Engineers Australia assessment overview
Engineers Australia (EA) is the designated assessing authority for all engineering occupations on the ANZSCO list. EA assesses applicants in four occupational categories: Professional Engineer, Engineering Technologist, Engineering Associate and Engineering Manager. Applicants holding a qualification accredited under the Washington Accord, Sydney Accord or Dublin Accord follow the Accredited Qualification pathway. Applicants with non-accredited qualifications — common for graduates of Spanish-speaking universities — follow the Competency Demonstration Report (CDR) pathway, which combines a CV, three Career Episodes, a Summary Statement and CPD records authored in English by the applicant. A positive EA outcome is required before lodging skilled migration visas including subclass 189, 190, 491, 482 and 186.
Documents requiring certified translation
Any supporting document not originally issued in English must be accompanied by a NAATI certified English translation before upload to the EA online portal. For Spanish-speaking applicants this normally includes:
- Engineering degree certificate (título de ingeniero) — front and back of the parchment.
- Academic transcript or syllabus (pensum, malla curricular, certificado de notas).
- Employment reference letters detailing dates, role and engineering duties.
- Professional registration with the engineering board (e.g. COPNIA, Colegio de Ingenieros).
- Postgraduate qualifications (Masters, Specialisations).
- CPD certificates and training records if issued in Spanish.
- Passport bio page and national identity card.
Degree certificates and transcripts
Your engineering degree and academic transcript are the foundation of an EA assessment. Assessors use the transcript to map your subjects against the relevant engineering knowledge profile (Stage 1 competencies) for your category, so the translation must reproduce every subject name, mark, credit-hour value, GPA calculation and total. Degree parchments are translated on both sides, including the conferral date, faculty and any honours endorsement. Where your transcript includes a separate syllabus or contact-hour breakdown, that table is reproduced in the same structure as the original so the EA assessor can read it the same way the university issued it. Postgraduate diplomas, masters parchments and specialisation certificates are translated to the same standard.
Employment and project records
Employment evidence demonstrates the engineering practice that underpins your CDR Career Episodes. EA expects each reference letter to be on company letterhead and to include the exact dates of employment, your position title, the country where the work was performed, hours per week and a detailed list of engineering duties. The NAATI translation reproduces each letter verbatim — including the letterhead, signatory's name and title, and every duty listed — and translates the underlying project documentation, contracts, payslips and social security records that corroborate it. Any technical terminology specific to your discipline (civil, electrical, mechanical, mining, software, etc.) is translated accurately so the EA assessor can match your experience to the nominated category.
Related guides
See skills assessment translation overview and employment letter translation.