For an Electrical Engineering Technician Emigrating to Australia

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

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

The profession “an Electrical Engineering Technician” 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 Engineering Technician” and is uniquely identified by the code 312312. 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 Engineering Technician:

For an Electrical Engineering Technician 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
• Human resources
• Performance evaluation and efficiency improvement
• Records
• documentation
• reports and research
• Operating procedures and processes
• Business operations and financial activities
• Digital technologies and electronics

Core Specialist Responsibilities:

Operational specifications design and reporting
• Inspect products
• equipment or facilities
• Supervise staff
• Develop and review technical designs and processes
• Prepare forms
• legislation or proposals
• Fabricate
• assemble or install components
• Design or install sustainable processes and systems
• Design
• make or install electrical systems and equipment
• Perform administrative or clerical tasks
• Manage operational budgets
• Inspect items for damage or defects
• Communicate and collaborate
• Collaborate and advise on educational and technical issues
• Undertake project planning
• Manage or document operational procedure or process
• Develop or evaluate projects or designs
• Improve operational performance
• Inspect
• test or maintain equipment or systems

Specific Tasks Associated with the Role:

Test green technologies or processes
• Coordinate project activities with other staff or departments
• Evaluate the characteristics of green technologies
• Supervise engineering or other technical staff
• Confer with other staff to resolve design or operational problems
• Interpret design or operational test results
• Maintain electronic equipment
• Provide technical guidance to other staff
• Install instrumentation or electronic equipment or systems
• Estimate time requirements for development or production projects
• Test products for functionality or quality
• Document technical design details
• Test performance of electrical
• electronic
• mechanical
• or integrated systems or equipment
• Supervise production or support staff
• Determine operational methods
• Develop detailed project plans
• Design electrical equipment or systems
• Evaluate designs or specifications to ensure quality
• Resolve operational performance problems
• Calibrate scientific or technical equipment
• Assemble equipment or components
• Prepare procedural documents
• Estimate operational costs
• Prepare contracts
• disclosures or applications
• Inspect finished products to locate flaws
• Make devices or components
• Devise research or testing protocols

3. The Australian eligibility criteria for an Electrical Engineering Technician:

Currently Electrical Engineering Technician’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 Engineering Technicians, 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.