Hi,
Can anybody help? I've been looking in this forum for quite some time now. But I haven't done anything really. Mostly because I can see that there are a lot of steps and it causes me some severe anxiety thinking of all the paperworks. Anyways.
I'm a licensed Agricultural (and Biosystems) Engineer. And I'm just wondering if anybody can help me with the process.
So I checked with the post, and I checked and I found these:
Skill Shortage List:
Agricultural Engineer
233912
Engineers Australia
Age: 25
IELTS: No IELTS test exam
When I did the assessment, it gave me 75 points (I inputted that I have 8.0 bands in IELTS, and 3 years of experience (which is correct, almost 4 years actually).
I had my bachelor degree for 5 years add that with 4 years HS and 6 years Elem = 15 years of education. When checking at the MSA (Migration Skills Assessment) Booklet of Engineers Australia, I can qualify for an Engineering Technologist. Can I up this if I take a Technical Vocational Course for a year? Say I enroll in an Automotive NC II TESDA Course? Or being an Engineering Technologist is fine?
What should I do next? Should I take IELTS Exam? Should I submit a Skills Assessment on Engineers Australia? How much will it cost?
Also, after all this I know that you would file for EOI for a Visa, and then after that you can fly directly to AU? or do you need to have a work offer?
I'm sorry if this is long. I searched the forum and I found no "AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERS" lurking around in here or sharing their experiences while applying. Any help from similar or other engineering field might be helpful.
TIA>