MSA Booklet Update – March 2018

Australian Skilled Migration

Source: MSA Booklet March 2018
Engineers Australia has as of late refreshed their MSA Booklet in March 2018. This booklet gives complete
supervision on the Migration Skills Assessment application for immigration purposes. The MSA Booklet ought
to be followed while setting up your CDR or searching for any data in regards to skills assessment for the purpose
of migration to Australia. If you want to apply, check this: Migration Skills Assessment step-by-step guide.
There are a few changes made in this booklet since the last update in August 2017. Following are some
information noticed to have been updated in MSA Booklet – March 2018.

1. Evidence of Employment in Career Episodes:

In the report writing step of the introduction part of Section C, there is additional information i.e. when applying
for Relevant Skilled Employment assessment, you must submit their career episode reports based on work
experience along with some evidence of employment. The evidence are a must even if you are not applying for
relevant skilled employment assessment.
2. Breach of Engineer Australia’s Code of Ethics:
Again, under Relevant Skilled Employment service in the introduction part of Section D, there is additional
information about fraudulent documents. This topic mentions taking note that submitting fake documentation is
a genuine rupture of Engineers Australia’s code of morals and conveys critical punishments including the
dismissal of the application, the inconvenience of a year boycott and revealing of your subtle elements to the
Department of Home Affairs for facilitating examination and action.
3. Competency Unit of Resource Management Not Required
Anymore:
In the units and elements of competency of Engineering Manager in the appendix section, there are 7 units
whereas there were 8 units mentioned in the August 2017 update of the booklet. In comparison with the last
update, it has been noticed the ‘manages resources’ point has been eradicated.
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Guide to Migrating to Queensland: Engineering

Registration
Professional Engineers Act (QLD) has a prerequisite that professional engineering administrations in
Queensland or for Queensland should be done by a Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland (RPEQ) or
on the other hand by a man who does the administrations under the immediate supervision of a responsible
RPEQ.
BSMQ requires offshore candidates applying under engineering professions to get confirmation of registration
(where determined against their occupation on the QSOL) with the Board of Professional Engineers of
Queensland (BPEQ). On the off chance that you are an onshore candidate and don’t have BPEQ registration,
you can just presently work in an expert engineering part in Queensland under direct supervision of a capable
RPEQ.
Queensland is at present the main Australian jurisdiction to apply a thorough enlistment framework for
engineers. Be that as it may, different states are said to soon go with the same pattern.
There are at present 26 territories of engineering perceived by BPEQ. BPEQ works with proficient associations
to characterize these zones of engineering, which go from aeronautical to civil engineers, and chemical to naval
architects. The registration framework guarantees an elevated expectation of training exists inside Queensland
over all zones of engineering.

7 February 2018 Invitation Round for Skilled –

Independent (subclass 189) and Skilled Regional
(Provisional) (subclass 489)
Department of Home Affairs have published the new updated list of Invitation round till Feb 2018 as below:
Source: Department of Home Affairs – 7 February 2018 Invitation Update
 Visa Subclass Number of invitations

Skilled – Independent (subclass 189) 300

Skilled Regional (Provisional) (subclass 489) 5

The following table presents the number of invitations issued during 2017-2018 program year:

Visa subclass Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May June T

Skilled –
Independent 2000 2000 3500 2500 1400 600 600 300 1
(subclass 189)

Skilled –
Regional
210 256 93 57 10 10 10 5 6
Provisional
(subclass 489)

Total 2210 2256 3593 2557 1410 610 610 305 1

Due to high levels of demand and workload in the department, the number of invitees in February has
drastically decreased than the previous months. The total number of invitations for this financial year (July-
February) has been 13,551 so there is likely to be increase in the number of invitations in the remaining
financial year (February-June) by the Department of Home Affairs.

