From 1 January 2010, applicants applying for a skills assessment for permanent residency from within Australia are required to undertake the Job Ready Program to meet the Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) skills assessment requirements for a permanent residence visa.

Trades Recognition Australia has been working to develop a program that provides people applying for skills assessments from within Australia with a real opportunity to increase their chance of gaining employment in their chosen trade if they are successful in their bid to migrate to Australia as a skilled worker.

Recognising the difficulty that many applicants to TRA were having in gaining the 900 hours relevant work experience during the period of their student visa that was required under previous requirements, TRA has developed a new skills assessment program. The new TRA Job Ready Program allows participants more time to gain valuable experience in an Australian workplace. Our discussions with employers told us that this experience is highly valued. The Job Ready Program is designed to give you time to develop and demonstrate your trade skills and to gain valuable workplace experience thereby giving you a better chance of finding work in your trade if you are successful in application for permanent migration.