet and canopies. You need to do a tradeset report which he has a copy off, in this you advise what you do or have done in the past. DONT LIE ON IT. as he will certainly try and trip you up, i havent done much bread work for years but know how to, so if you havent done it dont say you have, if he asks you wont know the answer. if you tick you have done pastry and only worked with or made short pastry and he asks about puff say so but make sure you know all about short and talk about that instead. Once you have done the tradeset report you will understand the type of questions that will come up. hope this helps.

Going off my certificates started 7/5/2014 training and employment check passed 3rd june (THIS IS STAGE ONE) once passed you go to stage 2, this consists of health and hygiene test online, then a few days later a skype interview mine lasted approx 2.5 hours in Manchester skype interview was around july cant remember skilled migration assessment result 2nd sept statement of results 2nd sept certificate IV 2nd sept first aid 30th july (YOU MUST HAVE THIS TO GET THE CERTIFICATE) (IF YOU NEED IELTS GET A TEST BOOKED NOW AND REVISE) hope this helps MOOCOW

It costs about £60 to remark. I tried one for writing but no change. If it's writing or speaking and your half a mark off. I would try the remark but do not try if it's in reading or listening. Good luck lots on here have been through it several times.

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Hi Katherine. I to am a chef and we started the main forms in May 2014 and all passed by Sept. If you need other docs like first aid and ielts etc to get points start looking into these now, see my timeline below. good luck The long road to OZ = Skills assesment stage 1 = 7/5/2014 ($600/£324) / skills assesment stage 2 = 4/6/14 ($1400/£756) First aid course = ($689.50/£350 / Ielts x 4 including course = 23/01/15 ($1794/£970) / EOI Submitted (£0) 23/01/15 / invite recieved 12/2/15 / visa submitted 12/2/15 ($7298/£3700) / Police checks 19/02/2015 ($166/£90) Medicals = 18/02/2015 ($1665/£900) certify all docs ($295/£150 / CO =TBC / TOTAL SO FAR $13899/£7055 PLAYING THE WAITING GAME NOW

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