For an Occupational Health and Safety Adviser Emigrating to Australia

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

Before a person can be accepted in Australia as Occupational Health and Safety Adviser, 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 Occupational Health and Safety Adviser:

The profession “an Occupational Health and Safety Adviser” 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 “Occupational Health and Safety Adviser” and is uniquely identified by the code 251312. 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 Occupational Health and Safety Adviser:

For an Occupational Health and Safety Adviser to be deemed experienced down under, here are the essential skills, tasks, duties and responsibilities they must be familiar with:

General Duties:

Human resources
• Safety and hazard management
• Communication and collaboration
• Environmental management
• Data
• analytics
• and databases
• Health and care
• Security and emergency services

Core Specialist Responsibilities:

Develop and maintain emergency plans
• Undertake health
• safety or hazard management and education activities
• Train staff
• Inspect work environment to ensure safety and compliance
• Undertake laboratory operations and analysis
• Collaborate with health care professionals
• Provide training to health care professionals
• Assess areas and conditions for risks and hazards
• Undertake community development activities
• Develop
• follow and ensure compliance with health care quality and safety procedures
• Handle or dispose of hazardous materials
• Operate and maintain medical equipment

Specific Tasks Associated with the Role:

Monitor the handling of hazardous materials or medical wastes
• Maintain inventory of medical supplies or equipment
• Develop emergency procedures
• Consult with others regarding health and safety associated with equipment or facilities
• Inspect work environments to ensure safety
• Test facilities for environmental hazards
• Prepare health care training materials
• Collaborate with health care professionals to plan or provide treatment
• Analyse laboratory specimens to detect abnormalities or other problems
• Conduct health or safety training programs
• Design public or employee health programs
• Advise communities or institutions regarding health or safety issues

3. The Australian eligibility criteria for an Occupational Health and Safety Adviser:

Currently Occupational Health and Safety Adviser’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 Occupational Health and Safety Advisers, 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.

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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.