Assessment Evidence Requirements for Trade Occupations

• The exact employment period (start and finish dates).
• The normal hours of work.
• The nature of employment (full-time, part-time, casual).
• Job title (actual occupation).
• A detailed description of the relevant tasks undertaken.
• The name and address of the business on official business letterhead.
• The name, position, contact details (phone number and business email address), date and signature of the person authorised to make the statement and the length of time they supervised the applicant. (This referee must be the employer or supervisor).

If you are or have been self-employed, you must provide evidence of your employment in your trade. Please refer to the Evidence Guide  for more information about the types of evidence you should provide.

Contact details provided on employer statements must be correct as we will contact referees to verify the reference is genuine.

• Official government tax records or documents that may include payment summaries, group certificates or notices of assessment.
• Three pay slips citing names of the employer and employee (pay slips should be from the start, middle and end of each year claimed).
• Superannuation documents citing the names of the applicant and employer.
• Bank statements with the employer’s name and clearly showing income has been deposited.

VETASSESS cannot accept statutory declarations about your employment experience in the absence of 3rd party evidence (e.g. employer reference and financial records).

NOTE: Some occupations have additional evidence requirements.

For detailed information about the evidence you must provide in a Pathway 1 assessment (including occupation-specific evidence requirements), please download the Evidence Guide.

For detailed information about the evidence you must provide in a Pathway 2 assessment (including occupation-specific evidence requirements), please download the Pathway 2 Assessment Guide and Evidence Guide.

• The exact employment period (start and finish dates).
• The normal hours of work.
• The nature of employment (full-time, part-time, casual).
• Job title (actual occupation).
• A detailed description of the relevant tasks undertaken.
• The name and address of the business on official business letterhead.
• The name, position, contact details (phone number and business email address), date and signature of the person authorised to make the statement and the length of time they supervised the applicant. (This referee must be the employer or supervisor).

If you are or have been self-employed, you must provide evidence of your employment in your trade. Please refer to the Evidence Guide  for more information about the types of evidence you should provide.

Contact details provided on employer statements must be correct as we will contact referees to verify the reference is genuine.

• Official government tax records or documents that may include payment summaries, group certificates or notices of assessment.
• Three pay slips citing names of the employer and employee (pay slips should be from the start, middle and end of each year claimed).
• Superannuation documents citing the names of the applicant and employer.
• Bank statements with the employer’s name and clearly showing income has been deposited.

VETASSESS cannot accept statutory declarations about your employment experience in the absence of 3rd party evidence (e.g. employer reference and financial records).

NOTE: Some occupations have additional evidence requirements.

For detailed information about the evidence you must provide in a Pathway 1 assessment (including occupation-specific evidence requirements), please download the Evidence Guide.

For detailed information about the evidence you must provide in a Pathway 2 assessment (including occupation-specific evidence requirements), please download the Pathway 2 Assessment Guide and Evidence Guide.

You must upload your evidence online as part of the application process. You must submit all relevant evidence before you pay for your assessment.

You must upload colour scans of original documents. The minimum scan resolution is 150 dpi (dots per inch).

Only scanned copies of original documents will be accepted. Do not send your original copies. If you submit original documents, they will not be returned. Your documents do not need to be certified.

If your documents are not in English, you will need to have them translated into English. You need to submit copies of the original documents as well as the English translations. Please note that a registered translation service must be used.

If you are or have been self-employed, you must provide evidence of your employment in your trade. Please refer to the Evidence Guide for more information about the types of evidence you should provide.

The information provided to VETASSESS may be used for data matching with other Australian Government agencies such as the Department of Education, the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, the Department of Home Affairs and the Australian Taxation Office.