STSOL – Short Term Skilled Occupation List – 20

January 2018 List
Occupations on the Short-term Skilled Occupation List (STSOL)
Occupations that appear on the Short Term Skilled Occupation List (STSOL) are listed below from the
ANZSCO (Australia and New Zealand Skilled Classification of Occupations) to determine which visa program
may be available to you depending on your occupation. This list is current as of 20 January 2018 and is
expected to be updated every six months. So, if you are applying for a Temporary Skill Shortage Visa (TSS
Visa) your occupation will need to appear in this list.
The following table is the Short term Skilled Occupation List.
Short-term Skilled Occupation List
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Item Occupation ANZSCO Inapplicability conditions (see notes

code below this table)

1 aquaculture farmer 121111 9, 10

2 cotton grower 121211 9, 10

3 flower grower 121212 9, 10

4 fruit or nut grower 121213 9, 10

5 grain, oilseed or pasture grower (Aus) / field crop grower 121214 9, 10

(NZ)

6 grape grower 121215 9, 10

7 mixed crop farmer 121216 9, 10

8 sugar cane grower 121217 9, 10

9 vegetable grower (Aus) / market gardener (NZ) 121221 9, 10

10 crop farmers (nec) 121299 9, 10

11 apiarist 121311 9, 10

12 beef cattle farmer 121312 9, 10

13 dairy cattle farmer 121313 9, 10

14 mixed livestock farmer 121317 9, 10

15 pig farmer 121318 9, 10

16 poultry farmer 121321 9, 10

17 sheep farmer 121322 9, 10

18 livestock farmers (nec) 121399 9, 10

19 mixed crop and livestock farmer 121411 9, 10

20 sales and marketing manager 131112 3, 11, 19

21 advertising manager 131113

22 corporate services manager 132111 4, 19, 21

23 finance manager 132211 1

24 human resource manager 132311

25 research and development manager 132511

26 manufacturer 133411

27 production manager (forestry) 133511 10

28 production manager (manufacturing) 133512

29 production manager (mining) 133513

30 supply and distribution manager 133611 3, 11, 19

31 health and welfare services managers (nec) 134299

32 school principal 134311

33 education managers (nec) 134499

34 ICT project manager 135112 1

35 ICT managers (nec) 135199

36 arts administrator or manager 139911

37 laboratory manager 139913

38 quality assurance manager 139914

39 specialist managers (nec) except: 139999

(a) ambassador; or

(b) archbishop; or

(c) bishop

40 cafe or restaurant manager 141111 8

41 hotel or motel manager 141311 9

42 accommodation and hospitality managers (nec) 141999 10

43 post office manager 142115 10

44 fitness centre manager 149112 10

45 sports centre manager 149113 10

46 customer service manager 149212 2, 11, 18

47 conference and event organiser 149311 2, 18

48 transport company manager 149413 9, 18, 20

49 facilities manager 149913 13

50 dancer or choreographer 211112

51 music director 211212

52 music professionals (nec) 211299

53 photographer 211311

54 visual arts and crafts professionals (nec) 211499

55 artistic director 212111

56 book or script editor 212212

57 director (film, television, radio or stage) 212312

58 film and video editor 212314

59 program director (television or radio) 212315

60 stage manager 212316

61 technical director 212317

62 video producer 212318

63 copywriter 212411

64 newspaper or periodical editor 212412

65 print journalist 212413

66 technical writer 212415

67 television journalist 212416

68 journalists and other writers (nec) 212499

69 company secretary 221211

70 commodities trader 222111

71 finance broker 222112

72 insurance broker 222113

73 financial brokers (nec) 222199

74 financial market dealer 222211

75 stockbroking dealer 222213

76 financial dealers (nec) 222299

77 financial investment adviser 222311

78 financial investment manager 222312

79 recruitment consultant 223112 18, 20, 22

80 ICT trainer 223211

81 mathematician 224112

82 gallery or museum curator 224212

83 health information manager 224213

84 records manager 224214

85 librarian 224611

86 organisation and methods analyst 224712

87 patents examiner 224914

88 information and organisation professionals (nec) 224999 1

89 advertising specialist 225111 1

90 marketing specialist 225113 2, 11, 18

91 ICT account manager 225211

92 ICT business development manager 225212

93 ICT sales representative 225213

94 public relations professional 225311

95 technical sales representatives (nec) including education 225499 2, 14

sales representatives

96 aeroplane pilot 231111 10

97 flying instructor 231113 10

98 helicopter pilot 231114 10

99 fashion designer 232311

100 industrial designer 232312

101 jewellery designer 232313

102 graphic designer 232411 1

103 illustrator 232412

104 web designer 232414

105 interior designer 232511

106 urban and regional planner 232611

107 wine maker 234213 10

108 geologist 234411

109 primary school teacher 241213

110 middle school teacher (Aus) / intermediate school teacher 241311

(NZ)

