Skills assessment bodies in Australia
If your visa application requires a ‘Skills Assessment’, this needs to be conducted by the relevant Skills Assessing Authority in Australia for the occupation that you have nominated on your visa application.
The nominated occupation must be on the Skilled Occupation List (SOL) or on the Consolidated Sponsored Occupation List (CSOL).
Below are a list of the Skills Assessing Authorities:
- Architects Accreditation Council of Australia (AACA)
- Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
- Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine (ACPSEM)
- Australian Computer Society (ACS)
- Australian Dental Council (ADC)
- Australian Institute of Management (AIM)
- Australian Institute of Medical Scientists (AIMS)
- Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (AIQS)
- Australian Institute of Radiography (AIR)
- Australian Institute of Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL)
- Australian Community Workers Association (ACWA)
- Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA)
- Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC)
- Australian and New Zealand Osteopathic Council (ANZOC)
- Australian and New Zealand Podiatry Accreditation Council (ANZPAC)
- Australian and New Zealand Society of Nuclear Medicine (ANZSNM)
- Australian Pharmacy Council (APharmC)
- Australian Physiotherapy Council (APC)
- Australian Psychological Society (APS)
- Australasian Veterinary Boards Council (AVBC)
- Certified Practising Accountants of Australia (CPAA)
- Chinese Medicine Board of Australia (CMBA)
- Council on Chiropractic Education Australasia (CCEA)
- Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA)
- Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA)
- Engineers Australia
- Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA)
- Medical Board of Australia (MBA)
- National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (NAATI)
- Occupational Therapy Council (OTC)
- Optometry Council of Australia and New Zealand (OCANZ)
- Institute of Public Accountants (IPA)
- Speech Pathology Association of Australia (SPA)
- State Legal Admissions Authority
- Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute (SSSI)
- Trades Recognition Australia (TRA)
- Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services (VETASSESS)
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