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January 18, 2012 – As Australia struggles to cope with the current chronic skills shortages driven by the booming resource and mining industries, many Australian trade-based companies who are finding themselves in deep holes, struggling to maintain a skilled labor force are now seen taking advantage of the 457 Australian skilled visa program.

In Queensland, the number of 457 Australian work visa workers have recorded a jumped from 2890 in 2010 to 4570 in 2011.

Moreover, according to Commsec’s latest Economic Insights report, Western Australia’s powerhouse economy has boosted jobs for 457 Australia working visa holders, with construction jobs for temporary workers in WA more than doubling over the past 11 months to 2,160 from 1,060. Mining jobs for 457 Australian working visa holders has also recorded a rise from 1,390 to 1,890.

According to the latest set of national accounts, Australia’s economic growth for the September quarter has almost matched Asia, boosted by massive resource projects and strong household spending.

Based on the official accounts for Australia released in December, data showed that Australia’s economy has seen a growth of 1% in the September quarter and at an annual rate of almost 5% over the past six months. This is said to be the strongest set of figures since Australia began to emerge from the global financial crisis.

Leading Australia’s growth was Western Australia, posting a growth of 8.4% in the September quarter this is the fastest state growth ever recorded by the Australian Bureau of Statistics while Queensland’s economy had shown a growth by a healthy 3.5%.

This September quarter growth in the big mining states is said to be attributed to the soaring levels of business investment, which shot up 27% in WA and 12% in Queensland.

Meanwhile, according to the latest quarterly Manpower Employment Outlook Survey, with the dramatic rise in business investments, job seekers in Australia’s mining and construction sector were likely to benefit from a favorable hiring climate in the first quarter of 2012.

Data has revealed that employers in the mining and construction industry has reported a net employment outlook of 19%, with more than 32% of employers in the mining and construction sector intending to increase their hiring in the first quarter of 2012.

Western Australia has also reported the most optimistic hiring prospect, with a net employment outlook of 23%.

Australian businesses are said to continue to see a high demand for a range of specialist mining skills, including: technical managers, mining engineers, maintenance superintendents, maintenance engineers and planners, environmental engineers, control systems engineers, study managers in port and rail operations, electrical trades, and electrical engineering. Moreover, with this high demand and the Australian local workforce facing a skills shortage, Australian businesses are forced to look overseas and taking advantage of the 457 Australia skilled visa program.

So if you want to work in Australia, now is the time to apply for a working visa Australia and apply for work in Australia.

source:
dailymercury.com.au