111 education adviser 249111

112 art teacher (private tuition) 249211

113 dance teacher (private tuition) 249212

114 music teacher (private tuition) 249214

115 private tutors and teachers (nec) 249299

116 teacher of English to speakers of other languages 249311

117 dietitian 251111

118 nutritionist 251112

119 occupational health and safety adviser 251312

120 orthoptist 251412

121 hospital pharmacist 251511

122 industrial pharmacist 251512

123 retail pharmacist 251513

124 health promotion officer 251911

125 health diagnostic and promotion professionals (nec) 251999

126 acupuncturist 252211

127 naturopath 252213

128 traditional Chinese medicine practitioner 252214

129 complementary health therapists (nec) 252299

130 dental specialist 252311

131 dentist 252312

132 resident medical officer 253112

133 anaesthetist 253211

134 nurse educator 254211

135 nurse researcher 254212

136 nurse manager 254311

137 web developer 261212 1

138 software tester 261314 1

139 database administrator 262111

140 systems administrator 262113

141 network administrator 263112

142 network analyst 263113

143 ICT quality assurance engineer 263211

144 ICT support enginee 263212 1

145 ICT systems test engineer 263213 1

146 ICT support and test engineers (nec) 263299

147 judicial and other legal professionals (nec) 271299

148 careers counsellor 272111

149 drug and alcohol counsellor 272112

150 family and marriage counsellor 272113

151 rehabilitation counsellor 272114

152 student counsellor 272115

153 counsellors (nec) 272199

154 psychotherapist 272314

155 interpreter 272412

156 social professionals (nec) 272499

157 recreation officer 272612

158 welfare worker 272613

159 agricultural technician 311111 10

160 anaesthetic technician 311211

161 cardiac technician 311212

162 medical laboratory technician 311213

163 pharmacy technician 311215

164 medical technicians (nec) 311299

165 meat inspector 311312

166 primary products inspectors (nec) 311399 10

167 chemistry technician 311411

168 earth science technician 311412

169 life science technician 311413

170 science technicians (nec) 311499

171 architectural draftsperson 312111

172 building inspector 312113

173 architectural, building and surveying technicians (nec) 312199

174 mechanical engineering technician 312512 15

175 metallurgical or materials technician 312912

176 mine deputy 312913

177 hardware technician 313111

178 ICT customer support officer 313112

179 web administrator 313113

180 ICT support technicians (nec) 313199

181 farrier 322113

182 aircraft maintenance engineer (avionics) 323111

183 aircraft maintenance engineer (mechanical) 323112

184 aircraft maintenance engineer (structures) 323113

185 textile, clothing and footwear mechanic 323215

186 metal fitters and machinists (nec) 323299

187 precision instrument maker and repairer 323314

188 watch and clock maker and repairer 323316

189 toolmaker 323412

190 vehicle body builder 324211

191 vehicle trimmer 324212

192 roof tiler 333311

193 business machine mechanic 342311

194 cabler (data and telecommunications) 342411

195 telecommunications linesworker 342413

196 baker 351111 16

197 pastrycook 351112 16

198 butcher or smallgoods maker 351211

199 cook 351411 7, 8

200 dog handler or trainer 361111

201 animal attendants and trainers (nec) 361199 17

202 veterinary nurse 361311

203 florist 362111

204 gardener (general) 362211

205 arborist 362212

206 landscape gardener 362213

207 greenkeeper 362311

208 hairdresser 391111 1

209 print finisher 392111

210 printing machinist 392311

211 dressmaker or tailor 393213

212 upholsterer 393311

213 furniture finisher 394211

214 wood machinist 394213

215 wood machinists and other wood trades workers (nec) 394299

216 chemical plant operator 399211

217 power generation plant operator 399213

218 library technician 399312

219 jeweller 399411

220 camera operator (film, television or video) 399512

221 make up artist 399514

222 sound technician 399516

223 performing arts technicians (nec) 399599

224 signwriter 399611

225 ambulance officer 411111

226 intensive care ambulance paramedic 411112

227 dental technician 411213

228 diversional therapist 411311

229 enrolled nurse 411411

230 massage therapist 411611 12

