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Thread: Environmental Research Scientist on LTSSL - wording help!

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    Default Environmental Research Scientist on LTSSL - wording help!

    Hello,

    I am hoping to claim 10 points for the SMC visa for having a 'qualification in an area of absolute skills shortage'.

    I have an MSc (so level 9 in NZ terms) in Environmental Technology (specialising in Water Management), with a 16 month work placement for a water company in their innovation team after my degree. Before that I did my bachelors degree I Environmental Geography, so NZ level 7 equivalent.

    So therefore, do I meet the requirements under Environmental Research Scientist on the LTSSL, which are as follows: "One of the following qualifications: - Bachelor of Engineering with Honours (Environmental Engineering) (NZQF Level 8) - A bachelor's degree at NZQF Level 7, or a higher qualification with the minimum equivalent of 360 credits, which includes the requirements of a New Zealand major in the focus areas of environmental studies or environmental management AND a minimum of one year’s relevant post-qualification work experience"


    The wording for the above has slightly confused me. Perhaps I'm reading too much into it. (First part re engineering doesn't apply to me, as I don't have that). Is it saying "a bachelors degree at NZQF Level 7" completely separate to the following part which is "OR a higher qualification with the min equivalent of 360 credits, which includes the requirements of a major in the focus area etc....AND a min of 1 years post qual work experience"........OR are they saying the NZQF Level 7 part also has to have the requirements of a New Zealand major in the focus areas of environmental studies or environmental management AND a min of one year relevant post qual work experience?

    Secondly, come to think of it, I don't even know what they really mean by "the requirements of a New Zealand major in the focus areas of environmental studies / management.... My interpretation of that is that if my degree modules / focus areas matches up with an equivalent degree focus / modules undertaken in a new Zealand degree, then that's a tick in the box? Any thoughts?


    if I cannot claim those 10 points, I will sit on 170, so I will still be eligible to go through into the 'pool', but I suppose they look at it as 'the more points above the minimum 160 you have, the better'...

    Many thanks for any clarification. I haven't a clue who I would go to at INZ for this help, and I don't want to add the points to my SMC application if its not completely true and correct.

    Cheers!

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    I suppose they look at it as 'the more points above the minimum 160 you have, the better'...
    No, not so. If anyone's EOI has 160 points, it gets selected at the very next fortnightly draw, regardless. 160 points or 200+ points, it's all the same. And once selected, there is no priority for having higher points. Keep things as simple as you can, because the more you claim, the more there is to be checked out, and the longer the processing will take.

    Anyway, to the point of your question, this part
    A bachelor's degree , or a higher qualification with the minimum equivalent of 360 credits, which includes the requirements of a New Zealand major in the focus areas of environmental studies or environmental management
    is all one. Either the bachelor's degree at NZQF Level 7, or the higher qualification with the minimum equivalent of 360 credits, has to meet the requirement at the end. If a NZer went for this job, he would be expected to have a full bachelor's degree in a subject whose specialism is fully relevant, and they're saying, a foreigner has to match up to that, whatever his/her foreign qualification is. (There is a careful look given to any foreign Master's degree or higher, because of the fact that in many countries, it's possible to be accepted onto a Master's course or Doctorate programme without first having a bachelor's in the same subject, so a foreign Master or Doctor, though possibly a world expert in some small part of the field, may not have proof of the grounding from first principles in the subject that a bachelor's would provide.)

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    Ah okay JandM thank you for the clarification. In which case I think I will leave this out, as you said, one less thing they need to check out!

    Many thanks!

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