For a Chef Emigrating to Australia

Welcome to our guide on the Australian skills assessment process for a Chef. Before we examine the skills required to be recognised as a Chef it may be helpful to explain that the skills assessment is the first step of the emigration process. The skills Assessment of a Chef 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 Chefs 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 Chefs and if they need to bring in Chefs from overseas to fill any potential shortage skills gaps. This report states the number of overseas a Chefs 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, Chefs are on the MLTSSL list. Being on this list means a Chef 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 Chef

Before a person can be accepted in Australia as Chef, 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 Chef:

The profession “a Chef” 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 “Chef” and is uniquely identified by the code 351311. 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 Chef:

For a Chef 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
• Customer service
• Recreation and sporting events
• Food services
• Records
• documentation
• reports and research
• Business operations and financial activities
• Cleaning and maintenance

Core Specialist Responsibilities:

Inspect products
• equipment or facilities
• Coordinate food service activities
• Undertake human resources activities
• Procure materials
• supplies
• or stock
• Maintain facilities and conduct repairs
• Provide customer service and communicate information
• Undertake food preparation
• Monitor food or nutrition quality
• Coordinate recreational activities or special events
• Maintain operational and production records
• Undertake food service activities

Specific Tasks Associated with the Role:

Determine prices for menu items
• Check quality of foods or supplies
• Coordinate activities of food service staff
• Order materials
• supplies
• or equipment
• Inspect facilities
• equipment or supplies to ensure conformance to standards
• Train food preparation or food service staff
• Schedule equipment maintenance
• Weigh or measure ingredients
• Communicate with customers to resolve complaints or ensure satisfaction
• Preserve food products by pickling
• curing
• sugaring
• or jellying
• Melt
• temper or shape chocolate
• Estimate supplies
• ingredients or staff requirements for food preparation activities
• Create new recipes
• Manage food service operations
• Record operational or production data
• Plan special events
• Cook foods
• Coordinate food preparation
• Preserve food products by freezing or heat processing
• Perform human resources activities
• Plan menu options

3. The Australian eligibility criteria for a Chef:

Currently Chef’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 Trades Recognition Australia Skills Assessment Process

For Chefs, the skills assessing body is “Trades Recognition Australia” they are often referred to as the TRA. To visit their site, follow the link: https://tradesrecognitionaustralia.gov.au

It is important to note that the primary purpose of the Trades Recognition Australia 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 TRA 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.