231 community worker 411711

232 disabilities services officer 411712

233 family support worker 411713

234 residential care officer 411715

235 youth worker 411716

236 diving instructor (open water) 452311

237 gymnastics coach or instructor 452312

238 horse riding coach or instructor 452313

 239 snowsport instructor 452314

240 swimming coach or instructor 452315

241 tennis coach 452316

242 other sports coach or instructor 452317

243 sports development officer 452321

244 footballer 452411

245 sportspersons (nec) 452499

246 contract administrator 511111 1

247 program or project administrator 511112

248 insurance loss adjuster 599612

249 insurance agent 611211

250 property manager 612112 2, 10, 18, 20

251 real estate representative 612115 2, 10, 18, 20

252 retail buyer 639211 11

Positions for which occupation is inapplicable

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Item Position

1 The position does not require a minimum of 2 years’ relevant work experience.

2 The position has a nominated base salary of less than AUD65,000.

3 (a) the position has a nominated base salary of less than AUD65,000; and

(b) if the person is to be transferred to fill the position—the transfer is not an intra-corporate transfer to which an
international trade obligation applies.

4 (a) the position has a nominated base salary of less than AUD80,000; and

(b) if the person is to be transferred to fill the position—the transfer is not an intra-corporate transfer to which an
international trade obligation applies.

5 (a) the position has a nominated base salary of less than AUD180,001; and

(b) if the person is to be transferred to fill the position—the transfer is not an intra-corporate transfer to which an
international trade obligation applies.

6 The position is a clerical, bookkeeper or accounting clerk position.

7 The position is involved in mass production in a factory setting.

8 The position is in a limited service restaurant.

9 The position predominantly involves responsibility for low-skilled tasks.

Example 1: Rostering, maintaining records, reception duties and allocating duties to

housekeepers, porters or doorpersons.

Example 2: Fruit picking or packing or feeding of livestock or animals.

Example 3: Truck driving.

10 The position is not located in regional Australia (within the meaning of subregulation 5.19(7) of the Regulations).

11 The position:

(a) is based in a front-line retail setting; or

(b) predominantly involves direct client transactional interaction on a regular basis.

12 The position:

(a) is not a full-time position; or

(b) is not based in a therapeutic setting; or

 (c) involves the provision of non-medical relaxation massage; or

(d) is in a retail setting.

13 The position:

(a) is not located in a commercial building or shopping centre environment; or

(b) predominantly involves managing the provision of only one particular service to a facility or managing one particula
relationship.

Example: Managing the cleaning contract for a facility but not other contracts relevant
to the facility.

14 The position:

(a) is based in a front-line retail setting; or

(b) is based in a call centre and does not require a significant technical knowledge of products; or

(c) predominantly involves selling educational courses to individual students.

15 The position relates to mobile phone repairs.

16 The position relates to mass or standardised production (as opposed to specialist production), including the following:

(a) a position based in a franchise or factory;

(b) a position that:

(i) involves full or partial production of food product for distribution to another location; or

(ii) predominantly involves the use of pre-prepared food product from another location.

17 The position relates to animal husbandry, including caring for livestock on a farm.

18 The position is in a business that has an annual turnover of less than AUD1,000,000.

19 (a) the position is in a business that has an annual turnover of less than AUD1,000,000; and

(b) if the person is to be transferred to fill the position—the transfer is not an intra-corporate transfer to which an
international trade obligation applies.
 20 The position is in a business that has fewer than 5 employees.

