For a Mechatronics Engineer Emigrating to Australia

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

• 186, 407, 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 a Mechatronics Engineer

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

The profession “a Mechatronics 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 “Engineering Professionals nec” and is uniquely identified by the code 233999. 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 Mechatronics Engineer:

For a Mechatronics 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
• Quality control and inspections
• Production processes and machinery
• Communication and collaboration
• Performance evaluation and efficiency improvement
• Records
• documentation
• reports and research
• Business operations and financial activities
• Operating procedures and processes
• Digital technologies and electronics
• Work activities preparation

Core Specialist Responsibilities:

Determining and configuring equipment and components
• Operational specifications design and reporting
• Develop and review technical designs and processes
• Supervise staff
• Train staff
• Develop websites or software
• Manage operational budgets
• Determine project materials and presentation
• Design diagrams
• models and templates
• Collaborate and advise on educational and technical issues
• Design or assemble equipment and systems
• Manage construction or production projects
• Undertake engineering research
• Develop or evaluate projects or designs
• Improve operational performance
• Maintain operational and production records
• Inspect
• test or maintain equipment or systems

Specific Tasks Associated with the Role:

Implement design or process improvements
• Supervise engineering or other technical staff
• Create graphical representations of mechanical equipment
• Develop software applications
• Create physical models or prototypes
• Maintain operational records or records systems
• Provide technical guidance to other staff
• Select tools
• equipment
• or technologies for use in operations or projects
• Test performance of electrical
• electronic
• mechanical
• or integrated systems or equipment
• Recommend technical design or process changes to improve efficiency
• quality or performance
• Train staff on proper operational procedures
• Select project materials
• Estimate technical or resource requirements for development or production projects
• Design industrial processing systems
• Analyse design or requirements information for mechanical equipment or systems
• Design electromechanical equipment or systems
• Estimate operational costs
• Document design or operational test results
• Research engineering applications of emerging technologies
• Develop technical methods or processes
• Design control systems for mechanical or other equipment

3. The Australian eligibility criteria for a Mechatronics Engineer:

Currently Mechatronics 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 Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services Skills Assessment Process

For Mechatronics Engineers, the skills assessing body is “Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services” they are often referred to as the VETASSESS. To visit their site, follow the link: https://www.vetassess.com.au

It is important to note that the primary purpose of the Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services 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 VETASSESS 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.