mcstan18:


Yes you can. A friend's sister in the UK used it before her certificate was ready. She's awaiting PPR

Thanks for this info mate!

Hello house,
Please can one use completion/Award letter in lieu of a foreign master degree certificate for WES? Has anyone done this before?

jayooh:


The workshop thing was a kinda joke. But I can now fathom the sorta things I will put in, hope trainings on equipments counts as well

Sure bro, you see the list goes on and on. sorry for the mix up, most times I take literal meaning of text without reading between the lines.

jayooh:


OK, that means employment doesn't qualify as services to the engineering profession?

Una deh burst my head oh, which kind workshop or seminar man wan deh go. Na only mechanic workshop I deh visit constantly o

if you organised any presentation or in - house training for your mechanics and technicians that counts as a cpd, if you attended any in - house trainings and presentation in your company/workshop that also counts as cpd, all the books journals or online crash courses you viewed to help solve some auto - mechanical or electrical problems in your workshop can also count as a cpd.

I used same for mine as I was a Maintenance Engineer.
in fact if you practiced engineering cpd is around you every just think.
#my1kobo sha.

its more like a fuel line issue, change the fuel pump.

einsteino:


This one weak me o! I don't have a tax certificate nor pension(u kno how working with a private firm is), only employment letter and bank statements. can one get tax certificates from state board of internal revenue, would it fly? Maybe I would just have to leave out work experience assessment, though the extra points is highly needed.

Your bank document is a third party document, that served for one of my employment histories in absence of a tax certificate but if you have a pension certificate that would be perfect. Though am speaking from experience with EA and this was clearly stated in the MSA booklet. Ensure you digest the guidelines laid down by your assessing body. I can't authoritatively answer the question on state board of internal revenue as I didn't ply that route, someone with similar experience could throw some light soon.

All the best.

Bnimz:
iykedancastro ... Use separate EOIs for each... So that one won't block or affect the other

thanks boss

iykedancastro:
Engineers in the house, I got this feedback from EA this morning and am left confused on the pros and cons of the options and how to proceed.

"As stated on page 29 of the Migration Skills Assessment Booklet, Work Experience needs to be "paid at the market or salaried rate for Engineering professional" your salary for both employments is well below the market rate for a Professional Engineer in Nigeria. You therefore have two options:
1) You can be assessed as a Professional Mechanical Engineer if you provide 2 new Career Episodes based on work conducted during your academic studies. In this case, none of your work experience can be recognised as Relevant Skilled Employment. Or,
2) You can be assessed as an Engineering Technologist based on the current submission. In this case your work experience can be recognised subject to the requested documents being provided.
Please state your preference. Please also note that as of the 27th of February 2017, Engineers Australia allows only one opportunity to address any shortcomings in applications. Therefore, your application will be finalised based on the information and/or documents provided in the next submission."

I was asked to provide tax certificate which I do not have although I already provided my pension statement.

I don't know if to be mad at, myself or the so called company I worked for.

As a follow up to the above post I got my assessment report yesterday. positive assessment as an Engineering technologist with 4 years and a month experience (mixed feelings but I believe it's for the best)
special thanks to jamson for helping with review of my cdr, thanks to bnimz, mctowel01, ozymigrant, zanyzara et al for the contributions and I appreciate all that shared their knowledge to the success of this forum so far, God bless.

I have submitted an eoi for 189 with 60pts and nominated nsw for 190. Will retake English test soonest in quest for an extra 10pts would appreciate any pointer on reliable PTE-A test centers around sydney .

I also wish to enquire from the house if it is best to use a single eoi for 189 and 190 or to use different eoi.

finally although EA assessment is on a case by case basis please future applicants should note the clause on skill being payed at salaried rate, my assessor pulled that on on me but my colleague on same salary scale wasn't affected, if possible by all means avoid assessing relevant skill unless your remuneration is in alignment with industry standard (please don't ask me about industry standard pay for engineers in nigeria because i don't know).

cheers!!!

OzyMigrant:


Not counted, it was why I had to add NYSC (named it internship).

Okay Thanks bro

OzyMigrant:


I never knew they check salaries against industry rate. Is there a way you can create a narrative that your experience in that company is internship (i don't know if there a limit to the number of internship years though)

Like in my case; In left NYSC in 2011 and started work immediately, meanwhile I did MSc between 2013-2014 (so I took a gap year from work as I had to travel out). Fast-forward to 2016, my total experience was around 4 yrs and I needed 5yrs to claim 10pt.

