Structural Engineer ANZSCO 233214

Structural Engineer CDR Examples

An approved CDR written by a structural engineer, so you can see the structure and level of detail assessors expect. All civil engineering examples →

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

ANZSCO 233214 or OSCA 243234?

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 233214. Structural Engineer is part of the civil engineering group in both classifications: ANZSCO unit group 2332 and OSCA unit group 2432.

Visa Options for Structural Engineers

Structural Engineer (233214) 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 structural or civil 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 Structural Engineer CDR Shows

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

• Analysis and design you did yourself: load combinations, member and connection design, with your software (for example ETABS, SAP2000, STAAD or Tekla)
• The design codes you followed, named specifically (for example ACI 318, Eurocode 2 or 3, AS 3600 or your national code)
• A real problem you solved in design or on site, and how you checked your solution
• Project work: design review, site inspection, quality checks and coordination with architects and contractors

Common reasons structural CDRs fail: writing “we” instead of “I”, drafting or detailing with no design calculations, copying a job description, and summary statements that point to the wrong paragraphs.

Which Civil Engineering Code Fits You?

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