miller140

On 01/01/2020 at 03:20, Curly said:

Hi 

I’m an electrician in Adelaide and went through all the processes you are going through now but I did mine as a general electrician. 
 

not sure if your work as an electrician will help with your application as they are generally looking for at least 5 years experience in the field that you are applying for. 
 

in regards to the folder you are putting together you should try and get as much information as you can. This will include proof of all employment, certificates and proof of study where you attended college, get photos of work to put in as evidence and just think of anything you can put in that will have some relevance. 
 

the folder I put together was pretty substantial in the end but I think the more you can give the better it will be. 
 

thanks

Hi Curly,  thanks for your reply

Yeah I'm trying to get as much evidence as possible, I don't have any photos but I'll get onto that as soon as possible, thanks for the tip.  I've got 6 years experience that I can prove, some employed, some self-employed which makes it all a little bit fiddlier, but I'm sure i'll get there in the end.

How long did the whole process take you? And how long have you been over in Australia now? 

Many thanks

Hi All,

I am currently in the process of doing my skills assessment as and Electronic Equipment Trades Worker 342313.  I am a Fire and security alarm technician with experience in CCTV, door acess etc.

I am also a qualified electrician NVQ level 3.  Would this qualification be accepted as evidence for an electronic equipment tradesworker?  It is a bit different but it all adds up in the real world.   I decided to apply as an electronic equipment tradesworker as that is where virtually all of my work experience is.

Also if anyone has gone through the skills assessment and would be willing to share the experience of document gathering and technical interview I would be very grateful.

I am currently putting my documents together and trying to cover all of the units in the ANZCO codes, some of which only loosely apply to my trade but are perhaps more in line with an AV engineer. 

Many Thanks

Paul

Hi Adam,

I see that you applied as a Fire and Security Engineer.  I am in the same field as you and am currently going through the skills assessment.  Also my work experience is similar to yours as I have been travelling a lot over the last few years.  I actually had to go back to 2009 in order to total up 6 years of employment history...some self-employed some employed.

Were you able to pass the assessment?  I am finding difficult to cover all of the ANZCO codes...because as an alarm engineer I don't tend to get to heavily into capacitors, transistors etc

What was your experience of the process?

Many Thanks

Paul

Hi guys,

  I know this is an old post and a lot of what comes up in the exam has been covered by earlier posts, but I was just wondering if anyone has taken the skills assessment interview more recently and could shed some light on what might come up?

I am a fire alarm engineer, also work with intruder alarms and do some CCTV and door access work.  I was wondering if someone could tell me How much of the technical interview would relate to this area?  And were you able to cover all areas of the ANZCO codes in your CV and references?

To be honest if something is faulty we generally just replace the unit as it is generally more cost effective than testing and replacing transistors/capacitors etc.

If anyone with a similar background to mine has had a successful outcome I would be very grateful if they could share some of their experience of the assessment.  And also what the employment situation is like in Australia for alarms engineers.

Many Thanks

Paul