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Application and Admission Procedure
- Please complete all sections of the Application for Enrolment form, sign and date at each place indicated including at the foot of each page. For Application Form CLICK HERE.
- Return all forms to The Ashmark Institute of Australia with documentation as listed in the application.
- The Refund Policy forms part of the application and enrolment contract. Please read it carefully, CLICK HERE to view the refund policy.
- If required, include certified evidence of qualifications and English language proficiency. Please contact the institute to find out whether you are required to provide evidence of qualifications and English language proficiency. Requirements for such evidence are influenced by your country of origin.
- Return the application and attachments to:
Administration Manager
The Ashmark Institute of Australia
287-313 Macaulay Road
North Melbourne Melbourne Victoria 3000
Australia
Phone: +61 3 9348 9002
Fax: +61 3 9329 2454
Email: info@ashmark.edu.au
Acceptance Procedure
- If you are successful, you will receive a Letter of Offer stating the course for which you have been accepted, course and other fees to be paid, commencement dates and overseas student health cover information.
- When you have paid your fees, a Confirmation of Enrolment will be sent to you, together with an International Student Information Manual that details information you will need to know prior to your arrival in Australia.
The electronic Confirmation of Enrolment is used to obtain a student visa from the Australian Diplomatic Mission in your country, or from the Department of Immigration & Multicultural Affairs in Australia (DIAC).
Academic Requirement
This policy is in place to ensure that all individuals who gain entry into a Nationally Accredited Program have the appropriate skills and abilities they require to be successful in their studies. Furthermore, the Ashmark Institute of Australia upholds flexibility and equal opportunity; encouraging people to apply for enrolment without discrimination through a variety of means so that an optimal number of students can participate in education and training at the highest level.
ENGLISH REQUIREMENTS
To meet the English language demands of our VET courses, all students must satisfy AIA that they have adequate English for the courses they undertake. As a general rule, this means that a student’s English language competency needs to be equivalent to IELTS Band Score 5.5 or higher.
As evidence that his or her English level is equivalent to IELTS 5.5, the student must show evidence of having achieved one of the following:
1. Satisfactory completion of a minimum of 6 weeks of Certificate III in ESL (Further Study) at Upper Intermediate level at another registered training organisation. The course needs to have been completed no more than one year prior to the student’s application for admission into AIA’s VET program. OR
2. Satisfactory completion of 6 – 10 weeks of Upper Intermediate level from a National ELT Accreditation Scheme (NEAS) Accredited English Institution. The course needs to have been completed no more than one year prior to the student’s application for admission into AIA’s VET program. OR
3. To the satisfaction of AIA, formal evidence that the student has achieved an IELTS Band Score of 5.5 within two years of the student’s application for admission into Ashmark Institute. OR
4. For students from countries in which English is the mother tongue, no formal testing is generally required for entry into a VET course.
5. DIAC will accept test scores from alternative English Language Tests for student visa applications from 5 Nov 2011. Please refer to DIAC website for further details.
Additional Notes:
- In the above evidence list, should any point contradict government policies relating to the issuing of student visas, government policies shall always take precedence over Ashmark Institute policies.
- For students applying from overseas, the school reserves the right to conduct a phone interview with the student prior to enrolment to assist Ashmark Institute in assessing whether the student’s English is adequate for the course. The phone interview will be approximately 10-15 minutes in duration and will cover a range of topics dealing with every day matters and topics relating to the course the student intends to enrol in.
- On the basis of the phone interview, Ashmark Institute will advise the student, if he or she needs to undertake an ESL program and how many weeks duration.
- In addition to this phone interview, the student may be required to undertake further tests, including a reading and/or writing test, on arrival in Australia. If the student is deemed not to have English skills adequate for the course, the student will be asked to undertake English studies until such time, as the school is satisfied that the student’s English is adequate for the VET course the student has enrolled in.
- All English Language proficiency tests are assessed by a suitably qualified staff member within the English Language Department.
- If the Institute assesses that the student requires further ESL tuition prior to entry into a VET program, the student may choose to study either at Ashmark Institute or another Institute registered to deliver government approved ESL courses.
Qualifications
For a student entering a VET course, the student must show evidence of one of the following:
- For students from countries for which the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) requires evidence of a Year 11 or 12 qualification or their equivalent, the Institute works in accordance with DIAC’s policy and, hence, direct entry into a VET program can only be achieved on presentation of a formal Year 11 or 12 Certificate or their equivalent.*
- For students from those countries for which DIAC allows the provider to determine whether the student’s academic qualifications are adequate for the course, the school requires evidence that at least 3 years of high school has been satisfactorily completed.
- Ashmark Institute may also consider an applicant’s work experience, as evidence of appropriate qualifications for entry into a VET program.
* To find out the minimum academic requirement, students should consult the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (Australian Government).