21 (a) the position is in a business that has fewer than 5 employees; and

(b) if the person is to be transferred to fill the position—the transfer is not an intra-corporate transfer to which an
international trade obligation applies.

22 The position has a nominated base salary of less than AUD90,000.

Australian Skilled Assessment Points Test – Points

Calculator – Skilled Migration – Immigration
Australia
There are three kinds of Skilled Migration Visas, which you can apply for.

1. Skilled Independent Subclass 189: You don’t need a sponsor for this visa category as it is a non-sponsor based
visa type. However, to qualify for this visa, your occupation must be listed in latest Skilled Occupation List
(SOL).
2. Skilled Nominated Subclass 190: To apply for this visa you need a nomination from a State or Territory
Government Agency and your occupation must be listed on the Consolidated Sponsored Occupations List
(CSOL).
3. Skilled Regional (Provisional) Subclass 489: To apply for this visa, you must have a sponsorship from an
eligible relative living in a designated area or a state or territory government agency in Australia.

Australia has the most composed point based arrangement of immigration. On the off chance that you need to
move to Australia, you should calculate your points ahead of time to affirm your qualification status. You have
to score least 60 points to qualify for the visa based on age, work understanding, language capacity, education,
and other factors.
The following tables mirror the points you get for each profile factor.
Career Episode Sample based on Work Experience
This Career Episode is an example of work – based Career Episode. The author of this Career Episode is a
Project Engineer at a company named Wipro Limited. It is the project called “LTE Certification Testing”.
For Introduction Section, he has created a table mentioning the location of where the event happened,
company’s name, his designation, and project name as follow:

Time duration 6 months

Location Bangalore, India

Organization Wipro Limited

 Project LTE Certification Testing

Position Sr. Project Engineer

In Background Section, he provides a simple introduction to the Company Profile and what the project was
about. The Project was about testing Data Throughput, Protocol Conformance, Radio Frequency (RF), Radio
Resource Management, A-GNSS Receiver Testing, Over-The-Air (OAT) Antenna Performance, Field
Interoperability Testing (FIT) and Carrier Aggregation using devices like smartphones and tablets, wireless
cellular routers and data dongles. The main Objective of the project as stated by the author was:

1. To download and install mobile equipment firmware using flashing tools

2. To perform static and drive testing
3. To verify and validate the fixed issues at simulator level as well as a radio interface level
4. To submit a detailed report of the project

Moreover, in Personal Engineering Activity, he discusses his roles and responsibilities as a Project engineer
which are:

 Carry out simulated scenarios using CMW500

 Carry out mobility or filed testing

He explains about various tools and techniques he used to perform these projects. In the first Paragraph, he
provides an overall description of how the testing will be conducted. In the Second paragraph, he illustrates the
testing conducted using CMW500 tester. Similarly, in the third paragraph, he discusses the testing done using
eNodeB. The next paragraph is about mobile device field Testing. In the coming Paragraphs, he describes more
about the testing technique that he used to complete this project.
Finally, he concludes the whole Career Episode by summarizing all the techniques explained in the previous
section that is used for completion of the project in about 130 words.

Career Episode Sample based on Academic Project

The author of this Career episode Report is an Agricultural Engineer. This Career Episode describes roles and
responsibilities held during the work on his University Engineering Projects. This is an example of Academic
Career Episode.
In the first Section, he presents the name of the project i.e. “Development and Evaluation of a Manually
Operated Groundnut Roaster”. He did this project when he was still a student at Obafemi Awolowo
University(OAU) in Nigeria in 2008. He did this project under the supervision of his Professor.
Further, in the Background Section, he provides a brief description of the production of groundnuts in Nigeria
and how it has affected the economy of people for years. Also, he provides the reason for why he choose this
project. There was two objective of the project as explained by the author:

1. To design and evaluate a 20kg capacity groundnut roaster which uses charcoal as an energy source.
2. To Carry out an ergonomic study using a female subject on the developed machine.

He also listed his roles and responsibilities as:

 Initial Study of statistic of Groundnut production in Nigeria
 Prepare necessary apparatus
 Design Groundnut Roaster
 Evaluate the machine with various apparatus
 Determine the roasting capacity and efficiency of the roaster
 Prepare Cost analysis report

To demonstrate his engineering knowledge and skills, he explains the engineering techniques he used to
complete the project in Personal engineering Activity Section. Here, he wrote a separate paragraph for separate
activities like preliminary study, designing, assembling, calculations, testing and analysis as below:

1. CE 1.7: About Roasting Process

2. CE 1.8: Design of Roaster
3. CE 1.9: Working of Machine.
4. CE 1.10: Testing of Roaster Machine using Apparatus
5. CE 1.11: Analysis of Roasting Operation
6. CE 1.12: Cost Analysis
7. CE 1.13: Problem faced and it’s Solution
8. CE 1.14: Future Scope of the machine
9. CE 1.15: Brief Description of the guidance from his professor.

In Summary Statement, he outlines all the activities he did to complete this project. It summarizes all his studies,
designing, implementing, testing and analyzing processes involved in the successful completion of this project.

Good News! Engineers Australia is Accepting PTE

Score Now.
Engineers Australia has announced that it will be accepting Pearson’s Test of English Academic (PTE
Academic) from 1st November 2017. So, don’t worry if you don’t want to take IELTS or Toefl Test.
Applicants submitting their application on or after 1st of November 2017 will be able to provide a PTE Academic
Test result as an alternative to an IELTS test result or a TOEFL ibt test result. The minimum acceptable score
for PTE Academic in each of the 4 modules of Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking are 50 each.
This is very important to keep in mind that the test result form must be less than 2 years old at the time of
application for Engineers Australia Skills Assessment. Also, Engineers Australia will accept only Academic
versions of PTE test while both academic and general versions of IELTS and Toefl are accepted. Toefl Test
Result form was accepted by Engineers Australia since !st January 2016.
The minimum requirement of these Test as per Engineer Australia is :
5 Reasons Why CDR Gets Rejected by Engineers
Australia
Did your CDR Get Rejected? Or Are you afraid that your CDR might get rejected? Then read this
Article prepared by one of our Experts on why CDR get rejected, what common mistakes are done and
how to prevent these mistakes from happening.
Competency Demonstration Report (CDR) is as you already know required by Engineers Australia in order to
assess your skills and qualification. So applicants need to submit a high-quality report to illustrate their
capabilities in their professional field. But even when you give extra care you may commit some common
mistakes while writing CDR. And these mistakes may result in rejection of your CDR Report. CDR gets rejected
when it is not written as per the requirement specified by Engineer’s Australia. Here is a list of common mistakes
that applicants does while writing a CDR for applying for the Engineer Australia Skill Assessment.

1. Divide One Project into Two Career Episodes

A lot of people make this mistake while writing Career Episodes. They divide the same project into two parts
and include each part in each Career Episode. It is the requirement of Engineers Australia that you describe
one full project in each Career Episode.
For example: A Mechanical Engineer prepared his Career Episodes based on the projects done during seventh
and eighth semester of his Engineering Course. These Project was about the design and simulation of the wind
turbine.
The first Project was done, when he was in seventh semester. The Project was about collecting the data, preparing
the literature review and the designing process of the wind turbine. Hence, he discussed about this project in his
first Career Episode.
The second project was done in eighth semester. The project was to complete analysis of the designed wind
turbine, testing of the wind turbine, modification in the wind turbine and finally the resulting design and
simulation report. Thus, he wrote about this project in his second Career Episode.
Even though, these two project had separate marks and was done for different purpose during his academic
period. For EA, these projects are parts of one project since both the project was done to construct a wind
turbine. The second part of the project was done based of the first part. So, EA consider this project as a single
project that was done in two parts. And it should be discussed in only one Career Episode.

2. Writing Career Episode about Group Activity

 This is the most common mistake people does is describe how their group or team worked on the project,
solved the problem and completed the projects. However, CDR is meant to assess your personal skill, not the
teams. It assesses what you did in that project, what was your role and did you achieve it, how you worked on
the team, your decision-making skills and so on. Hence, write your report in first person i.e. I, focus on what
you (I) did personally rather then what your team (WE) did.
For Example: A Mechanical Engineer discussed about the academic project done during his engineering study.
The project was done in group and different part of the project was divided among the team members.
The team did a project regarding the design and simulation of the wind turbine. The works were divided as
literature review, design calculation, design of the project, analysis of the project, modification of the project,
and selection of components, fabrication of the project and finally testing or implementing the project. Among
these task, the mechanical engineer was involved in following tasks:

 Design of the project

 Analysis of the project
 Selection of the components
 Testing or implementing of the project

So, he needed to describe his/her duties and responsibilities (design work, analysis, selection and testing) in his
Career Episode rather than describing works (literature review, design calculation, design work, analysis,
modification, fabrication, testing and implementation) done by group to complete the project.
For instance:
He wrote:
We did the design work in the designing software called Creo Parametric 2.0. We made use of various tools like
lines, spline, extrude, sweep etc. for the design work. We did the design work in the software according to the
mathematical calculation which we did for the design work.
He should have written:
I did the design work in the designing software called Creo Parametric 2.0. I made use of different tools in Creo
like lines, spline, sweep, extrude etc. I did the design work in the software according to the mathematical
calculation for the design. And the final design is shown in the figure.
3. Plagiarism from Samples Available Online
Never do this. The CDR Sample provided by different sites is for reference. Engineers Australia use different
software to find out plagiarized content. So, either you did it intentionally or unintentionally, you’ll get caught.
So just read the sample, learn from it and write your Career Episode on your own Projects in a similar way as in
CDR Sample.

4. CDR in Different Language

It is compulsory that you present you CDR report to Engineers Australia in English Language. It is better if you
use Australian English and use it in a correct way. In case if you wrote your Career Episodes in another language,
 you need to translate your report to English language because EA might not be able to assess your CDR report
because they are simply not able to understand it.

5. Grammatical, Spelling Errors and Report Formatting

When you present your CDR report to the EA, you are submitting an official document which is meant to be
written by a professional. So, you must pay attention to its formatting, correctness of its spellings and grammar,
and the flow of sentences in your CEs. People forget to check this part. Make sure that there is no spelling and
grammar errors, formatting issues and mistakes in a flow of sentences. You are submitting your report as a
professional so it should look like it has been written by a professional. These are small mistakes but this affects
your assessment in a big way.
Here are some other reason for CDR getting rejected.

 Use of Excessive Technical Details: It is okay to write some important Technical information on your projects
but providing too many technical details like calculations, charts, tables, photos etc. on every event of project
degrades the quality of the report. A CDR should give to the point information rather than long and elaborated
details that are tedious for readers.
 Provide information on the bullet point: This is the common mistake done by a lot of People while preparing
CDR. A lot of people present there valuable information like data in bullet points whilst it should be presented
in paragraphs. It is one of the important requirement of Engineer’s Australia. So, explain your data and other
information in paragraphs in a proper manner such that it is easily understandable.
 No Mention of information like duration, location, company profile and project objective.You not only
have to include this information but it should be present in chronological order. You must include this
information in your Report.
 Word Count: Engineers Australia has provided specific rules for the number of Words to be written in each
section of CDR Report. Each Career episode must be more than 1000 words and shouldn’t exceed 2500 words.
Providing Extra details and making career episodes long won’t help you to get a positive assessment. So, you
need to choose essential data and information and present them in a way that it satisfies all the requirement of
Engineer’s Australia
 Not following the Structure of Report: While writing Career Episode, the first paragraph must be an
introduction with around 50 words, next paragraph is background which can be from 200 to 500 words, the third
paragraph is a body and main paragraph and at last summary of Career Episode is done in about 50-100 word.
Learn more about CDR Guidelines here.
 Not Mentioning Problem Statements: This is a very crucial part of CDR Project. Be sure to include problem
statements in your CEs and mention the steps you took to solve them. The project details you were involved with
and what exactly you did in the project should form the main part of your Career Episode.
 No details about Design Activity: Design activities are given high priority in CDR assessment. Lack of
designing experience may be a hindrance for your CDR getting assessed positively. Hence, explain any creative
engineering and technological experience regarding designing activities you have and make sure to highlight it.

How to Write a Perfect CPD for Engineers

Australia?
re you wondering how to write an absolute CPD for Engineers Australia? Well, in this blog you can get a
complete idea of writing a CPD for CDR for Engineers Australia in an easy way.
 Some might be having doubt on what actually CPD is or why do we need to write CPD for Engineers Australia.
These Questions could have been raised in anyone’s mind and he/she might be feeling anxious.
CPD stands for Continuing Professional Development which helps to explain your knowledge and skills in the
related fields. The up-to-date technical skills and progress in your engineering career can be maintained with the
help of CPD. It does not just help in enhancing the knowledge and skills but it helps to widen your professional
networks and contacts as well. CPD is prepared so as the Engineer’s Australia can analyze how well you have
maintained your chartered status.

What Engineers Australia is looking for in your CPD?

Engineers Australia has divided Professional Engineers Competencies into Four Principle Elements and They
are:

What to do and what not to do?

Engineer’s Australia has specified how a CPD Report should look like and what it should include. Following
are few things you should keep in mind while preparing CPD for Engineer’s Australia.

 It must be in list format

 It should be in Chronological Order.
 It may contain any formal or informal activity done in the engineering field.
 It must include detailed information about the title, date, time period, location, and other relevant information.
 It must not exceed one page.
 It is not required to attach certificates of courses and events you were involved.

When you write a CPD it must be able to illustrate all the above elements to prove your Competence in your
Profession. The Content of CPD might be any of the following:
From these Sample, you can see that it is not just a summary of technical skills and knowledge you get to learn
through various activities, it can also contain things you have learned while you were working for a company
like how to use any software or coding or any kind of business management strategies etc.
A CDR application should include all the relevant CPD which helps a lot for your further career in Australia. It
is better to provide the CPD in a list format so that it can be easily understood.
In CPD, it is not necessary to include all the certificate from each course you have described. As the CPD doesn’t
consist of every detail that has been done on the various activities that were done so the CPD should not be too
long. It should only contain the information about what you did but not how you did.
Good luck with your CPD.

The Ultimate Guide to Write a Career Episode

Are you having trouble preparing CDR? Don’t know how to write Career Episodes. No worries. In here, we
have covered every do and don’ts you should keep in mind while writing your Career Episodes.
A Career Episode is written to illustrate your engineering education, job experience and any training related to
your profession. Each Career Episode must mention the certain period of time or aspect of your engineering
skills. Furthermore, each Career Episode should show the application of your engineering skills in the specific
field.
Your career episode should be written about following events:
 Project Report on which you have worked on or currently working on.
 Academic training or program was undertaken during your Engineering Study Period.
 Job responsibilities that are given to you in your workplace.

You need to write three different Career Episodes for your CDR Report. Each Career Episode has four section
Introduction, Background, Personal Engineering Activity and at last, it’s Summary. What to write in this section?
Let’s see.

Introduction
This is the first section of Career Episode. The word count of this section should be approximately 100 words.
Here you need to write about

 the name of the project

 when it happened
 where you did it and
 what was your job

Background
This is the next section of Career episode that is written in about 200-500 words. This section should be able to
explain in detail about

 nature of your project

 it’s objectives and
 your personal involvement in the project.

Personal Engineering Activity

It’s a most crucial part of Career Episode that contains all the information on what you have done in this project
such as what engineering methods you used to solve the problems, how you managed to work in a team, how
you got new ideas an do on. Be Specific about what you personally did rather than what your team did because
it’s a personal competency assessment, not a project assessment.

Summary
Now summarize all the things you have written in the above sections in about 50-100 words.
Well, there you go. Follow these things and there’s no doubt that you Report will be awesome. Learn about CPD
and Summary Statement here.
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