Skill Shortages
By 2015 there will be a shortage of 240,000 tradespeople in Australia. The Australian Government offers financial incentives to encourage businesses to curb this shortage by employing more people into that particular trade or industry.
The National Skills Needs List is a register of trades within Australia that are experiencing an ongoing shortage of qualified workers. This is based on research conducted by the Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education (DIICCSRTE).
If your business operates in one of the trades listed on the National Skills Needs List you may be eligible to receive financial assistance to take on an apprentice or up-skill current staff. This list is used to determine if you or your employee may be eligible for the following incentives and personal benefits:
1. Support for Adult Australian Apprentices payments
2. Tools For Your Trade payments
3. Rural and Regional Skills Shortage incentive.
Trades on the National Skills Needs List are:
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• Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (Avionics) • Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (Mechanical) • Automotive Electrician • Baker • Binder and Finisher • Boat Builder and Repairer • Bricklayer • Butcher • Cabinetmaker • Carpenter • Carpenter and Joiner • Communications Linesperson • Cook • Diesel Motor Mechanic • Drainer • Electrical Powerline Tradesperson • Electrician (Special class) • Electronic Equipment Tradesperson • Fibrous Plasterer • Fitter • Flat Glass Tradesperson • Floor Finisher • Furniture Finisher • Furniture Upholsterer • Gasfitter • General Communications Tradesperson • General Electrician • General Plumber • Hairdresser • Joiner • Landscape Gardener • Lift Mechanic |
• Locksmith • Mechanical Services and Air-conditioning Plumber • Metal Fabricator • Metal Machinist (First class) • Motor Mechanics (General) • Motorcycle Mechanic • Optical Mechanic • Painter and Decorator • Panel Beater • Pastry Cook • Picture Framer • Pressure Welder • Printing Machinist • Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Mechanic • Roof Plumber • Roof Slater and Tiler • Screen Printer • Shearer • Sheetmetal Worker (First class) • Signwriter • Small Engine Mechanic • Solid Plasterer • Stonemason • Toolmaker • Tree Surgeon • Vehicle Body Maker • Vehicle Painter • Vehicle Trimmer • Wall and Floor Tiler • Welder (First class) • Wood Machinist (A-grade) |
As the National Skills Needs List is reviewed regularly, for the most up-to-date list click here or contact a BUSY staff member today.
