Migration Regulations 1994 - Specification of Employer Nomination Scheme - Occupations, Locations, Salaries, and Relevant Assessing Authorities - IMMI 09/066

SCHEDULE

* For occupations which have a mandatory requirement for a person to hold a licence or registration of a particular kind, or to be a member (or a member of a particular kind) of a particular professional body, in order for that person to work in Australia in that occupation, the relevant Assessing Authority is the body specified in column 2 of this table or the body which administers the licence, registration or membership for that occupation.

For persons who are nominated by an Australian university or by the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) for teaching or research positions, the relevant Assessing Authority is the body specified in column 2 of this table or the nominating Australian university or CSIRO.

For occupations which have TRA * (Trades Recognition Australia) listed as the Assessing Authority in column 2 of this table, the relevant Assessing Authority is TRA or the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, or a body nominated by that department for the purpose of trade skills assessment, in the State or Territory where the visa applicant has been nominated to work.

NOTE 1: ASCO Code – ASCO code references are those contained in McLennan, W, ASCO – Australian Standard Classification of Occupations, Second Edition, Australian Bureau of Statistics, 1997.

NOTE 2: The Assessing Authorities given in column 2 of this table are:

AACA Architects Accreditation Council of Australia Inc

AASW Australian Association of Social Workers

ACOPRA Australian Council of Physiotherapy Regulating Authorities Ltd

ACS Australian Computer Society

ADC Australian Dental Council

AIM Australian Institute of Management

AIMS Australian Institute of Medical Scientists

AIQS Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors

AIR Australian Institute of Radiography

AIWCW Australian Institute of Welfare and Community Workers

AMSA Australian Maritime Safety Authority

ANC Australian Nursing Council

ANZSNM Australian and New Zealand Society of Nuclear Medicine

APC Australian Physiotherapy Council

APodC Australian Podiatry Council

APEC Australian Pharmacy Examining Council Incorporated

APS Australian Psychological Society

AVBC Australasian Veterinary Boards Council Inc.

CASA Civil Aviation Safety Authority

COPRA Council of Pharmacy Registering Authorities

COTRB Council of Occupational Therapists Registration Boards Inc

CPAA Certified Practising Accountants Australia

DAA Dieticians Association of Australia

ICAA Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia

IEAust Institution of Engineers, Australia

ISA Institute of Surveyors, Australia

NAATI National Accreditation Authority for translators and Interpreters

NIA The National Institute of Accountants

NOOSR National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition

OCANZ Optometry Council of Australia and New Zealand

SCORB State Chiropractors/Osteopaths Registration Board

SPA Speech Pathology Association of Australia

SLAA State Legal Admission Authority

TA Teaching Australia

TRA Trades Recognition Australia

VETASSESS Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services