Overseas Recruiting of Heavy Equipment Fitters for Australia

The Skilled Heavy Equipment Fitter Shortage in Australia and why Australian Companies Are Recruiting Offshore

There is a desperate need for Skilled Workers in Australia. Many Australian companies are unable to meet the requirements of their customers and don’t have their operations working at the capacities needed.

This is due to not being able to find the skilled fitters required to meet the demands of our mining and minerals industry. Your company needs to be operating at optimum operational capacity, contracts are easily lost, yet very hard to win, down time due to unavailable, underqualified and untrained staff can be costly.

Job adverts placed in Australian Capital Cities, Regional areas and online are not enough to recruit the skilled and experienced people required.

Effects of The Skills Shortage

Because of the skilled worker shortage in Australia it means that the remaining workers are working longer hours, leading to risk of worker burn out, fatigue and increasing the pressure on wages with the real risk of industrial action meaning an even lesser number of actual working hours. This is a very serious issue for employers as operational costs become more expensive and obviously, the quality and efficiency of workers are diminished, more employers have no choice but to hire unqualified or inexperienced workers and yet are paying even higher wages and always offering better incentives. Not only is this not solving the skilled worker shortage at the moment but is actually deteriorating business operations and will be reflected in downgraded profits and in cases even affect Australian companies viability in the long run.

Production delays and down time risk hard won contracts and can seriously influence your companies profit margin.

Causes of The Skills Shortage

The Australian population is ageing and more workers are retiring earlier than expected, a significant proportion of the youth in Australia are not showing interest in specific trades and people are not trained nor qualified for the job, apprenticeship completion rates are at an all-time low, even the very high wage rates that can be earned once qualified and experienced does not appear to be enough to entice or retain young Australians into entering and completing an Apprenticeship.

There are many more people leaving the trades and professions every year than are qualifying and joining them.

Solutions for the Australian Skills Shortage

One solution to the skills shortage is the migration into Australia of overseas workers who have the skills, are qualified and have good experience with the machines, systems and conditions in the areas where Australia has obvious skilled manpower shortages.

By adding skilled overseas workers to your workforce, your current workers will not be overworked this will reduce burnout in the Australian workforce and reduce the possibility of fatigue and accidents.

Overseas Heavy Equipment Fitters sourced and supplied by CQS Services always receive equal benefits, wages, and have the option work the same number of hours as the Australian teammates they work alongside. Overseas Recruitment will let you reach optimum operational capacities and let you spread your operational costs more effectively.

Having a skilled, experienced and ready workforce also means that your business will become more prepared for the future and ready to expand as the economy further expands and more of the planned projects in Australia come online.

Australian Employers who meet the requirements can offer employment to suitably qualified and experienced Overseas Heavy Equipment Fitters, Australian Employers can sponsor workers into Australia under various Australian working visas either on a temporary basis or offering Overseas Workers the opportunity to become Permanent Australian Residents.

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