ACS Statutory declaration for Skills Assessment in ACS

I have a few doubts regarding submission of a Statutory declaration to ACS for Skills Assessment.

I went through the ACS guidelines pdf (https://www.acs.org.au/content/dam/acs/acs-skills/Skills Assessment Guidelines for Applicants V5-6 Aug 2018.pdf) and understood that if one cannot obtain an employment reference, he/she has to submit a SD to ACS. The document states that the SD or affidavit has to be written by a work colleague and the work colleague at a supervisory level is preferred.

My doubts:
1. Is there any alternative for this approach? What if I cannot get either Employment reference or SD by a work colleague?
2. Can the work colleague at supervisory level be a Team Leader? Or should he/she be at a Manager level?
3. How many SDs do I need to submit? I have worked in multiple projects(3), all of which are under the same 'Manager'. Can I just have a SD by a work colleague(Team Lead) of the 3rd project?
4. Do I need a SD from a previous company also if any?

My details:
1. Nationality: Indian
2. Currently working: MNC

Hoping to get a reply soon.

Last edited: Jan 30, 2019 Timeline missing

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MSA 2018-08-02 Skill 261111 SC 189/190 Point 75/80 EOI 2018-08-17 Nom. 2018-11-11 Inv. 2018-11-11 App. 2018-12-22 CO 2019-03-27 PCC 2019-02-23 HC 2019-02-18 Grant 2019-06-03 IED 2020-02-20

I have a few doubts regarding submission of a Statutory declaration to ACS for Skills Assessment.

I went through the ACS guidelines pdf (https://www.acs.org.au/content/dam/acs/acs-skills/Skills Assessment Guidelines for Applicants V5-6 Aug 2018.pdf) and understood that if one cannot obtain an employment reference, he/she has to submit a SD to ACS. The document states that the SD or affidavit has to be written by a work colleague and the work colleague at a supervisory level is preferred.

My doubts:
1. Is there any alternative for this approach? What if I cannot get either Employment reference or SD by a work colleague?
2. Can the work colleague at supervisory level be a Team Leader? Or should he/she be at a Manager level?
3. How many SDs do I need to submit? I have worked in multiple projects(3), all of which are under the same 'Manager'. Can I just have a SD by a work colleague(Team Lead) of the 3rd project?
4. Do I need a SD from a previous company also if any?

My details:
1. Nationality: Indian
2. Currently working: MNC

Hoping to get a reply soon.

You need to get one SD for each of your employment period. So if for all the three projects you have worked for comes under same employer then only one is enough. It should cover complete employment period and can be obtained by manager,team lead or even colleague with same level provide all of them knows about your job duties as well as they should have completed >= the period ad of yours in same organization

261111 ICT Business Analyst
189=75 pts (DOE 17-08-2018)
Age=30, Language=20(PTE L88,R86,W82,S82)
Experience=10(ACS with RPL)

Qualification=15(Non-ICT bachelor with Vetassess's PTA)

MSA 2018-08-02 Skill 261111 SC 189/190 Point 75/80 EOI 2018-08-17 Nom. 2018-11-11 Inv. 2018-11-11 App. 2018-12-22 CO 2019-03-27 PCC 2019-02-23 HC 2019-02-18 Grant 2019-06-03 IED 2020-02-20