Migration Skills Assessment (MSA)
Migration Skills Assessment is a critical step in applying for your visa. It is a process for assessing and validating your qualifications and work experience to determine your eligibility for skilled migration to Australia.
Skills assessments are issued by relevant skills assessing authorities. A skills assessing authority is an organisation that checks that your skills meet the standards they set to work in a relevant occupation. The Department can only accept a skills assessment issued by the relevant assessing authority.
List of Skills Assessing Authorities
Below is a comprehensive list of organizations responsible for issuing skills assessments for various occupations, along with their full names and contact website addresses.
| Name | Full Name | Address / Website |
|---|---|---|
| AACA | Architects Accreditation Council of Australia | http://www.aaca.org.au |
| AASW | Australian Association of Social Workers Limited | http://www.aasw.asn.au |
| ACECQA | Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority | https://www.acecqa.gov.au/ |
| ACPSEM | Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine | http://www.acpsem.org.au |
| ACS | Australian Computer Society Incorporated | http://www.acs.org.au |
| ADC | Australian Dental Council Limited | http://www.adc.org.au |
| AIMS | Australian Institute of Medical Scientists | http://www.aims.org.au |
| AIQS | The Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors | http://www.aiqs.com.au |
| AITSL | Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership Limited | http://www.aitsl.edu.au |
| AMSA | Australian Maritime Safety Authority | http://www.amsa.gov.au |
| ANMAC | Australian Nursing & Midwifery Accreditation Council Limited | http://www.anmac.org.au |
| ANZSNM | Australian and New Zealand Society of Nuclear Medicine | http://www.anzsnm.org.au |
| AOAC | Australasian Osteopathic Accreditation Council Limited | http://www.osteopathiccouncil.org.au |
| AOPA | Australian Orthotic Prosthetic Association Limited | https://www.aopa.org.au |
| APC | Australian Physiotherapy Council Limited | http://www.physiocouncil.com.au |
| APharmC | Australian Pharmacy Council Limited | https://www.pharmacycouncil.org.au |
| APS | Australian Psychological Society Limited | http://www.psychology.org.au |
| ASMIRT | Australian Society of Medical Imagery and Radiation Therapy | http://www.asmirt.org |
| AVBC | Australasian Veterinary Boards Council Incorporated | http://www.avbc.asn.au |
| CAANZ | Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand | https://www.charteredaccountantsanz.com/ |
| CASA | Civil Aviation Safety Authority | http://www.casa.gov.au |
| CCEA | Council on Chiropractic Education Australasia Limited | http://www.ccea.com.au |
| CMBA | Chinese Medicine Board of Australia | http://www.chinesemedicineboard.gov.au |
| Community Work Australia | Community Work Australia Limited | https://communitywork.org.au |
| CPAA | CPA Australia Ltd | http://www.cpaaustralia.com.au |
| DAA | Dietitians Association of Australia | http://daa.asn.au |
| Engineers Australia | The Institution of Engineers Australia | http://www.engineersaustralia.org.au |
| GCA | Geospatial Council of Australia | https://geospatialcouncil.org.au/ (Assessment paused for Surveyor ANZSCO 232212) |
| IML | Institute of Managers and Leaders National | https://managersandleaders.com.au/ |
| IPA | Institute of Public Accountants Ltd | http://www.publicaccountants.org.au |
| Legal admissions authority | Legal admissions authority of each state/territory |
New South Wales: ag_lpab@agd.nsw.gov.au Queensland: admissions@qls.com.au South Australia: email@lawsocietysa.asn.au Tasmania: info@lst.org.au Victoria: lawadmissions@justice.vic.gov.au Western Australia: general@lpbwa.com Northern Territory: dwnsupcrtreg.doj@nt.gov.au |
| MedBA | Medical Board of Australia | http://www.ahpra.gov.au |
| NAATI | National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters Ltd | http://www.naati.com.au |
| OCANZ | Optometry Council of Australia and New Zealand Limited | http://www.ocanz.org |
| OTC | Occupational Therapy Council of Australia Limited | http://www.otcouncil.com.au |
| PodBA | Podiatry Board of Australia | https://www.podiatryboard.gov.au/ |
| SPA | The Speech Pathology Association of Australia Limited | http://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au |
| TRA | Trades Recognition Australia | http://tradesrecognitionaustralia.gov.au |
| TRA (trades) | Trades Recognition Australia | http://tradesrecognitionaustralia.gov.au |
| VETASSESS | Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services | https://www.vetassess.com.au |
| VETASSESS (non-trades) | Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services | https://www.vetassess.com.au/ |