Useful links
Australian Skills Recognition Information
The Australian Skills Recognition Information (ASRI) site is part of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship main site. It tells you about skills recognition for the purpose of migration to Australia or having your skills or qualifications gained overseas assessed, to allow you to practise your occupation in Australia.
Centrelink Career Information Centres
Find out if Centrelink's Career Information Centres can help you by looking on this section of the Centrelink site. The centres are 'one-stop-shops' providing a comprehensive free service to all Australians. Specialist staff provide assistance to students, the unemployed or people who are looking at changing jobs. Career Information Centres can help customers make informed decisions about education, training and employment options and pathways.
DET Apprenticeships and Traineeships
This site explains the processes which allow people who have trade skills and experience but do not have formal qualifications to have them formally recognised by the NSW Vocational Training Tribunal (VTT) and receive trade certification.
JobWise
Jobwise is a web site supporting mature age employment and contains information for employers, mature age job seekers and mature age workers.
myfuture
This site gives you information about career planning and education, and training options for Australian jobs. You can use the myguide feature to guide you through activities to help you explore your career. You will answer questions, explore career suggestions made by myfuture, select career favourites, clarify your career direction, and then, create an action plan to help you reach your career goals. The section called ‘The Facts’ gives you access to information on career related topics.
National Training Information Service
The National Training Information Service (NTIS) website provides a database on vocational education and training information in Australia. NTIS is the official national register of information on Training Packages, Qualifications, Courses, Units of Competency and Registered Training Organisations (RTOs).
Prove It!
A website called Prove It! can help you start to build a portfolio of evidence to prepare you for your recognition application through a Registered Training Organisation. It’s free and easy to use but it doesn’t apply to all qualifications.
Skills Book
The Skills Book site can help you to work out which qualification and which units of competency you should apply for recognition in; determine what types of evidence you may be able to provide; determine your best-match to qualifications based on the skills you think you have; see in which areas you might require further training; build an online portfolio and skillsbook
training.com.au
As a single point of access to a vast range of vocational education and training information, training.com.au, provides information about training products and services in Australia. You can search for courses or training providers or read the latest news in vocational education and training. The site includes information aimed at training providers, businesses and employers, apprentices and trainees.
