Western Australia needs 18,000 extra workers every year

May 16, 2013 robot Uncategorized

Unprecedented economic growth in Western Australia ensures that up to 17,800 extra skilled workers will be desperately needed every year for the following a decade, in accordance with a written report launched today by education and training minister Mark McGowan. Several of those skilled workers must result from Australia immigration.

The Beyond the Resources Boom research was commissioned by their State Training Board (STB), and examines Western Australia’s economic growth and the difficulties faced by the state’s workforce.

Skill shortages are set to remain a feature of the labour market, the report concludes, because of the power of the aging workforce and the economy. STB chairman Keith Spence said the need could be met through a mix of general population growth, experienced immigration from interstate and international, and the growth of local education initiatives.

On the list of top performing occupations, when it comes to projected annual average employment growth between 2006 and 2016, are advanced mining and construction workers, plumbers, architectural construction tradespersons, and mining, construction and related labourers. Need for careers in the construction and mining sectors is very large and a recession is recognized as impossible.

A number of these professions are on the Australia Skilled Occupation List and the Australia MODL (Migration Occupations sought After List), which entitles people applying for Australian immigration to extra things.

Financial forecasts modelled by the statement indicate there is unlikely to be considered a boom-bust situation in the short to medium term. This reflects the resource-driven construction boom, that is underpinned by strong growth in demand from China and record commodity costs, particularly for the state’s primary export, iron ore.

Skilled jobs currently constitute almost 60 per cent of the workforce and the report forecasts that total demand for higher skills in Western Australia will probably remain constant as a portion of the economy. Other skilled professions in demand related transport, income, clerical and production workers, tradespersons and include executives, directors, professionals, associate professionals.

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