[rakeshsoni86]

Hello everybody,

I´m also currently in the process of preparing my CDR. I finished writing my career episodes and working on the rest at the moment.
It would be great to get any kind of help or advice regarding how detailed the career episodes have to be? I am afraid it could be not enough to get approved. I am an aerospace engineer but was mainly working in the field of simulation so I am also afraid that I won´t get recognized as an aerospace engineer.
Thanks in advance.

Hii,

Keep in mind that while writing career episodes all elements of summary statement are well demonstrated in career episodes.

I would advise you to go through summary statement 1st and then start writing your career episodes

 

[APM]

Hello!

I had applied for MSA assuming that my university is accredited in Washington Accord. I realized that my program is not a part of the list of accredited programs and thus got rejected. They suggested I apply for CDR. Will I have to pay the fees again for CDR? Am I missing out something here?

 

[vivek123]

Hi All,,

I received the following feedback from EA case officer . What and how should i proceed ?
I have written the career episodes on my own and i have not copied any data from other career episodes. I have taken reference from mechanical engineer career episode for the format and i have written my own career episode for Telecommunication Engineering, Please do help guys. I am bit nervous.

We have identified that your career episode contains significant text and narratives copied from career episodes submitted to Engineers Australia. This means that your CDR declaration that the Report is all your own work is misleading. You are required to explain this situation.

 

[bapudamunda]

How do I write work experience statement for National Engineering Register (NER) registration? Is it same as writing Careers episodes for migration skill assessment?

 

[Rikch]

Hello everyone,
I need urgent help regarding immigration process. We applied for Australia immigration and as a first step we applied with our cdr and cpd. We wrote everything ourselves, only followed template which was provided by msa document.
We recieved an email with three objection which stated that our one career epispde is in essay format and other two in tabular format, other objection stated that, there was high similarity among three career episode. We explained that y is it so.
Now we recieved an email which is following
“Thank you for your Migration Skills Assessment Competency Demonstration Report application. We have identified that one or more of your career episodes have been copied – either from internet sources, publications or career episodes submitted to Engineers Australia.

This means that your CDR declaration that the Report is ‘all your own work’ is not correct; and thus does not demonstrate a commitment to ethical conduct and professional accountability. Consequently, your application is rejected and a 12 month ban has been imposed.

If you are dissatisfied with the assessment outcome, you may follow the review process outlined in the
MSA Booklet.”

We wanna go in review because we haven't copied from anywhere. I need suggestion how to explain ourselves. Ot might b because many engineers around us following same template but, honestly we haven't copied.
Suggestions required.

 

[harun guler]

Hi Guys,

First of all thank you so much to all you guys put time and effort to help others. I really appreciate it.

Second of all, please see below comments that i received from Engineering Australia,

1. This career episode does not demonstrate your competency as a professional engineer.
2. Please submit a new career episode.
3. Please refer to pages 31-36 of MSA Booklet to make sure that your updated episode properly addresses each competency element.
4. Focus on how you used your engineering skills and knowledge to plan, design, organise and oversee the construction and operation of dams, bridges, pipelines, gas and water supply schemes, sewerage systems, airports and other civil engineering projects.
5. Please provide the academic project report (in the original format) that you used to write your career episode or a reference letter from your immediate supervisor confirming that you worked on this project if based on work experience.
6. Note that if your updated career episode still does not demonstrate your competency you may not receive a positive outcome of your assessment.

I obviously need to re-write my assessments. I will write my assessments based on my study at university not on work experience as my work experience was literally on-site applications, also i do not think i can still contact my old employer to obtain any paper.

what does ( Please provide the academic project report (in the original format) that you used to write your career episode ) mean???

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[RICTON]

Hi Guys,

First of all thank you so much to all you guys put time and effort to help others. I really appreciate it.

Second of all, please see below comments that i received from Engineering Australia,

1. This career episode does not demonstrate your competency as a professional engineer.
2. Please submit a new career episode.
3. Please refer to pages 31-36 of MSA Booklet to make sure that your updated episode properly addresses each competency element.
4. Focus on how you used your engineering skills and knowledge to plan, design, organise and oversee the construction and operation of dams, bridges, pipelines, gas and water supply schemes, sewerage systems, airports and other civil engineering projects.
5. Please provide the academic project report (in the original format) that you used to write your career episode or a reference letter from your immediate supervisor confirming that you worked on this project if based on work experience.
6. Note that if your updated career episode still does not demonstrate your competency you may not receive a positive outcome of your assessment.

I obviously need to re-write my assessments. I will write my assessments based on my study at university not on work experience as my work experience was literally on-site applications, also i do not think i can still contact my old employer to obtain any paper.

what does ( Please provide the academic project report (in the original format) that you used to write your career episode ) mean???

