koyo Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Good day, I want to apply for the assessment for 261111 - ICT Business Analysts for the purpose of Independent Subclass 189. I have 7.5 years of work experience and 16 years of qualification as: - Bachelors of Arts 2 years completed in 2007 - MBA 2 years completed in 2012 Moreover, I am a PMP certified Project Manager by PMI, USA. My degrees don't have ICT units and I started my professional career in 2007. There is a confusion in ACS Skill Level Requirements. 1- In the Skills Assessment Guidelines for Applicants document (on page 5) it states experience prior to the degree and experiences right after the degree is not countable/ eligible for migration points test. 2- But in ACS Summary of Criteria Requirements for a Suitable ICT Skills Assessment Result document it states if you have a bachelors degree or higher with Minor ICT content & not closely related to the nominated occupation, candidate should have 6 years relevant work experience completed anytime in past work history. Please guide me as a major part of my experience is in between by BA (2007) and MBA (2012). Do I qualify to apply for assessment according to second point or not according to 1st point. Thank you very much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterc1983 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Since your education is not related to the skill you are claiming for visa purposes, you would be relying solely on your work experience. On the suitability criteria front; you will be required to complete a Recognition of Prior Learning in order to be achieve a positive assessment. The details for which are https://www.acs.org.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/12659/Recognition-of-Prior-Learning-RPL.pdf That document seems to indicate that if, and only if, your ANZSCO code ties up with your work experience you might be OK. 6 years are required, you say you have 7. Bottom line is I don't think anyone could say 100% either way. My opinion is that it appears very tight; you'd need to provide two project reports that demonstrate your knowledge for the ANZSCO code chosen. If you feel you have points elsewhere you can claim, then perhaps it's not so much of a gamble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koyo Posted October 9, 2014 Author Share Posted October 9, 2014 Thank you very much Peterc. I have another concern if you can please help. I am working in a company since 2009 full time. For last full year I have been doing an ICT related consultancy along with my current job, this consultancy job was 'work from home'. Should I show this in my experience or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterc1983 Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 It depends on how many hours and whether it can truly be said to relate to your chosen skill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koyo Posted October 9, 2014 Author Share Posted October 9, 2014 Thank Peterc, This experience is purely related to the chosen skill. Other than full time job, this consultancy experience required not more than 15-20 hours per week and I have been doing it for a year. Please guide me if I should add this too. Thanks for all your help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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