The Job Ready Program (the Program) is a minimum 12-month, employment-based skills assessment that verifies your applied skills meet the Australian standards in your Nominated Occupation.
The Program is for international student graduates of an Australian Vocational Education and Training (VET) course who are working in Australia and seeking a pathway to a skilled visa. Once you have completed the Program, you will receive a skills assessment outcome letter that you can use to apply for a skilled visa.
This skills assessment will confirm that you can:
- Follow complex written and verbal directions.
- Complete trade or technical work unsupervised, following relevant Australian industry and occupational standards.
- Work safely under workplace health and safety regulations.
- Identify, select and use appropriate tools and equipment to complete occupational tasks.
- Show employability skills that are consistent with relevant industry-approved Training Packages.
It will take a minimum of 12 months to complete the Program, unless you have eligible Prior Employment. Your 12 months of full-time (or equivalent) employment experience must be completed with an employer/s approved by us within 3 years of starting the Program. An average of 38 hours or more per week is considered full-time. Anything under this is calculated on a pro-rata basis.
Before you can start the Program, you will need to have completed a Provisional Skills Assessment within the last 3 years.
More information about the Provisional Skills Assessment is available on our website.
The Program has 3 steps.
Each step of the Program must be completed before you can move to the next.
The steps are:
