Major Changes – New Booklet of Engineers Australia – 2017 VS Mar 2018…

By: Amin Saleem, CEO – CareersGiant

Change # 01:

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Under the heading of 2.5.2. Writing your Three Career Episodes:

Career Episodes based on work experience must be accompanied with evidence of employment. These should be uploaded to the “Relevant Skilled Employment” section of your online application.

NOTE: You do not need to apply for relevant skilled employment assessment but you must provide this evidence.

Change # 02:

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your own personal role in the work described. Remember, it is what I did, not what we did or what ‘I was involved in’ and describe how you did it.

2.5.3. Plagiarism

Career Episodes must be based on work conducted personally by you and must be written entirely in your own words. Presenting work conducted by others as your own and/or using other people’s words (templates, Career Episodes, online sources etc.) is considered plagiarism and is a violation of Engineers Australia’s code of ethics. This carries significant penalties including the rejection of the application, imposition of a 12-month ban and/or reporting of your details to the Department of Home Affairs for further investigation and action.

Warning

Having your Career Episodes written by another person or persons constitutes unethical behaviour and will result in serious consequences including but not limited to:

1) Immediate rejection of the application along with the imposition of a 12-month ban.

2) Mandatory reporting of the applicant’s details to the Department of Home Affairs.

Change # 03:

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Fraudulent Documents:

Please note that submitting fraudulent documentation is a serious breach of Engineers Australia’s code of ethics and carries significant penalties including the rejection of the application, imposition of a 12-month ban and reporting of your details to the Department of Home Affairs for further investigation and action.

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Skilled Employment Recognition:

1. Please be aware that only successful Relevant Skilled Employment assessments will be recorded in the final outcome letter.
2. If all or part of your employment was not included in the outcome letter it may be because of one or more reasons as listed in paragraph 4.5 above.

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OLD BOOKLET:

Secondary Documents (either 2 OR 3)

2.1 Income Tax Return Acknowledgement or Receipt;

2.2 Social Security Insurance/ Superfund/ Provident Fund/ Retirement

Contribution Statement Reports.

OR

3.1 Work Permit/ Residence Permit;

3.2 Official Contract Document from the Ministry of Labour etc..

(indicating your wage, title and employer’s name).

NEW BOOKLET:

SECONDARY DOCUMENTS

 Income Tax Return Acknowledgement or Receipt; and/or

 Social Security Insurance/ Superfund/ Provident Fund/ Retirement Contribution Statement Reports.

OR

 Work Permit/ Residence Permit; and

 Official Contract Document from the Ministry of Labour etc.. (indicating your wage, title and employer’s name).

Change # 06:

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Documents Section:

Download the March 2018 Booklet Here