ASDOT provides financial help to cover the cost of qualifications assessment and exams needed to allow overseas trained professionals to work in Australia.
Australian permanent residents or citizens and New Zealand citizens living in Australia who have:
| Profession |
Assessing Authority / Examining Authority |
Approved Assessments or Examinations ** |
| ARCHITECT |
Architects Accreditation Council of Australia (AACA)
www.aaca.org.au |
Final Assessment (Review of Academic Equivalence - RAE)
Architectural Practice Examination |
| CHIROPRACTOR |
The Council on Chiropractic Education Australasia (CCEA)
www.ccea.com.au |
Competency Based Assessment which includes:
- Written Basic Competency - Written Clinical Competency - Practical Clinical Competency |
| DENTIST |
Australian Dental Council (ADC)
www.dentalcouncil.net.au |
Preliminary Examination (MCQ)
Final Examination (Clinical) |
| DIETITIAN |
Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA)
www.daa.asn.au |
DAA Examination in Dietetics for Overseas Trained Dietitians, including:
- Written Case Studies - Oral Examination |
| GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONER |
Australian Medical Council (AMC)
www.amc.org.au |
Multiple Choice Examination (MCQ)
Clinical Examination |
| MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENTIST |
Australian Institute of Medical Scientists (AIMS)
www.aims.org.au |
Professional Examination |
| NURSING |
Nursing Registration Board in relevant State or Territory
www.anmc.org.au |
There are no exams available for Nurses, but overseas-trained nurses can apply to use ASDOT for English language testing (OET or IELTS). |
| OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST |
Council of Occupational Therapists Registration Boards (COTRB)
www.cotrb.saboards.com.au |
Stage II - Practice Audit |
| OPTOMETRIST |
The Optometry Council of Australia and New Zealand (OCANZ)
www.ocanz.org |
Competency in Optometry Examination, including:
- Written Parts - Clinical Part 1 - Clinical Part 2 |
| PHARMACIST |
Australian Pharmacy Council Inc (APC)
www.pharmacycouncil.org.au |
Stage I Examination
Stage II Examination |
| PHYSIOTHERAPIST |
Australian Physiotherapy Council (APC)
www.physiocouncil.com.au |
Written Examination
Clinical Examination |
| PODIATRIST |
Australasian Podiatry Council (A.Pod.C)
www.apodc.com.au |
Stage I Examination (MCQ)
Stage II Examination
(Practical and Oral) |
| RADIOGRAPHER |
Australian Institute of Radiography (AIR)
www.a-i-r.com.au |
There are no exams available for Radiographers, but overseas-trained radiographers can apply to use ASDOT for English language testing (OET or IELTS). |
| VETERINARIAN |
Australian Veterinary Boards Council (AVBC)
www.avbc.asn.au |
National Veterinary Exam, including: – Preliminary Examination(MCQ) – Final Clinical Examination |
| MEDICAL SPECIALIST |
Provided that applicants have a referral letter from the AMC to the Specialist Medical College (with the exception of applicants applying direct to the Royal Australia College of General Practitioners who do NOT require an AMC referral letter), ASDOT will cover the following types of assessments:
Initial interview with medical specialist college;
- Stage I (written exam); and
- Stage II (clinical exam); and
Provided that they are conducted by any of the following Specialist Medical Colleges:
- Australasian Chapter of Palliative Medicine
- Australasian College for Emergency Medicine
- Australasian College of Dermatologists
- Australasian Faculty of Occupational Medicine
- Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine
- Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine
- Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (including the Faculty of Pain Medicine)
|
| English Language Test |
Examining Authority |
Examination Name |
| OET |
The OET Centre
www.oet.com.au |
Occupational English Test |
| IELTS |
IELTS Australia
www.ielts.com |
Academic version of the International English Language Testing System (not the General Training version) |