Trade Occupations

I had an enquiry from a potential client during the week who is an overseas trained tradesperson (in this case a motor mechanic). The body which does the skills assessment for trade applicants is Trades Recognition Australia (TRA). Once upon a time they used to recognise verifiable on the job training as being good enough for a positive skills assessment. Now, apparently because of fraudulent documents being submitted they only recognise formal training. Although there are different pathways unless the client can show the required number of hours in "formal training" then they won't pass. This effectively cuts out a lot of people because many countries simply don't have formal apprenticeships or technical colleges courses...another example of a minority abuse causing problems for everyone!

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