ACECQA

Updated on 02 Jan 2025

• The Australian Children’s Education & Care Quality Authority (ACECQA) conducts skills assessments for individuals seeking to work in early childhood education and care in Australia for migration purposes.  

  Eligibility:

  You are eligible to apply for a Migration Skills Assessment if your nominated occupation is:

  • 3 Below Skilled Occupations List are assessed with ACECQA 
  • Relevant to your qualification(s).  
  • Relevant to your employment experience (if applicable to the nominated occupation).

  The occupations for which ACECQA is the assessing authority for migration purposes are:

  • Early Childhood (Pre-Primary School) Teacher  
  • Child Care Centre Manager
  • Child Care Worker (Group Leaders only)

  Requirements:

  The specific documents you need to provide depend on your nominated occupation and whether you already hold an ACECQA-approved qualification.

  For all Migration Skills Assessments:

  • Your valid passport (identity page).  
  • Evidence of a change of name (if applicable).
  • A completed and signed Skills Assessment Applicant Declaration and Consent Form.  
  • A completed and signed Migration Agent Declaration and Consent Form.  

  If you hold an ACECQA-approved Diploma or higher qualification:

  • Your official qualification certificate
  • Your official academic transcript (must include all years of study).

  If you need your qualification assessed under the National Quality Framework (NQF):

  • Your official qualification certificate/parchment.  
  • Your official academic transcript (must include all years of study).  
  • Evidence of English Language Proficiency:

  For Child Care Centre Manager and Child Care Worker (Group Leaders only) occupations (in addition to the above, if applicable):

  • Formal employment contract in the relevant occupation.  
  • Formal position description in the relevant occupation.  
  • Evidence of service registration/regulation for each period of relevant employment.  
  • Completed Employer Reference Template by your employer for all employment experience you are claiming.
  • Completed Employment Experience Template by you for all employment experience you are claiming.

  For Provisional Skills Assessment (for the Temporary Graduate visa (subclass 485) - Child Care Centre Manager only):

  • An ACECQA nationally approved diploma (or higher) early childhood education and care qualification from a CRICOS-registered provider.  
  • Evidence of at least 240 hours (for Diploma CHC50113) or 280 hours (for Diploma CHC50121) of supervised work placement completed in an Australian workplace as part of your qualification.  
  • Evidence that you meet the subclass 485 Temporary Graduate Visa eligible age requirement (under 35 years old from July 1, 2024).  

  Fees  

  • Migration Skills Assessment: AUD 1100 (includes GST)  
  • Review of a Migration Skills Assessment: AUD 990 (includes GST)
  • Provisional Skills Assessment (for Temporary Graduate visa - Child Care Centre Manager): AUD 330 (includes GST)
  • Review of a Provisional Skills Assessment: AUD 330 (includes GST)  
  • DAMA Skills Assessment: AUD 1100 (includes GST

  Application Guidelines.

ACECQA assesses applications against the assessment standards set out in the below documents:

• Assessment Standards for Child Care Centre Manager Occupation 
• Assessment Standards for Child Care Worker (group leaders only) Occupation. 
• Assessment Standards for Early Childhood Education 

 

Apply Online:

Contact Details:
ACECQA 
[e-mail]

Address: 6/175 Liverpool St,

Sydney NSW 2000

  

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