For a Secondary School Teacher Emigrating to Australia

Welcome to our guide on the Australian skills assessment process for a Secondary School Teacher. Before we examine the skills required to be recognised as a Secondary School Teacher it may be helpful to explain that the skills assessment is the first step of the emigration process. The skills Assessment of a Secondary School Teacher determines their eligibility to emigrate and the visa options available. Ultimately, it will affect their employment opportunities once they are in Australia.

While we appreciate that each case is unique, we always strive to secure the best possible outcome from the Skills Assessing Authorities in Australia. Experience has proven that efforts and expertise in this area are often the keys to a successful case.

Ensuring Secondary School Teachers Are In High Demand

Every skilled migrant wants to know they will be able to secure a job quickly and easily when they are in Australia. The Australian emigration system ensures that they can.

Each year, State Governments and the two territorial Governments report to the federal government on their local demand for Secondary School Teachers and if they need to bring in Secondary School Teachers from overseas to fill any potential shortage skills gaps. This report states the number of overseas a Secondary School Teachers required in the coming year to fill the skills gap within each region.

The Skills in demand are then broken down into priority lists. These lists range from those skills in high demand across the country to those skills with only limited demand within rural areas.

Curently, Secondary School Teachers are on the MLTSSL list. Being on this list means a Secondary School Teacher may qualify for one of the following visa streams:

• 190, 407, 491 (S/T), TSS (S), 494

To read more about the shortage skills list, you can visit the government website here: MLTSSL

Skills and Experience Required To Be a Secondary School Teacher

Before a person can be accepted in Australia as Secondary School Teacher, their qualification, skills and experience must be independently verified via a rigorous accreditation. The process ensures all skilled migrants can do their jobs to the required Australian standards.

1. Defining the job title a Secondary School Teacher:

The profession “a Secondary School Teacher” can mean something slightly different in Australia to what is referred to overseas. In “official emigration terms”, this profession is aligned within the occupation category “Secondary School Teacher” and is uniquely identified by the code 241411. This may seem weird to some people, but it is a registry system that has been in place since 2006.

2. Key Requirements for a Secondary School Teacher:

For a Secondary School Teacher to be deemed experienced down under, here are the essential skills, tasks, duties and responsibilities they must be familiar with:

General Duties:

Communication and collaboration
• Human resources
• Recreation and sporting events
• Business operations and financial activities
• Operating procedures and processes
• Teaching and education

Core Specialist Responsibilities:

Teach others to use computer technology
• Maintain inventory and stock
• Teach school students
• Source and distribute educational materials
• Discuss child learning or development with parents or guardians
• Collaborate and advise on educational and technical issues
• Develop educational materials and programs
• Communicate and collaborate
• Coordinate recreational activities or special events
• Communicate with others to coordinate work
• Develop and administer testing routines or procedures
• Undertake or provide professional skill and knowledge development
• Develop
• implement and monitor educational policies
• standards or programs

Specific Tasks Associated with the Role:

Maintain inventories of materials
• equipment or products
• Plan educational activities
• Coordinate student extracurricular activities
• Prepare reports detailing student activities or performance
• Develop strategies or programs for students with accessibility needs
• Assist students with special educational needs
• Distribute instructional or library materials
• Establish rules or policies governing student behaviour
• Document lesson plans
• Collaborate with other teaching professionals to develop educational programs
• Discuss problems or issues with supervisors
• Supervise school or student activities
• Advise students on academic or career matters
• Discuss student progress with parents or guardians
• Serve on institutional or departmental committees
• Enforce rules or policies governing student behaviour
• Prepare tests
• Monitor student performance
• Create technology-based learning materials
• Monitor student behaviour
• social development or health
• Apply multiple teaching methods
• Order instructional or library materials or equipment
• Develop instructional objectives
• Attend training sessions or events to develop or maintain professional knowledge
• Set up classroom materials or equipment
• Administer tests to assess educational needs or progress
• Encourage students
• Assign class work to students
• Plan experiential learning activities
• Evaluate student work
• Modify teaching methods or materials to accommodate student needs
• Maintain student records
• Teach others to use technology or equipment

3. The Australian eligibility criteria for a Secondary School Teacher:

Currently Secondary School Teacher’s are listed on the . This reflects the demand for the profession within Australia.

4. Emigration options:

As the profession is currently listed on the , there are places available. However, demand is high, and Australia will stop inviting further applicants to emigrate once all the places are filled.

Navigating the Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services Skills Assessment Process

For Secondary School Teachers, the skills assessing body is “Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services” they are often referred to as the VETASSESS. To visit their site, follow the link: https://www.vetassess.com.au

It is important to note that the primary purpose of the Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services is to make a profit and protect their current members from migrants entering Australia, taking their members’ jobs, and driving down standards or wages.

Therefore, the VETASSESS will often look to delay, frustrate and reject cases, preventing accreditations wherever possible, with those aims in mind.

The result of a candidate’s skills assessment is often a key factor in their success. It is vital that we secure the highest possible skills accreditation.

Find out more

Emigration law is one of the most complex areas of legislation and is continuously being adapted. By definition, emigrating to Australia is a legal process where the individual must prove their case. It is not down to the government to assist in that process. In fact, in legal terms, it is the government against whom we must win our case.

To discover more, complete our assessment form for your complimentary guide and one of our friendly experts will assess your eligibility to live and work in Australia.