1.6. Fee Refunds Refunds will not be provided if you choose to withdraw your application or do not provide the application documents within 45 days of the date you applied online. The circumstances in which TRA will refund a payment are detailed in the TRA Payment and Refund Policy under Forms & Policy on the TRA website at . Section 2. Program Requirements and Processes The JRP is a four‐step employment‐based skills assessment program. To complete the JRP you must undertake and complete each of the steps shown in the diagram below. The following provides detailed information about the requirements of each step of the program. 2.1. Step 1: Provisional Skills Assessment (PSA) PSA, TRA verifies the authenticity of your Australian qualification, and that you have had exposure to a range of tasks and duties relevant to your nominated occupation in an Australian workplace. A successful PSA outcome can be used to apply to Home Affairs for a Temporary Graduate visa (subclass 485). A successful PSA outcome is required before you can apply for step 2 (Job Ready Employment) of the JRP. If you hold a student visa at the time of applying for step 2, it must have less than 4 months remaining on the visa. You can complete steps 2 - 4 of the JRP on a Bridging Visa A while waiting for a subclass 485 visa. 2.1.1. Eligibility To be eligible for a PSA you must have: held an international student visa to study in Australia a qualification relevant to an occupation assessed by TRA, and awarded by a CRICOS RTO as a result of study in Australia evidence of a minimum of 360 of employment and/or a vocational placement relevant to your qualification and nominated occupation, completed in an Australian workplace within the three years prior to submitting a PSA application online. 2.1.2. Online Application Process To apply for the PSA, you must first register through the on TRA website for the Job Ready Program. (see Section 1.4). You should then select the Provisional Skills Assessment link, complete all the mandatory fields and
Section 4. Contact Details Contact the TRA Job Program on the details below: Phone Monday to Friday: 10.00 am – 12.00 pm and 1.00 pm – 4.00 pm Australian Eastern Standard Time, excluding public holidays (GMT +10 hours) Outside Australia: +61 2 6240 8778 Within Australia: 1300 360 992 Email Documents Web
Section 5. Document change history Version Date published Summary of change Authorised by 1.0 28/04/2011 Publication Jan Febey Branch Manager, TRA 2.0 28/06/2011 Policy update: additional evidence requirements for PSA from 1 July 2011 Jan Branch Manager, TRA 3.0 04/10/2011 Incorporating online application for Steps 2‐4 Job Employment requirements clarified Jan Febey Branch Manager, TRA 4.0 June 2012 Update to payment details and Contact information Dr Melissa McEwen General Manager, TRA 5.0 March 2013 Update fees and payment options Tracy Feeney A/g General Manager, TRA 6.0 July 2013 Remove review fee for JRFA. Clarify verification arrangements for PSA. Reflect Visa changes and Department name Dr Melissa McEwen General Manager, TRA 7.0 November 2013 Updates to reflect recent Government and Departmental name and brand changes. Clarification of requirements around the use of the PSA and access into the JRE Dr Melissa McEwen General Manager, TRA, Skills Mobility and Asian Connections Branch 8.0 December 2013 Remove need to do Professional Development Training Dr Melissa McEwen General Manager, TRA, Skills Mobility and Asian Connections 9.0 September 2014 Update JRE eligibility criteria to include prior employment. Update requirements for online Journal entries. Re‐word text for greater language clarity and cohesion Dr Melissa McEwen General Manager, Skills Engagement Branch 10.0 January 2015 Update PSA eligibility requirement to remove IELTS test result Dr Melissa McEwen Branch Manager, Skills Engagement Branch 11.0 2015 Updates to reflect recent Government and Departmental name and brand changes Dr Melissa McEwen Branch Manager, Skills Engagement Branch 12.0 May 2016 Update PSA to remove ‘work experience’ include ‘employment and/or vocational placement must be completed within 3 years of online application’ Update JRE to include ‘employment must be current at receipt of JRE registration documents’ include employment must be consecutive months’ in the three months Ms Anne Flynn Director, TRA
prior to applying online 13.0 November 2016 Revised to provide concise and plain English text and remove repetition of information. Update to include CRICOS requirements Update to review process Mr Brahim Branch Manager State Network and Trades Recognition Australia 14.0 August 2017 Update PSA to clarify when TRA will contact a work statement signatory. Include receipt of documents by Minor updates for readability / accessibility. Mr Kevin Brahim Branch Manager State Network and Trades Recognition Australia 15.0 December 2017 Update JRP to remove postal option for all steps. Minor updates for clarification. Mr Brahim Branch Manager State Network and Trades Recognition Australia 16.0 January 2018 Update to the recent Government change and department name change. Update JRP process timeframes. Minor edits and updates for clarification of information. Ms Anne Flynn A/g Branch Manager State Network and Trades Recognition Australia 17.0 June 2018 Update to reflect changes to the monthly journal format. Minor edits and updates for clarification of information. Mr Kevin Brahim Branch Manager State Network and Trades Recognition Australia