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Oz plans to hire thousands of Indians to plug skills shortage
Natasha Chaku
Melbourne, May 5 (PTI) Up to 30,000 Australia-trained
Indian graduates could be recruited to help deal with a skills
shortage that threatens to severely impact this country's
booming resources sector.
Officials of the two sides have initiated discussions
with tertiary institutions and training bodies in both nations
about opening up this country's training system, according to
business daily 'Australian Financial Review'
Under the plan, as many as 100,000 Indians would be
trained, with up to 30,000 Australia-trained graduates to be
recruited locally.
The paper said India prompted the initiative after a
realisation that it needs about one million skilled workers to
develop its own mining industries.
Demand for the Indian graduates will rely on the demands
of mining companies, which have also been involved in
discussions with officials from both countries.
Australia's senior trade official in India, Peter
Linford, told the daily that the skills training programme
offered huge opportunities for education and industry.
Linford said Austrade was working with the mining sector
and India's skills development group on the scheme which could
become a model for other industries in other countries.
Indian trainees would be trained to Australian standards
and employed on the same conditions as Australians. They would
be subject to existing immigration rules.
A Skills Australia report earlier this week said
Australia would need 2.4 million extra skilled workers in the
next four years to meet the demands of the mining boom.
Treasurer Wayne Swan said the government's priority was
to train Australians first and foremost for jobs but skilled
migrants would be needed.
"What the government is going to do is train Australians.
... we're going to make sure that Australians can participate
in the benefits of the boom," Swan was quoted by the
Australian Associated Press as saying.
"... there are some concentrations of inter-generational
or welfare dependants in parts of the country that we need to
deal with, we need to help those people back into the
workforce." PTI NC
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Melbourne, May 5 (PTI) Up to 30,000 Australia-trained
Indian graduates could be recruited to help deal with a skills
shortage that threatens to severely impact this country's
booming resources sector.
Officials of the two sides have initiated discussions
with tertiary institutions and training bodies in both nations
about opening up this country's training system, according to
business daily 'Australian Financial Review'
Under the plan, as many as 100,000 Indians would be
trained, with up to 30,000 Australia-trained graduates to be
recruited locally.
The paper said India prompted the initiative after a
realisation that it needs about one million skilled workers to
develop its own mining industries.
Demand for the Indian graduates will rely on the demands
of mining companies, which have also been involved in
discussions with officials from both countries.
Australia's senior trade official in India, Peter
Linford, told the daily that the skills training programme
offered huge opportunities for education and industry.
Linford said Austrade was working with the mining sector
and India's skills development group on the scheme which could
become a model for other industries in other countries.
Indian trainees would be trained to Australian standards
and employed on the same conditions as Australians. They would
be subject to existing immigration rules.
A Skills Australia report earlier this week said
Australia would need 2.4 million extra skilled workers in the
next four years to meet the demands of the mining boom.
Treasurer Wayne Swan said the government's priority was
to train Australians first and foremost for jobs but skilled
migrants would be needed.
"What the government is going to do is train Australians.
... we're going to make sure that Australians can participate
in the benefits of the boom," Swan was quoted by the
Australian Associated Press as saying.
"... there are some concentrations of inter-generational
or welfare dependants in parts of the country that we need to
deal with, we need to help those people back into the
workforce." PTI NC
EKA