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi,
Sorry for getting comments from EA, its common nowdays. What they meant on academic projects submission is. You need to submit the Thesis or research projects that you did at University that you used to develop the Career Episodes.They will crosscheck to make sure your project is not fake by scanning through turnitin.So before submitting make sure its plagiarism free

 

[RICTON]

How do I write work experience statement for National Engineering Register (NER) registration? Is it same as writing Careers episodes for migration skill assessment?

PM me, i can share my experience

 

[harun guler]

Hi,
Sorry for getting comments from EA, its common nowdays. What they meant on academic projects submission is. You need to submit the Thesis or research projects that you did at University that you used to develop the Career Episodes.They will crosscheck to make sure your project is not fake by scanning through turnitin.So before submitting make sure its plagiarism free

Hi, Thank you so much for your reply. I can definitely write a new assessment based on my study at Uni. What i want to know is does academic project report have to be an official paper can only be optained from University? I graduated 10 years ago, some of my lecturers retired or working at somewhere else. it is so hard to find them again. but as i said i can write an assessment based on the curriculum that i studied.

 

[RICTON]

Hi, Thank you so much for your reply. I can definitely write a new assessment based on my study at Uni. What i want to know is does academic project report have to be an official paper can only be optained from University? I graduated 10 years ago, some of my lecturers retired or working at somewhere else. it is so hard to find them again. but as i said i can write an assessment based on the curriculum that i studied.

Was one of your projects based on academic reports?. if yes then you dont have any other option but to submit the report or obtain a signed letter from university showing that you did the project.

 

[dakkin05]

All 3 CDR's from 13 months experience

Hi All,
I have a few question on the CDR's
1. Can I submit all the 3 CDR's from mechanical experience after engineering education. Total experience is
14 months, or do I have to mandatorily submit one CDR from academic project for sure out of 3.
2. Is turnit or write check plagiarism check good enough to get a CDR evaluated successfully or do I need to lot of technicality in the CDR report itself. I mean can the CDR be a simple task too
3. I have Btech in mechanical with 13 months experience , Mech engineering done in 2003 and experience is back in 2003 - 2004. After that I wan not in mechanical field
Can one CDR be just for 2 or 3 months of my experience??
4. Professional Engineer , Engineering Technologist , Engineering Associate. Which of these categories are enough to get assessment for partner points??


Thanks for your help

 

[aswinputhenveettil]

Hi All,
I have a few question on the CDR's
1. Can I submit all the 3 CDR's from mechanical experience after engineering education. Total experience is
14 months, or do I have to mandatorily submit one CDR from academic project for sure out of 3.
2. Is turnit or write check plagiarism check good enough to get a CDR evaluated successfully or do I need to lot of technicality in the CDR report itself. I mean can the CDR be a simple task too
3. I have Btech in mechanical with 13 months experience , Mech engineering done in 2003 and experience is back in 2003 - 2004. After that I wan not in mechanical field
Can one CDR be just for 2 or 3 months of my experience??
4. Professional Engineer , Engineering Technologist , Engineering Associate. Which of these categories are enough to get assessment for partner points??


Thanks for your help

Hello,

Please let us know if your work experience is based in Australia or India.

Since you’re a mechanical engineer, your cdr will get approved as Professional Engineer or Engineering Technologist in some cases. Since you’ve completed your degree few years back, I reckon more chances of getting designated as Engineering Technologist.

Turnitin is the best plagiarism detector & it’s used by EA. But it’s a commercial application and hence it isn’t easily available to general users. You can use grammarly or other software available online.

CDR preparation is a big task that needs atleast two months (3 career episodes + Summary statement + CPD + Resume).

Please revert back if you need any more information.

 

[dakkin05]

Hello,

Please let us know if your work experience is based in Australia or India.

Since you’re a mechanical engineer, your cdr will get approved as Professional Engineer or Engineering Technologist in some cases. Since you’ve completed your degree few years back, I reckon more chances of getting designated as Engineering Technologist.

Turnitin is the best plagiarism detector & it’s used by EA. But it’s a commercial application and hence it isn’t easily available to general users. You can use grammarly or other software available online.

CDR preparation is a big task that needs atleast two months (3 career episodes + Summary statement + CPD + Resume).

Please revert back if you need any more information.

Hi, I am sorry, my experience is in India, Btech Mechanical Engineering..
would Engineering Technologist get me partner points, is it enough plus 6 points in PTE.

Also my question was more towards can I have 3 CDR's in 1 years of experience..

In my resume, I will have only 1 year of mechanical experience back in 2003. I have been in marketing since then, but I am planning to not put those in my resume., is that OK. My intention is only to get partner points positive assessment

Also can all my CDR's be from experience and none from my education project..??

Thanks

 

[aswinputhenveettil]

Hello,

Please let us know if your work experience is based in Australia or India.

Since you’re a mechanical engineer, your cdr will get approved as Professional Engineer or Engineering Technologist in some cases. Since you’ve completed your degree few years back, I reckon more chances of getting designated as Engineering Technologist.

