Electrical Engineering Draftsperson

So, you are a skilled Electrical Engineering Draftsperson, and interested in permanent residence in Australia! But have you checked your profession specific profession in the Australian Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL)?

But no need to press the panic button as your line-of-work is in-demand in the country, and it finds a place on the MLTSSL under the ANZSCO Code 312311. This shows that you are entitled for a visa and you can successfully apply for the same. The time is apt for the object.

For those not tuned in, the Electrical Engineering Draftspersons help in Electrical Engineering study, design, making, assembly, construction, running, and upkeep of equipment, facilities and delivery arrangements.

They get meticulous drawings and plans ready of electrical installations and circuitry to help the Electrical Engineers & Engineering Technologists. For such professionals, licensing or registration could be needed.

Electrical Engineering Draftsperson Eligible Visas

You can apply under these specific visa classes, namely, 186, 187, 189, 457, 489 Family Sponsored, 190 for states NSW SA TAS VIC, and the 489 for states SA TAS VIC.

Skill Level

Well, the entry condition for this profession is the qualifications and experience. You need AQF Associate Degree, Advanced Diploma or Diploma (ANZSCO Skill Level 2). Not less than 3 years of applicable experience may be considered equivalent for the prescribed qualifications. And, in some particular cases, germane experience and/or on-the-job training could be needed, apart from the recognized qualification.

Key Tasks

• Getting drawings, designs and diagrams of the electrical circuitry & installations ready.
• Helping the Engineering Technologists & Electrical Engineers in the design and layout of the electrical installations and circuitry on substations, cabling systems, switchgear, and motor control arrangements.
• Gathering statistics, carrying-out tests and difficult calculations, graphing results, and making charts & tabulations.
• Making an estimate of the materials expenses & numbers.
• Examining designs and finished goods to ensure that these are not against the requirements and rules.
• Bringing together, setting up, testing, standardizing, transforming and repairing electrical tools and installations, to follow the regulations and safety necessities.
• Aiding with study & experimentation plans.
• Commencing electrical workshop activities, like setting up assemblies for the protection relays, metering and indicating tools.

Skills Reviewing Power

Prior to you can shift to the nation, as a trained migrant, it is mandatory that you have your skills duly reviewed by the pertinent national assessment power. Engineers Australia is the assessment power for your line-of-work.

In case you are keen to claim points for your qualifications and/or job skills in your designated or closely associated line-of-work, present all the pertinent papers to Engineers Australia. On the basis of these, it will give guidance to the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) on your credentials and/or employment experience. The immigration organization will use the information at the time of proffering points for your qualifications and employment experience.

Important: In case your qualifications are not in a pertinent domain to your nominated vocation, and you wish to claim points, Engineers Australia will be powerless to give guidance to the DIBP. In such cases, the DIBP will decide the number of points to be offered to your credentials.