{"id":13810,"date":"2024-06-13T03:29:17","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T03:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.educli.com\/blog\/?p=13810"},"modified":"2026-03-03T11:19:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T11:19:51","slug":"vetassess-assessment-times-reduced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.educli.com\/resources\/vetassess-assessment-times-reduced\/","title":{"rendered":"VETASSESS Assessment Times Reduced"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><b>VETASSESS Assessment Times Reduced<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">VETASSESS announced recently that the advertised time for general and professional skills assessments has been reduced to 10-15 weeks, down from the previous 12-20 weeks. This improvement is thanks to doubling the assessment team to meet the surge in applications following the end of border closures.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Reopening of Applications for Specific Occupations<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Due to the reduction in assessment times for trades, VETASSESS reopening applications for three previously paused occupations. Starting Wednesday, June 12, they will accept new applications for:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chef (Commercial Cookery), ANZSCO Code 351311<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chef (Asian Cookery), ANZSCO Code 351311<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fitter (General), ANZSCO Code 323211<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This applies to Pathway 1 and Pathway 2 applications under the OSAP and TSS programs. Applications for these occupations were suspended in September 2023 to prioritise processing current cases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a discussions with Trades Recognition Australia to determine the reopening date for:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Electrician (General), ANZSCO Code 341111<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Metal Machinist (First Class), ANZSCO Code 323214<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Warning Against Misleading Social Media Advice<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">VETASSESS has observed several instances of former applicants and others using social media to provide inaccurate advice about technical interviews and assessment processes. This misinformation can mislead applicants, and Trades Recognition Australia and the Department of Home Affairs were alerted to such incorrect advice. Several individuals have been reported to the authorities, and they continue to monitor social media channels both domestically and internationally.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please seek information from qualified sources and\/or obtain advice from registered agents.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VETASSESS Assessment Times Reduced VETASSESS announced recently that the advertised time for general and professional skills assessments has been reduced [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[131],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-education"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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