Skills assessment is issued by skills assessing authorities such as Engineers Australia usually for obtaining skilled migration visa. These authorities are organizations that check your skills and applicable education, against the standards of your relevant occupation. In case of Australia and Engineering skills assessment, there is a combined list of eligible skilled occupations, which is used to confirm all relevant occupation. These lists are available online.
The visas and streams that require the skills assessments are listed here: General Skilled Migration (GSM) visas; Employer Sponsored visas; Temporary Skill Shortage visa (TSS); Temporary Graduate visa (subclass 485).
Regarding the steps, the applying engineers are to contact the relevant assessing authority for their occupation and obtain what is needed. Usually this information is also available online. As it is mandatory for some visa subclasses (and streams) to obtain a suitable skills assessment, checking what is needed for your specific visa type is essential. For Engineers who wish to immigrate to Australia, for example such important source of information in migration section of Engineers Australia website. https://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/For-Migrants
Furthermore, each assessing authority has its own procedures and standards and this should be known in advance. This is to ensure you are going in the right direction as the procedure may take some time. Then you should proceed with instructions, specific for each assessing authority. Additionally, you need to follow the assessment procedures, timeframes and charges to the fullest extent in order to secure a successful outcome for your case.
Once you have received a positive outcome of your assessment you are to provide a scanned certified copy of the suitable skills assessment with your visa application. Until you do, you cannot apply for a skilled migration visa.
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