What did I do? I added my NYSC experience and called it internship and EA counted it as part of my experience making it 5yrs+.

Hey bro, looking at your case study am just wondering if the period of your one-year academic leave was still counted to your relevant experience?

Oga Jamson I thank God for your safe journey and welcome to Sydney(aussie).

Congrats to Incemay on your grant, more grants on the way.

Mama of the house happy belated birthday.

Folatem:


Draw the assessment officer's attention to this provision of the EA MSA booklet. Some guys here (I'm aware of two cases on this thread) did same.

Thanks, I will do just that.

OzyMigrant:


I never knew they check salaries against industry rate. Is there a way you can create a narrative that your experience in that company is internship (i don't know if there a limit to the number of internship years though)

Like in my case; In left NYSC in 2011 and started work immediately, meanwhile I did MSc between 2013-2014 (so I took a gap year from work as I had to travel out). Fast-forward to 2016, my total experience was around 4 yrs and I needed 5yrs to claim 10pt.

What did I do? I added my NYSC experience and called it internship and EA counted it as part of my experience making it 5yrs+.

I believe a lot depends on your app package and the assessor. Thanks for the insight.

To All
Am just curious about the possibility of engineering technologist remaining on sol come July wouldn't want to go with that and it then gets removed because the ceiling has already been reached this year. In a Delima!!!

zanyzara:


And with mctowel01 submission, I believe you want to claim points for work experience therefore, option 2 is better. They are both skill level 1 occupation.

Go to any inland revenue in your state, talk to the staff, they will calculate what you owe. You can pay and then get the certificate. Do not patronise the touts there!

Zany.

Thanks Zany, but am currently in Sydney though MSA clearly states pension can suffice and i submitted both pension docs and bank statement.

mctowel01:

Hey, I didn't access work experience, so I can't tell much of an alternative to the requested documents. Just know that option two is much better than option one. Competition in.mechanical is even more than that of technologist. Keep that in mind while proceeding.

Thanks for the tip bro, but i read that the ceiling for technologist has been exceeded for this year plus it is flagged too. Technologist would assure me an additional 5 points but i can only submit EOI for 190 pending policy change come july.

Engineers in the house, I got this feedback from EA this morning and am left confused on the pros and cons of the options and how to proceed.

"As stated on page 29 of the Migration Skills Assessment Booklet, Work Experience needs to be "paid at the market or salaried rate for Engineering professional" your salary for both employments is well below the market rate for a Professional Engineer in Nigeria. You therefore have two options:
1) You can be assessed as a Professional Mechanical Engineer if you provide 2 new Career Episodes based on work conducted during your academic studies. In this case, none of your work experience can be recognised as Relevant Skilled Employment. Or,
2) You can be assessed as an Engineering Technologist based on the current submission. In this case your work experience can be recognised subject to the requested documents being provided.
Please state your preference. Please also note that as of the 27th of February 2017, Engineers Australia allows only one opportunity to address any shortcomings in applications. Therefore, your application will be finalised based on the information and/or documents provided in the next submission."

I was asked to provide tax certificate which I do not have although I already provided my pension statement.

I don't know if to be mad at, myself or the so called company I worked for.

CJFLEX:

ok. but i have 3yrs experiences in mechanical engineering safety. however i will be easy like you said, please can i get any cdr format or the one i can use?

You can claim 3 years experience if your job role aligns with that stipulated on ANZSCO code for Mech. I understand your situation as am a Mech Engr too awaiting assessment result, but like Bnimz advised, do what you can and be optimistic that the economy will deem mechanical a required occupation come July.

Congrats Jamson and bolaobby, i see more grants loading...

jayooh:


PhD or MSc?

M.Sc

catchdwind4rmkd:
I know someone with a mechanical engineer CDR that has received positive assessment outcome. Yo can send a PM so I can connect you to him. Cheers

Thanks

jamson:


PMed you

responded.

Thanks.

Please i would need an Engineer or someone with the capacity to assist me with the review of my career episodes.

am vying to be assessed as a mechanical engineer, below is my points so far:

age - 30pts
ielts (7th jan 2017)- 10 pts (RLSW- 7, 8, 7.5, 7.5)
Experience (3yrs) - 5 pts hopefully.
qualification - 15pts.

