For an Electrical Engineer Emigrating to Australia

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

• 186, 189 (PT), 190, 407, 485 (GW),491 (F), 491 (S/T), TSS (M), 494

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

Skills and Experience Required To Be an Electrical Engineer

Before a person can be accepted in Australia as Electrical Engineer, 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 Electrical Engineer:

The profession “an Electrical Engineer” 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 “Electrical Engineer” and is uniquely identified by the code 233311. 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 Electrical Engineer:

For an Electrical Engineer 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
• Quality control and inspections
• Production processes and machinery
• Environmental management
• Safety and hazard management
• Performance evaluation and efficiency improvement
• Human resources
• Records
• documentation
• reports and research
• Operating procedures and processes
• Construction
• Cleaning and maintenance
• Business operations and financial activities
• Digital technologies and electronics
• Science and mathematics
• Work activities preparation

Core Specialist Responsibilities:

Inspect products
• equipment or facilities
• Design or install sustainable processes and systems
• Manage operational budgets
• Direct operational or production activities
• Operate and maintain computers
• Maintain operational and production records
• Design
• make or install electrical systems and equipment
• Maintain facilities and conduct repairs
• Collaborate and advise on educational and technical issues
• Develop and review technical designs and processes
• Manage or document operational procedure or process
• Design or create graphical representations of production systems
• Inspect
• test or maintain equipment or systems
• Plan
• design or coordinate construction activities
• Supervise staff
• Train staff
• Investigate equipment and systems malfunctions and failures
• Communicate with others to coordinate work
• Manage construction or production projects
• Research
• evaluate or design new technologies
• Collect or analyse land surveys and geographics data
• Develop or evaluate projects or designs

Specific Tasks Associated with the Role:

Create electrical schematics
• Inspect operational processes
• Direct industrial production activities
• Supervise engineering or other technical staff
• Develop technical specifications for systems or equipment
• Maintain electronic equipment
• Test products for functionality or quality
• Design alternative energy systems
• Design electrical equipment or systems
• Investigate system
• equipment or product failures
• Direct installation activities
• Prepare project budgets
• Train staff on proper operational procedures
• Design energy production or management equipment or systems
• Design structures or facilities
• Estimate technical or resource requirements for development or production projects
• Operate computer systems
• Discuss designs or plans with clients
• Direct construction activities
• Prepare operational reports
• Design energy efficient equipment or systems
• Direct equipment maintenance or repair activities
• Survey land or bodies of water
• Estimate operational costs
• Devise research or testing protocols
• Confer with technical staff to prepare designs or operational plans

3. The Australian eligibility criteria for an Electrical Engineer:

Currently Electrical Engineer’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 Medical Board of Australia Skills Assessment Process

For Electrical Engineers, the skills assessing body is “Medical Board of Australia” they are often referred to as the MedBA. To visit their site, follow the link: https://www.ahpra.gov.au

It is important to note that the primary purpose of the Medical Board of 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 MedBA 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.