For a Wine Maker Emigrating to Australia

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

Skills and Experience Required To Be a Wine Maker

Before a person can be accepted in Australia as Wine Maker, 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 Wine Maker:

The profession “a Wine Maker” 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 “Wine Maker” and is uniquely identified by the code 234213. 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 Wine Maker:

For a Wine Maker 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
• Material transportation
• Data
• analytics
• and databases
• Food services
• Records
• documentation
• reports and research
• Construction
• Cleaning and maintenance
• Work activities preparation

Core Specialist Responsibilities:

Install or operate plumbing or irrigation equipment
• Collect samples and analyse results
• Design or assemble equipment and systems
• Repair equipment and electronics
• Evaluate physical or chemical characteristics of material
• Maintain operational and production records
• Operate and maintain heating
• ventilation or air conditioning equipment
• Manage and handle resources and materials
• Perform maintenance or inspections
• Operate production equipment and make products
• Operate material handling machinery
• Set equipment or components to specifications
• Monitor food or nutrition quality
• Monitor equipment
• procedures and systems
• Inspect
• test or maintain equipment or systems
• Clean work areas
• buildings and facilities
• Load and transport materials
• Fabricate
• assemble or install components
• Maintain
• adjust or repair flow systems
• Undertake food preparation
• Communicate with others to coordinate work
• Remove or dismantle objects and equipment
• Clean equipment
• tools
• or work pieces

Specific Tasks Associated with the Role:

Undertake brewing or fermenting processes
• Connect supply lines to production equipment or tools
• Measure ingredients or substances to be used
• Exchange information with colleagues
• Inspect production equipment
• Research methods to improve food products
• Maintain production or processing equipment
• Clear equipment jams
• Operate pumping systems or equipment
• Preserve food or drink products by bottling or canning
• Clean work areas
• Adjust equipment controls to regulate flow of production
• Position containers to receive materials or work pieces
• Clean production equipment
• Repair production equipment or tools
• Load materials into production equipment
• Record operational or production data
• Determine food or drink production methods
• Install mechanical components in production equipment
• Test chemical or physical characteristics of materials or products
• Assemble machine tools
• parts or fixtures
• Package products for storage or shipment
• Evaluate quality of food
• drinks or ingredients
• Operate mixing equipment
• Collect samples of materials or products for testing
• Adjust temperature controls of ovens or other heating equipment
• Adjust equipment controls to regulate flow of liquids
• Monitor instruments to ensure proper production conditions

3. The Australian eligibility criteria for a Wine Maker:

Currently Wine Maker’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 Wine Makers, 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 online assessment form for your complimentary guide and to discuss your options with one of our friendly experts.