For an Environmental Engineer Emigrating to Australia

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

Before a person can be accepted in Australia as Environmental 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 Environmental Engineer:

The profession “an Environmental 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 “Environmental Engineer” and is uniquely identified by the code 233915. 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 Environmental Engineer:

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

General Duties:

Human resources
• Communication and collaboration
• Quality control and inspections
• Environmental management
• Production processes and machinery
• Material transportation
• Records
• documentation
• reports and research
• Business operations and financial activities
• Operating procedures and processes
• Science and mathematics
• Work activities preparation

Core Specialist Responsibilities:

Inspect products
• equipment or facilities
• Manage operational budgets
• Evaluate physical or chemical characteristics of material
• Maintain operational and production records
• Communicate and collaborate
• Collaborate and advise on educational and technical issues
• Assess areas and conditions for risks and hazards
• Develop and review technical designs and processes
• Operational specifications design and reporting
• Perform administrative or clerical tasks
• Advise on environmental conservation
• Manage or document operational procedure or process
• Undertake environmental sustainability planning or activities
• Load and transport materials
• Train staff
• Procure materials
• supplies
• or stock
• Teach environmental awareness and sustainability
• Undertake project planning
• Collect or analyse land surveys and geographics data

Specific Tasks Associated with the Role:

Prepare detailed work plans
• Develop technical methods or processes
• Confer with other staff to resolve design or operational problems
• Maintain operational records or records systems
• Advise others regarding green practices or environmental concerns
• Explain project details to the general public
• Direct environmental development activities
• Design environmental control systems
• Package materials for transport
• Analyse physical
• survey
• or geographic data
• Determine operational criteria or specifications
• Prepare project budgets
• Investigate the environmental impact of projects
• Train staff on proper operational procedures
• Teach safety standards or environmental compliance methods
• Monitor activities affecting environmental quality
• Inspect facilities or sites to determine if they meet specifications or standards
• Prepare procedural documents
• Prepare operational reports
• Procure materials
• equipment or other resources
• Test characteristics of materials or structures
• Prepare technical or operational reports
• Confer with technical staff to prepare designs or operational plans

3. The Australian eligibility criteria for an Environmental Engineer:

Currently Environmental 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 Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership Limited Skills Assessment Process

For Environmental Engineers, the skills assessing body is “Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership Limited” they are often referred to as the AITSL. To visit their site, follow the link: https://www.aitsl.edu.au

It is important to note that the primary purpose of the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership Limited 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 AITSL 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.