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tom123
Hi,
I have a question regarding my SMC application. I have been asked for work experience proofs and i want to know how immigration assess the relevance of work experience with the current skilled employment.
Facts
1. Master of commerce gained in home country
2. Work experience in Human Resource Position gained in Home country.
3. SMC applied on basis of business qualification and manager position.
HR is part of overall business qualification.
Can you please guide if work experience be considered relevant here or not to the skilled employment. Thanks
SM7.10.1 Skilled work experience in an ANZSCO skill level 1, 2, or 3 occupation
Points are awarded for skilled work experience in a skill level 1, 2 or 3 occupation if an immigration officer is satisfied that:
the work undertaken substantially matched (see SM7.10.5) the description for that occupation as set out in the Australia New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO); and
the applicant was suitably qualified (see SM7.10.10) for that work prior to the work experience for which points are claimed.
SM7.10.10 ‘Suitably qualified’
An applicant will be assessed as suitably qualified in terms of SM7.10.1 (b) above if they hold a relevant qualification as specified in the ANZSCO for that occupation.
For the purposes of this provision, a qualification is relevant to an applicant’s employment in a skill level 1, 2 or 3 occupation for which they are claiming points for skilled work experience if:
the major subject area of the principal applicant's recognised qualification is directly applicable to the employment; or
an immigration officer is satisfied that the qualification was a key factor in the employer's decision to employ the principal applicant in that position.
Note: For the purposes of this provision, 'qualifications' must meet the requirements for recognition set out in SM8 but are not required to be the same qualification(s) that qualifies for points under the ‘Recognised Qualifications’ part of these instructions (see SM8).
SM7.10.15 Applicants without relevant recognised qualifications
If an applicant does not hold a relevant recognised qualification they may be assessed as qualified through relevant prior work experience, in terms of SM6.10.20 (a) (ii) or SM6.10.20 (b).
For the purposes of this provision, prior work experience is relevant to the employment for which an applicant is claiming points if:
an immigration officer is satisfied that it was directly applicable to, or in a closely related field to, the employment for which work experience points are claimed; or
the experience was a key factor in the employer’s decision to employ the principal applicant in that position.
Note: ‘Prior work experience’ is work experience completed before the work experience for which points are claimed. Prior work experience does not have to be ‘skilled work experience’
Where an applicant is claiming points for relevant work experience in related occupations that demonstrate career progression, they are only required to show that they were adequately qualified by prior work experience for the first of the related roles for which points are claimed.
Examples:
An applicant who does not have a relevant recognised qualification and has worked for a total of 10 years in the related occupations of:
Software Tester (skill level 1) for three years, followed by
Database Administrator (skill level 1) for three years, followed by
Analyst programmer (skill level 1) for four years
is not required to show five years prior relevant work experience for each of these roles.
The three years as a Software Tester and two of the three years as a Database Administrator are sufficient to demonstrate that they are adequately qualified
as per ANZSCO requirements) to claim five years of skilled work experience as an Analyst Programmer. The applicant can claim 20 points for a total of five
years of skilled work experience.
An applicant who does not have a relevant recognised qualification and has worked for a total of seven years in the related occupations of:
Waiter (skill level 4) for two years, followed by
Maitre d’ (skill level 4) for one year, followed by
Restaurant Manager (skill level 2) for four years
is qualified (as per ANZSCO requirements) by three years of relevant prior work experience to claim 20 points for four years of skilled work experience in the
skill level 2 role of Restaurant Manager.
Relevance of Work Experience
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