For an Ostrich Farmer Emigrating to Australia

Welcome to our guide on the Australian skills assessment process for an Ostrich Farmer. Before we examine the skills required to be recognised as an Ostrich Farmer it may be helpful to explain that the skills assessment is the first step of the emigration process. The skills Assessment of an Ostrich Farmer 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 Ostrich Farmers 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 Ostrich Farmers and if they need to bring in Ostrich Farmers from overseas to fill any potential shortage skills gaps. This report states the number of overseas an Ostrich Farmers 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, Ostrich Farmers are on the ROL list. Being on this list means an Ostrich Farmer may qualify for one of the following visa streams:

• 407, 491 (S/T), TSS (M)*, 494

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

Skills and Experience Required To Be an Ostrich Farmer

Before a person can be accepted in Australia as Ostrich Farmer, 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 an Ostrich Farmer:

The profession “an Ostrich Farmer” 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 “Livestock Farmers nec” and is uniquely identified by the code 121399. This may seem weird to some people, but it is a registry system that has been in place since 2006.

2. Key Requirements for an Ostrich Farmer:

For an Ostrich Farmer to be deemed experienced down under, here are the essential skills, tasks, duties and responsibilities they must be familiar with:

General Duties:

Human resources
• Quality control and inspections
• Production processes and machinery
• Data
• analytics
• and databases
• Records
• documentation
• reports and research
• Business operations and financial activities
• Operating procedures and processes
• Security and emergency services
• Agriculture and animals

Core Specialist Responsibilities:

Develop and maintain emergency plans
• Treat animal injuries or illnesses
• perform breeding procedures
• Undertake human resources activities
• Perform maintenance or inspections
• Manage operational budgets
• Undertake agricultural processes and tasks
• Manage services
• staff or activities
• Undertake agricultural or forestry operations
• Provide animal care and training
• Inspect
• test or maintain equipment or systems
• Negotiate purchases or contracts
• Manage or document operational procedure or process
• Manage legal or regulatory materials
• Undertake financial reporting
• documentation and analysis
• Process animal carcasses and meat
• Maintain operational and production records
• Use data to inform operational decisions

Specific Tasks Associated with the Role:

Develop emergency procedures
• Comply with industry animal welfare requirements
• Maintain operational records
• Monitor health or behaviour of animals
• Maintain regulatory or compliance documentation
• Perform manual agricultural
• aquacultural or horticultural tasks
• Treat animal injuries or illnesses
• Analyse data to inform operational decisions or activities
• Care for animals
• Remove skin or other body parts from animals
• Determine resource needs
• Perform manual service or maintenance tasks
• Perform animal breeding procedures
• Inspect condition
• or functioning
• of facilities or equipment
• Maintain staff records
• Direct organisational operations
• projects or services
• Analyse financial records to improve budgeting or planning
• Develop agricultural methods
• Assess characteristics of wool
• fleece
• hair or hide
• Negotiate contracts for transportation
• distribution or logistics services
• Compile operational data
• Manage agricultural or forestry operations
• Examine animals to detect illness
• injury or other problems

3. The Australian eligibility criteria for an Ostrich Farmer:

Currently Ostrich Farmer’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 Ostrich Farmers, 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.