Understanding why Migration Skills Assessment (MSA) applications are rejected by Engineers Australia helps applicants avoid critical structural and factual mistakes in their Competency Demonstration Reports (CDR).
1. Primary Causes of CDR & Career Episode Rejection
- Plagiarism and Unoriginal Content: Submitting content copied from online samples or commercial templates. Engineers Australia maintains strict ethical guidelines against plagiarism.
- Lack of Individual Technical Contribution: Writing excessively in team terms (“We designed…”) rather than detailing personal engineering activity (“I calculated…”).
- Insufficient Word Count or Depth: Submitting Career Episodes below the official 1,000-word lower threshold or lacking complex technical calculations.
- Misaligned Paragraph Numbering: Inconsistent mapping between Career Episode paragraphs and the Summary Statement.
To ensure your report meets all official criteria, consult our primary Career Episode Guide and Main CDR Guide.