When it comes to learning styles, we can broadly distinguish three different ones:
- Visual learners who prefer images, films, videos etc.
- Auditory learners who are best at learning through listening and talking
- Kinesthetic learners who prefer learning by doing
You might be wondering why a migration company is writing about the different learning styles and how this has anything to do with migration to Australia.
Fair enough.
Let me explain how learning, studying and training are connected to migration:
Your learning type can help you decide whether a student visa or a training visa is better suited for you.
A student visa is typically for those who wish to study something “from scratch” and study either at a college, university or other higher education institutions.
A training visa is for those who prefer learning by doing. It gives you the opportunity to enhance the skills you already have (so not from scratch!).
For example, let’s say you are a good Copywriter but there’s certain skills you would like to improve, such as Search Engine Optimisation or Photoshop. What a Training Visa allows you to do is to gain hands-on experience with an Australian company to enhance those skills. Your skills and skill gaps are assessed first and then you and the company will follow a so called “Training Plan” to ensure that you are strengthening the skills you need for your occupation. There are over currently over 500 occupations eligible for the Training Visa (you can choose an occupation from all 3 occupation lists: MLTSSL, STSOL and the Regional List) , which means that you can choose from over 500 occupations and pick the one that is best suited to your needs. (Please refer to the Training Visa page for a detailed explanation of how this works).
Apart from this obvious difference between the student visa and the training visa, there is a number of differences you should be aware of when deciding on which one might be better for you. We’ve summarised the biggest differences for you:
As you can tell from the graphic, there are big differences in costs too. Costs in this case refers to the costs you will have to either pay (if you decide to study in Australia) or the costs the employers will have to pay if they wish to sponsor you and pay you as a full-time trainee on a Training Visa.
If you have any questions regarding any of the visa types, or any other migration related questions, you can always contact us at info@migrationcentreofaustralia.com.au or simply give us a call at (02) 4626 1002.
