For a Database Administrator Emigrating to Australia

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

Skills and Experience Required To Be a Database Administrator

Before a person can be accepted in Australia as Database Administrator, 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 Database Administrator:

The profession “a Database Administrator” 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 “Database Administrator” and is uniquely identified by the code 262111. 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 Database Administrator:

For a Database Administrator 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
• Performance evaluation and efficiency improvement
• Data
• analytics
• and databases
• Records
• documentation
• reports and research
• Operating procedures and processes
• Security and emergency services
• Business operations and financial activities
• Digital technologies and electronics
• Teaching and education

Core Specialist Responsibilities:

Teach others to use computer technology
• Develop procedures for communications and data management
• Manage operational budgets
• Analyse market data and trends
• Maintain records
• documents or other files
• Review or prepare research or technical reports
• Create and update databases
• Communicate and collaborate
• Enforce or maintain security
• Develop operational strategies
• plans or procedures
• Improve operational performance
• Operational specifications design and reporting
• Develop websites or software
• Verify accuracy of data or documents
• Investigate illegal activities or maintain security
• Undertake research and analyse data
• ICT support
• design and management
• Undertake project planning
• Research
• evaluate or design new technologies

Specific Tasks Associated with the Role:

Read documents to gather technical information
• Coordinate project activities with other staff or departments
• Design integrated computer systems
• Estimate time or monetary resources needed to complete projects
• Create databases to store electronic data
• Implement security measures for computer or information systems
• Develop computer or information security policies or procedures
• Develop software applications
• Develop database parameters or specifications
• Recommend changes to improve computer or information systems
• Verify accuracy of data
• Develop detailed project plans
• Analyse market or customer related data
• Anticipate the organisational implications of machine learning models
• Document design or development procedures
• Manage information technology projects or system activities
• Assess database performance
• Develop performance metrics or standards related to information technology
• Coordinate software or hardware installation
• Write computer programming code
• Update computer database information
• Apply new technologies to improve work processes
• Analyse data to identify trends or relationships among variables
• Monitor the security of digital information
• Collate and analyse information for threat intelligence requirements from a variety of sources
• Modify software programs to improve performance
• Train others in computer interface or software use
• Update knowledge about emerging industry or technology trends
• Develop guidelines for system implementation
• Design computer modelling or simulation programs
• Develop models of information or communications systems

3. The Australian eligibility criteria for a Database Administrator:

Currently Database Administrator’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 Australian Computer Society Incorporated Skills Assessment Process

For Database Administrators, the skills assessing body is “Australian Computer Society Incorporated” they are often referred to as the ACS. To visit their site, follow the link: https://www.acs.org.au

It is important to note that the primary purpose of the Australian Computer Society Incorporated 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 ACS 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.