Skilled migration

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Skilled migration

• Helping to meet Australias skill needs

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Australias working age population
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Permanent Departures
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Polarised Nature of Australian Unemployment Rates
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Changing composition of the migration program
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Migration program components

• Total program of 130,000 to 140,000
• Skill stream in 2005-06 of 97,500
• Business skills
• General Skilled Migration
• Employer sponsored Migration
• State sponsored migration
• Family Stream
• Largest component is the spouses and children of
  Australian citizens and residents

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Targeting migration

• Employer Sponsored Migration
• State/region sponsored migration
• Migration Occupations in Demand List (MODL)
• A primary aim will be to increase the number of
  skilled migrants entering under the employer
  sponsored categories, as it is employers who are
  best placed to identify the skilled migrants that
  we need. Senator the Hon Amanda Vanstone

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IOO Placements

• Australian Industry Group
• Housing Industry Association
• Master Builders Association
• Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• The Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western
  Australia
• National Farmers Federation

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Regional Migrant Profile

• Surfing the internet for job advertisements
• resulted in a life changing experience for
• Dutch backpacker Monique Kamsma.
• In Australia on a working holiday, Monique,
• 29, discovered her welding skills were
• badly needed by local employers struggling
• to meet demands in a growing economy.
• Applying for work, she was employed on
• the spot in Darwin by Universal Engineering
• NT managing director, Steve Tiley, who
• offered to sponsor her under the Australian
• Governments employer-sponsored
• migration program.
• Surprised by the offer, Monique agreed to
• give it a go. She has become so fond of
• Australia she is considering making it
• home.

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The Skill Matching Database

• Easy to use on-line tool
• Enables employers to find potential skilled
  migrants for their business
• Over 6000 potential migrants
• Over 300 occupations

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Skills recognition authorities

• Australian Institute of Radiography
• Australian Dental Council
• Australian Maritime Safety Authority
• Certified Practising Accountants of Australia
• Optometry Council of Australia and New Zealand