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Migrate to Australia: Skilled Occupation List

26 August 2016 by News Desk

Migrate to Australia: The Skilled Occupation List is a compilation of occupations for skilled migration for the purpose of meeting the medium to long-term skill needs of the Australian economy.

Migrate to AustraliaMigrate to Australia: 52 occupations have been flagged on the Skilled Occupation List 2016-17 including health professionals, engineers, taxation accountants, barristers and solicitors.

The federal health department wanted to remove 41 jobs from the Skilled Occupation List including some GPs, surgeons and anaesthetists.

“Immigration is often used as a short-term demand management strategy and it continues to be poorly co-ordinated,” the Health Department says.

“Over a longer planning horizon, better management of migration pathways for international health professionals must occur in combination with all commonwealth departments”.

The Health Department says reduction in occupations will be balanced by increasing numbers of local medical graduates who could fill vacancies, particularly in regional areas.

Migrate to Australia: Skilled Occupation List

Annual reviews of the Skilled Occupation List are conducted following which there are a number of occupations which are ‘flagged’ for possible removal in the future. Generally, occupations are flagged when there is emerging evidence of excess supply in the labour market.

The Skilled Occupation List and Consolidated Skilled Occupation list for 2016-17 affect applicants who are issued invitations on or after 1 July 2016 to apply for subclass 189 Skilled – Independent visa, subclass 489 Skilled – Regional (Provisional) visa, subclass 190 Skilled – Nominated visa and subclass 489 Skilled – Regional (Provisional) visa.

Most of the occupations on the previous list, such as Accountant, are still contained in the new Skilled Occupation list.

Trade Occupations – Motor Mechanic, Chef, Metal Fabricator, Bricklayer, Carpenter, Painting Trade Workers, Chef

Occupations related to IT – System Analyst, Developer Programmer, Software Engineer, Analyst Programmer

Engineers Occupation – Electrical Engineer, Electronics Engineer, Mechanical Engineer.

There are few occupations which have been excluded in list, for example Dental Technician.

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