“Australia will remove the requirement for mandatory skills assessment for the following 10 occupations on the date of entry into force of the agreement”.
The categories listed are automotive electrician, cabinetmaker, carpenter, carpenter and joiner, diesel motor mechanic, electrician (general), electrician (special class), joiner, motor mechanic, motorcycle mechanic.
Robb also agreed: “The remaining occupations will be reviewed within two years of the date of entry into force, with the aim of reducing the occupations or eliminating the requirement within five years”.
By way of explanation DFAT says: “All such visa holders will also continue to have to obtain any required federal, state or territory licenses or registration, to commence work within 90 days of arriving in Australia and be engaged in accordance with Australian workplace law, including awards and workplace health and safety.”
So workers in those categories will need licenses but will forgo the first skills test required by immigration.
Unions want to know:
- Whether the Chinese training systems have been assessed as comparable to Australia for those trade categories, and
- whether removing the mandatory skills assessment step will allow tradespeople in to work for cash or for other employers without licenses.
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