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457 Skills Assessment

Skills assessment for temporary work Visa (subclass 457) - Overview

The Australian Government offers a program called the Temporary Business (Long Stay) – Standard business Sponsorship (Subclass 457) visa (the 457 visa) for Australian employers to sponsor approved skilled workers from outside Australia to temporarily work in Australia.
Visa applicants from nominated countries applying for a 457 visa in one of the nominated trade occupations must undertake a skills assessment to determine if they have the required skills and experience to work as a skilled tradesperson in Australia.

Skills assessments will be conducted by Australian Registered Training Organisations against industry endorsed Australian qualifications for those trades.

The first step of the process is completing the self evaluation program called TradeSET. This self evaluation is available on the TRA website so applicants can check that their skills and experience match those required to work in their trade in Australia before they apply to an RTO for formal skills assessment.

The Australian Government, through Trades Recognition Australia, has approved Australasian Drilling Institute to conduct formal skills assessments for 457 visa applicants from Fiji and Papua New Guinea in the trade Driller.

A skills assessment is one part of a 457 visa application. Other requirements include employer sponsorship and English language requirements. It is important that applicants look at the Department of Immigration and Citizenship website to make sure that you understand the current requirements for applying for a 457 visa.
The Australian Government, through Trades Recognition Australia, will be monitoring the assessment service for 457 visa applicants.

How to apply

The application process consists of five steps and applicants must sucessfully complete each step before moving on to the next one.

Step 1 of the skills assessment service requires applicants to use the self-evaluation tool called TradeSET to help determine if they have the required skills and training for work in Australia.

Step 2 of the skills assessment requires applicants to choose an Australian Registered Training Organisation from a list of Trades Recognition Australia approved organisations. Congratulations, if you are reading this page then you are at ADI's website. ADI is a Registered Training Organisation approved to undertake a 457 Skills Assessment for "Driller"

Step 3 of the skills assessment requires an applicant to submit evidence of their skills and experience to the Registered Training Organisation to be assessed. This requires completion of an application form, payment of required fees and attachment of certified copies of evidence documents.

Step 4 of the skills assessment requires an applicant to participate in a technical interview conducted in english with a qualified assessor from their chosen Registered Training Organisation.

Step 5 of the skills assessment is completed when the Registered Training Organisation provides documentation to the applicant about their skills.

After applicants have successfully completed a skills assessment, they will then be able to apply to the Department of Immigration and Citizenship for a subclass 457 visa.