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Skilled migration changes deliver more workers Australia needs
Tuesday, 17 February 2010
An analysis of the permanent skilled migration program shows that changes made by the Rudd Government in 2009 helped deliver more than 1100 extra nurses, 550 new doctors and 2000 more engineers to fill skills shortages across the nation last year.
The changes also saw reduced visa grants to cooks, hairdressers and accountants in 2009 when compared to the previous year.
Changes made to skilled migration processing in January 2009
On 1 January 2009, at the height of the global financial downturn, the Rudd Government introduced new priority processing measures for the skilled migration program to ensure skills shortages were met while protecting job opportunities for Australians. The changes included:
The Critical Skills List (CSL) – a list of 42 occupations in critical shortage, mainly in the healthcare and engineering sectors.
A new processing direction which gave top priority to employer sponsored visas and those from applicants who nominated an occupation on the CSL.
The priority given to sponsored visas was in line with the Rudd Government's policy of shifting the skilled migration program to a demand rather than supply driven scheme in order to better meet the needs of the Australian economy.
The impact of the two changes can be seen in the table below which shows the outcomes by occupation for the calendar years 2008 (before the changes) and 2009 (after the changes).
Occupation 2008 2009 Difference % sponsored
Registered Nurse 2731 3887 +1156 60.8%
Computing Professionals NEC 3997 4841 +844 17.4%
Electronics Engineer 639 1239 +600 13.6%
Mechanical Engineer 1086 1640 +554 19.6%
Civil Engineer 977 1530 +553 24.4%
General Medical Practitioner 453 1004 +551 39.1%
Secondary School Teacher 453 774 +321 30.0%
Welder (First Class) 400 655 +255 89.3%
Electrical Engineer 708 897 +189 19.8%
Chemical Engineer 351 522 +171 14.8%
General Manager 1685 1583 -102 97.2%
Motor Mechanic 852 628 -224 74.5%
Fitter 834 529 -305 73.2%
General Electrician 990 487 -503 65.5%
Hairdresser 1193 426 -767 54.5%
Accountant 8652 6801 -1851 29.0%
Cook, Chef and Pastry cook 3944 1842 -2102 80.1%
* The table shows occupations where there were more than 800 primary visa grants across the two years.
The analysis clearly shows that the changes made in January 2009 led to an increase in the visa grants to registered nurses (+1156), computing professionals (+844), engineers (total increase of 2067) and doctors (+551).
At the same time the occupations recording the biggest falls in primary visa grants were cooks, chefs and pastry cooks (-2102), accountants (-1851) and hairdressers (-767).
Sponsored skilled outcomes compared to non-sponsored skilled outcomes
The analysis shows that the number of employer-sponsored skilled migrants is steadily rising.
Between 2007–08 and 2008–09, the number of permanent skilled migrants who were sponsored by an employer rose from 29 per cent to 45 per cent of the total skilled migration program. This trend is expected to continue in 2009–10 with employer sponsored skilled migrants expected to comprise 54 per cent of the total skill stream.
The analysis also shows that some of the occupations not included on the CSL recorded the biggest increases in employer sponsored visa grants. The table below shows this shift across the six trades' occupational groups:以下６个职业的技工要注意了
Occupation % sponsored in 2008 % sponsored in 2009 Difference in grants
Welder (First Class) 51.0% 89.3% +255
Motor Mechanic 25.2% 74.5% -224
Fitter 21.1% 73.2% -305
General Electrician 14.2% 65.5% -503
Hairdresser 4.0% 54.5% -797
Cook, Chef and Pastry cook 14.9% 80.7% -2102
The government last week announced a suite of reforms to deliver a demand rather than a supply driven skilled migration program by giving first priority to skilled migrants who have a job to go to with an Australian employer.
A key change involves the development of a new and more targeted Skilled Occupations List (SOL) by the independent body, Skills Australia. It will be introduced mid-year and focus on high value professions and trades. The Critical Skills List will be phased out.
The changes will result in a skilled migration program that attracts highly skilled migrants to Australia to work in areas of critical need, such as healthcare, engineering and mining.
[ 本帖最后由 wolf 于 18-2-2010 00:18 编辑 ] |
发表于 17-2-2010 19:08:48
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