Naval Architect ANZSCO 233916

CDR Examples

See our approved CDR examples across engineering disciplines to understand the structure and level of detail assessors expect.

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Examples are for reference only: never submit any part of them as your own work.

ANZSCO 233916 or OSCA 243938?

The Australian Bureau of Statistics released OSCA in December 2024 to replace ANZSCO for statistics. The migration system has not switched yet. The Department of Home Affairs still lists skilled occupations by ANZSCO code: the 2013 version for points-tested visas such as the 189, 190 and 491, and the 2022 version for the 482 and 186 employer-sponsored visas.

For your skills assessment and visa application, use ANZSCO 233916 (Naval Architect / Marine Designer). Under ANZSCO the full title is Naval Architect / Marine Designer, with Shipbuilding Designer as a specialisation.

Visa Options for Naval Architects

Naval Architect / Marine Designer (233916), which includes naval architects, is on the MLTSSL and the Core Skills Occupation List (CSOL), subject to each visa’s own requirements:

Lists change, so check the Home Affairs skilled occupation list before you lodge.

Engineers Australia Skills Assessment

If your naval architecture or marine engineering degree is not accredited in Australia or covered by the Washington Accord, Engineers Australia assesses you through a Competency Demonstration Report (CDR):

• Three career episodes, each about your own engineering work, with numbered paragraphs
• A summary statement mapping all 16 elements of competency to paragraphs in your episodes
• A CPD statement listing your continuing professional development

The CDR assessment fee is AU$1,034 including GST. Standard applications wait around 15 weeks to be assigned to an assessor; fast track (an extra AU$396) assigns your application within 20 business days.

The English scores above are the minimum in each component for tests taken on or after 7 August 2025. Cambridge C1 Advanced, LanguageCert Academic, Michigan English Test and CELPIP General are also accepted. You are usually exempt with a UK, US, Canadian, New Zealand or Irish passport, or after two years of study in Australia.

What a Strong Naval Architect CDR Shows

Assessors want to see your own engineering judgement, not your team’s work or your job description. Strong naval architecture career episodes include:

• Design and analysis you did yourself: hull form, stability, resistance and powering or structural calculations, with your software (for example Maxsurf, NAPA or Rhino)
• The rules you applied, named specifically (for example classification society rules such as DNV, ABS or Lloyd’s Register, or IMO requirements)
• A real problem you solved, such as a stability or structural issue, and how you checked your solution
• Project work: construction supervision, surveys, sea trials and coordination with shipyards and class societies

Common reasons naval architecture CDRs fail: writing “we” instead of “I”, drafting or survey work with no engineering analysis, copying a job description, and summary statements that point to the wrong paragraphs.

Which Engineering Code Fits You?

Choose the occupation that matches what you actually do most of the time; your career episodes must support it.