Turnitin is the best plagiarism detector & it’s used by EA. But it’s a commercial application and hence it isn’t easily available to general users. You can use grammarly or other software available online.

CDR preparation is a big task that needs atleast two months (3 career episodes + Summary statement + CPD + Resume).

Please revert back if you need any more information.

Hi, I am sorry, my experience is in India, Btech Mechanical Engineering..
would Engineering Technologist get me partner points, is it enough plus 6 points in PTE.

Also my question was more towards can I have 3 CDR's in 1 years of experience..

In my resume, I will have only 1 year of mechanical experience back in 2003. I have been in marketing since then, but I am planning to not put those in my resume., is that OK. My intention is only to get partner points positive assessment

Also can all my CDR's be from experience and none from my education project..??

Thanks

Yes, if you get assessed as a professional engineer or an engineering technologist and you score atleast 6 in each of the four modules of IELTS or 50 each in PTE and if you satisy the age criteria, you’ll contribute 5 points towards your spouse’s PR application. Please remember the nominated occupation of the main applicant should be in the same occupation list as yours.

I’m afraid I don’t know much about preparing the cdr based on work experience. I’ll leave it to other group members.

Good Luck!

 

[dakkin05]

Yes, if you get assessed as a professional engineer or an engineering technologist and you score atleast 6 in each of the four modules of IELTS or 50 each in PTE and if you satisy the age criteria, you’ll contribute 5 points towards your spouse’s PR application. Please remember the nominated occupation of the main applicant should be in the same occupation list as yours.

I’m afraid I don’t know much about preparing the cdr based on work experience. I’ll leave it to other group members.

Good Luck!

Thanks Aswin, can some one please respond to my question about submitting 3 CDR's from 1 years of experience and none from academic project.

Thanks

 

[dakkin05]

Sorry Guys, I have one more question. If I want to submit my 3 CDR's from 1 year experience after my Btech, do I also need to submit payslips / tax-returns for that 1 year. I dont have any paystubs from back in 2003. I only have experience letter for that 1 year.

P.S - My intention is only to get positive assessment for partner points, not experience points


Thanks
Deepika

 

[aswinputhenveettil]

Sorry Guys, I have one more question. If I want to submit my 3 CDR's from 1 year experience after my Btech, do I also need to submit payslips / tax-returns for that 1 year. I dont have any paystubs from back in 2003. I only have experience letter for that 1 year.

P.S - My intention is only to get positive assessment for partner points, not experience points


Thanks
Deepika

Hi,

I suppose they’ll ask for payslips & other documents only for assessing relevant skilled employment. But still they might request letters from your employer verifying your project details.

I think it’s easy for you to prepare your cdr based on your academic projects. You can then submit your project reports if they request additional information.

Cheers!

 

[dakkin05]

Hi,

I suppose they’ll ask for payslips & other documents only for assessing relevant skilled employment. But still they might request letters from your employer verifying your project details.

I think it’s easy for you to prepare your cdr based on your academic projects. You can then submit your project reports if they request additional information.

Cheers!

What kind of letters would they request from my employer other than experience letter with job duties

I don't have my old academic project (only one project in final year) in hand to submit incase they ask from project reports. I am not sure if university would keep a copy now for degree back in 2003

 

[bssanthosh47]

What kind of letters would they request from my employer other than experience letter with job duties

I don't have my old academic project (only one project in final year) in hand to submit incase they ask from project reports. I am not sure if university would keep a copy now for degree back in 2003

Below replies to all the queries

1) You can give 3 projects for CDR from work even if it is a 1 yr work experience
2) You can give final year academic project CDR but make sure you have the project report submitted to college with college seal and signature and your name as a team member for this project . EA might ask this for evidene purpose.
3) Any project submitted from work you will need to submit , R&R and all the documents to prove your employment with this company(Pay slips, 26AS, PF statement , offer letter ,leaving letter , Apprisal letter is any , confirmation letter , bank entry to show salary credit) mandatory ones are highlighted in red . Refer to EA MSA booklet for same .
4) If you get access to turntin use it but make sure that you dont tick the box which says save data to database . EA also uses turntin and if your project is saved to data base they will reject it for plagarism . Turntin access is difficult to get for an individual .
Use writecheck , i used it too and it is a version of turntin released for public . It is really cheap and gives you accurate results and it does not save any data to database Do not load your projects into any online free plagarism checkers you find on goolge . all r scam and waste and dont give you accurate results and chances are that your projects might get stored in database .
5) PE ,ET, EA anything is fine to claim partner points . Skill has to be assesed positively and it has to be in the same skill list as your partner .

Cheers
Santhosh

 

[vijgin]

Hi Friends, I have submitted for Skilled education assessment for Civil Engineer in fast track on 14-Nov through a MARA agent. It is to add spouse points. Do you know when i can expect an outcome?