Formwork, structural framing, fit-out and joinery: Filipino carpenters with Gulf and Asian high-rise experience, set-out-tested in Manila and prepared for the Trades Recognition Australia assessment before your nomination.
Formwork and carpentry crews from the Philippines have built a large share of the Gulf's high-rise and infrastructure over three decades; TESDA Carpentry NC II is a standard trade pathway. For Australian builders that means carpenters who read structural drawings, work to tolerance and have already worked under foreign supervision in English.
Carpenters sit in the Technicians and Trades group that recorded 58 % recruitment difficulty in June quarter 2026, inside a construction industry that still expects to add staff.
A set-out and build task at Prime Search's Makati facilities — reading a drawing, measuring, cutting and assembling to tolerance — plus a formwork or fit-out task by specialisation. You watch live or on site and interview the same day.
For Philippine passport holders, Trades Recognition Australia's skills assessment is mandatory before the visa for this occupation. We build the TRA evidence file — documented experience, employer references, trade test results — in Manila, before your nomination is lodged, so the assessment does not become the critical path.
On the Australian side, the standard route is the Skills in Demand visa (subclass 482), Core Skills stream: your company holds (or obtains) Standard Business Sponsor approval, advertises the role to the Australian labour market for the required period, and nominates the position at or above the Core Skills Income Threshold — AUD 79,423 from 1 July 2026 — or the market rate, whichever is higher. The occupation must be on the Core Skills Occupation List. The visa runs for up to four years, with a permanent pathway through the Employer Nomination Scheme (subclass 186) — Direct Entry where eligible, or the Temporary Residence Transition stream usually after two years of eligible sponsored employment. Home Affairs lodgements are made by a registered migration agent, a legal practitioner or your company itself; we prepare the recruitment, skills-assessment and Philippine-compliance file and coordinate — we do not provide Australian immigration advice.
Everything here is subject to applicable Australian skills assessment, licensing, occupation and visa requirements.
Yes; the trade test and the presented experience match your need, and the occupation code is chosen accordingly.
Yes — both Carpenter and Carpenter and Joiner are on the mandatory list for Philippine passport holders.
Carpentry itself is not licensed, but some states require a trade contractor licence for certain work values; that applies to the business, not the sponsored worker.
General information for employers, not legal or migration advice. Rules change; we re-verify before each hire.