@geoff @sharean07
- -- For Statutory Declaration ---
You need to use the following document for the declaration:
http://www.ag.gov.au/Statutorydeclarations/Documents/Statutory%20Declaration%20-%20Word.DOC
NOTE: "Self-references from applicants in the form of statutory declarations cannot be accepted as evidence of employment. If you provide a Statutory Declaration with your application, it must be from a third party, not a self-made statement." -- from ACS
Here is a sample detail I provided.
I, [Name of Colleague],
of [Address of Colleague]
[Position of Colleage]
I am a colleage of [your name] at [your company] with office address at [company office address].
To the best of my knowledge, [your name] is a full-time employee of the company,
[company name], from [start of your employment] up to present.
His present position is of [your position].
He is/was part of a team that developed:
a. Product X
b. Product Y
c. Product Z
He was a member of a team that developed [Product X] from Apr 2008 to Mar 2010 and assumed the following roles:
a. [Role 1] - [description of role; responsibilities and tasks for the role]
e.g. Development Engineer β he was part of the team that developed and maintained drivers. His tasks included development of new features, maintenance, testing, debugging, and correcting errors found in the drivers.
b. [Role 2] - [description of role; responsibilities and tasks for the role]
β¦
[List ALL roles, responsibilites/tasks]
[Provide similar information as that of item 6 for Product Y]
[Provide similar information as that of item 6 for Product Z]
He developed software using XXX, YYY and ZZZ programming languages.
He utilized the following development tools:
Our employer [your company] does not provide its employees a detailed Employment Reference because it is against the company's policies to release such detailed certificate of employment documents and the only document they can furnish to their employees is a Certificate of Employment.
[Your colleague should sign this, of course.]
The important thing is that you provide the following information:
ο· Start & Finish Dates of Employment
ο· Description of Duties Performed
ο· Hours worked - Full time or Part time
ο· Country where Employment was Completed
Hope this helps. Good luck!