I just arrived sydney days back on a year study visa (no sweats am on a full scholarship). But worried due to the current status of my profession. Will re-write ielts here and aim for maximum points.

Please assist if you can, i wouldnt mind a sample of a successful CDR for personal review too.

cc. jamson, bnimz, catchdwind4rmkd, mctowel, vinsmuft et al
Thanks.

johnHadey:
For those that don't know, Master's by coursework has been included with masters by research and doctorate to have unlimited work right during and off school session..
This is a big relieve as most work agencies had always used the work restriction to segregate us..
Though it's not easy to combine work and study but this gives a kind of psychological balance knowing you can apply for any job with unlimited work right..

This information is available on VEVO.
Know your right.

This's a great news.

Solitin40:
Congrats. No Statement of Accounts was submitted?

i believe the sponsorship letter served that purpose. Am on a scholarship.

[quote author=PurpleG post=51368030][/quote]
Thanks. You can follow up via email if need be.
All the best too.

PurpleG:

Yeah, I have applied. They should start giving out admission by next week. Which school did you apply to?

I don't know about the veracity of the above timeline, I applied to unimelb early July followed up with a mail and got admission after 5 weeks or so for semester 1 2017 though am not enrolling there, got response from unsw within 28hrs.

I took my time to read/scan through this thread and that of PR and in line now and due to comment.

Below is my time line.
Lodged visa app on 27/10/16, front loaded medical on 26/10/16.
Direct grant 04/11/16.
Documents:
CTC(yellow card, birth certificate, transcript, degree certificate, WAEC, Sponsorship letter/award letter)
Original scan of employment letter, recommendation letter from employer, passport data page, statement of purpose(around 350 words) and eCOE.
Finally prayers.

Please note, I only came across thiS page after my application, was actually preparing to arrange documents for PR App.

I wish us success in our sojourn.

Daalu.

olutowo:


Ɣε̲̣̣̣̥§ OOº°˚˚˚˚....its Fø̲̣̣я̅ the skul and not Fø̲̣̣я̅ visa...just wanna be sure before ℓ̊ attach ℓ̊t. Thanks

my brother these fonts will do you little to no good, help the room members understand your text by using normal format, and like some one pointed out earlier you need to work on that SOP, am not a supervisor or graduate admission administrator but I believe you can produce better.
*check the grammar, composition and be more creative. The essence is to engage them.

I wish us all luck .

olutowo:


Ɣε̲̣̣̣̥§ OOº°˚˚˚˚....its Fø̲̣̣я̅ the skul and not Fø̲̣̣я̅ visa...just wanna be sure before ℓ̊ attach ℓ̊t. Thanks

my brother these fonts will do you little to no good, help the room members understand your text by using normal format, and like some one pointed out earlier you need to work on that SOP, am not a supervisor or graduate admission administrator but I believe you can produce better.
*check the grammar, composition and be more creative. The essence is to engage them.

I wish us all luck .

Then after restricting all these access, tell me the fun in using a high end chip device? The phone will get boring trust me I have been there. try getting a phone with at least 2800MAH Battery.

stevemims:
PG too. Are you sure the application deadline isn't passed? 15th of jan was for ma course.

mine didn't have a define deadline they just stipulated 6 months prior to start date

stevemims:
PG too. Are you sure the application deadline isn't passed? 15th of jan was for ma course.

no sir it isn't and which course did you go for? mine is M.Sc mechanical Engr. spent most of the time sourcing for supervisor, though U of M is my 3rd school already applied to 2 others.

stevemims:
Okay. What course? Are you for UG or PG?

PG bro, what about you?

stevemims:
There is no special thing in the billing address,just use the address associated to your account when you opened it. I also applied to U of M and i did same.

thanks bro, have already sorted it out. initially I didn't notice that I had to change the country, guess I was stressed that night.

iykedancastro:
Good day all, please those that have successfully applied to university of manitoba how did you go about the application fee payment? i use GTB master card but am kind of lost in the billing address page, reasons being that its all canadian addresses which my card is associated to none. Would appreciate any pointers.
Thanks and keep up the Good work all.

please can someone help me on this?

iykedancastro:
Good day all, please those that have successfully applied to university of manitoba how did you go about the application fee payment? i use GTB master card but am kind of lost in the billing address page, reasons being that its all canadian addresses which my card is associated to none. Would appreciate any pointers.
Thanks and keep up the Good work all.

please can someone help me on this?