Australian Computer Society Skills Application

rich88

@YoungJebediah No, they're not strict with job titles; they are with roles and responsibilities though. Usually ACS doesn't call managers/HRs but DIBP case officers sometimes do if they aren't satisified with the documents you submitted.

Take note that DIBP case officers have the final say if your work experience claims are legit even if they're already assessed by ACS.

YoungJebediah

@rich88 @Heprex That's good to know, because I'm planning to use my manager's affidavit detailing my specific job roles and then use HR's generic CoE as supporting docs, proof of my employment there.

My other concern is, what if DIBP calls HR and then asks about specific job roles? In our handbooks, my job description is still pretty generic. I'm worried that HR might say something like "oh these are his job roles, generic X, generic Y" and DIBP would side with HR over my manager, who's the best guy to talk to regarding my specifics. Has something like that happened before, where DIBP sided with HR over the statutory declaration from a superior?

(btw, I'm not going to claim points for experience since I won't meet the 3 years bracket, just the experience required to validate education)

Thanks for the awesome help guys!

rich88

@YoungJebediah Best course of action is to inform your HR about your application. Show them your manager's affidavit so that they'll have an idea on what to tell DIBP.

YoungJebediah

@rich88 good idea man, that way both of them are aligned. Thanks!

pinayinmelb

Hello po. May tanong po ako regarding skills assessment. Alam niyo po ba kung considered ICT course po ang BS Information Systems from DLSU? Thank you po in advance.

rich88

@pinayinmelb Yes it's considered as an ICT course. College of Computer Studies yan eh =)

YoungJebediah

@rich88 sir, you seem well-versed in the application process so I hope you don't mind if I ask another question. 😃

On this statement:

<blockquote class="Quote">Please Note: If obtaining a Statutory Declaration or Affidavit outside Australia, please refer to an Australian Embassy or the legal standard of the country in which you are applying.</blockquote>

Can I have my affidavit notarized by ANY public attorney, or does it have to be someone from the Australian Embassy? Or do they have a list of Authorized Witnesses here?

rich88

@YoungJebediah Don't call me sir, brad/pare na lang. Yes, any public attorney will do (I'm assuming it's legit). There's a list of things that they want to see in a notarized document or statutory declarations.

Things to note in your COE:

<b>The following information is required on each page of your certified copy:

 The words Certified True Copy of the Original

 The signature of the certifying person

 The name of the certifying person

 Registration number or title of the certifying person (e.g.: Police Officer, Doctor)

 Certification details must be legible on the copy and the certification should be dated</b>

Guidelines for statutory declarations/affidavits:

<b>The following Statutory Declarations or Affidavits are NOT suitable:

 Does NOT contain words to the effect Sworn Before or Signed Before or Witnessed Before.

 From a junior colleague

 Stating the referee agrees with what the applicant has written in another document

 Stamp and signature of Notary Public doesn’t state that the referee’s signature is witnessed

 Signature of Notary Public only states Attested Copy.</b>

You can refer to the guidelines published by ACS here: https://more.acs.org.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/7319/Skills-Assessment-Guidelines-for-Applicants.pdf

YoungJebediah

@rich88 ayos, your help is great man, thanks!

yasarella

Just want to share that I've been assessed as equivalent to AU Bachelor's Degree Major in Computing, 2 years deduction. My school is De La Salle Lipa, BS ECE, which is section 3. Next step is to target superior English in PTE para makapag pasa na sa EOI this year.

Heprex

@yasarella congrats!! Finally. 😃

miaka14

Hello, question po, if ang work previously (2010-2014) is Tech support Engineer which job description is pwede sa Computer and Networks Engr, but ang job ngayon is Telecomms Engineer, is it okay po to ask ACS to evaluate the 4 years as Tech support, then 2014-present is hindi i-claim? Thanks!

auitdreamer

@miaka14 Yes. Only provide to them the documents for the years that you want them to assess or count towards points.

Ozlaz

Hi, required po ba ang CV sa ACS?

miaka14

@auitdreamer thank you 🙂

Ozlaz

Question po, pag stage 4 na , usually gano katagal bago mag stage 5?

Xiaomau82

<blockquote class="Quote" rel="Ozlaz">Question po, pag stage 4 na , usually gano katagal bago mag stage 5?</blockquote>

normally within a week, pero depende sa CO pa din

Ozlaz

@Xiaomau82 thank you po 🙂

dutchmilk

Hi po sa lahat.

My husband is an ECE graduate from a section 2 school and since Feb 2008 til now, he's into programming/IT job. He's currently based in Singapore and in the process of collating docs for his ACS assessment. Now the issue is, nag agency cya sa SG kasi nahirapan talaga cya sa RPL thing and now ready na sana ang lahat na docs then his agent told him that he need to include his jobs before Feb 2008 coz ACS might deduct 6 to 8 yrs from his work experience as his degree daw is not an ICT major degree. Tama bah yun? Anyone here na similar case as ours? Then yung work niya before Feb 2008 is not relevant to his nominated occupation naman. So may logic bah tong agent niya na to add more work experience and so if 8 yrs will really be deducted from his work experience (hope mali siya), then may matitira pa na 5yrs. By the way, yung jobs that the agent wants us to add is a total of 4 yrs and 8 months.

Hope anyone here can help us on this. Salamat po.

Heprex

@dutchmilk I believe kung programming sya, ECE is tag as ICT minor. And di na need mag RPL. not 100% sure though.

Kung isama man nya yung old job nya, it will be tag as not related naman.

wait nalang ntin sagot ng iba.

Edit:

you can check more here:

http://pinoyau.info/discussion/552/engineering-course-with-programming-experience

http://pinoyau.info/discussion/36/australian-computer-society-skills-application/p11

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