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QUOTE=AiecHi Gustavo,
Migration does not relate to level of study but the specific skills and accordingly most are at the Vocational (VET) level for SOL and MODL.
If you study a 2 year program you can apply for Permanent Residency and obviously improve your chances if you study MODLs and regional etc., i.e. should give required points.
What is your , nationality, education and professional background, and what would you prefer to study?
Andrew Australian International Education Centre www.aiec.biz
Hi there Thanks everyone for your replies and sorry for not getting back earlier...
So Andrew, I'm a Brazilian Biologist (with a Management and Conservation Graduate Diploma as well) who has work for a while back in my home country (but less than the 2 years minimum required by the occupations I could nominate. Moreover, I've been now living in NZ for one year, where I've been working with something else since then). Actually, this lack of experience is the only reason why I was considering the idea of studying a Vocational course in Australia.
Therefore, I was looking for a TAFE course (such as Diploma of Environmental Management or Diploma of Conservation and Land Management) expecting that I would be able to apply for a residence nominating one of the positions: Environmental Research Scientist (2114-11), Environmental, Parks and Landcare Manager (1299-17), Forester (2114-13) or Park Ranger (2114-15), all currently stated at the Send Occupation List (SOL) published by the Australian Government. However, I found out later that all of these positions are under the VETbuttES rules, which means that they expect you to have at least a degree (and not only a Diploma), because they are only 50 points occupations...
So, I started considering the idea of studying a similar course on a Master degree basis (which is more expensive, but at least upgrades my background) and I later found out that again it would not be possible to nominate one of those occupations because, according to the rules of "Send Migrants - Independent Overseas Students (under subclbutt 880)", this occupation should be a 60 points (or 50, but only if the overseas student has completed a PhD in Australia).
(And finally, as I'd like to confirm all these information, I started this thread with the resume I got, expecting that someone could tell me whether they're correct or not...)
Thanks again, Gustavo
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