Filipino workers needed in Australia

The Philippine Overseas Labor Office is encouraging prospective skilled Filipino workers in the CNMI and around the world to consider an opportunity to work in the land Down Under.

According to a Philippine Overseas Employment Agency OFW Advisory, Australia is looking for skilled Filipino workers who are fluent in English to be part of its Skilled Migration Program.

“Applicants should have professional or trade skills included in the Migration Occupations in Demand List and must be under 45 years old,” said the advisory.

The Migration Occupations in Demand List include those occupations and specializations identified by the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations as having an ongoing national shortage.

For professionals, the following are the available positions: Accountant, Anesthetist, Chemical Engineer, Civil Engineer, Computing Professional specializing in CISSP, Computing Professional specializing in E-commerce Security (non-programming), Computing Professional specializing in Network Security, Computing Professional specializing in SAP, Computing Professional specializing in SIEBEL, Dental Specialist.

Dentist, Dermatologist, Emergency Medicine Specialist, General Medical Practitioner, Hospital Pharmacist, Medical Diagnostic Radiographer, Mining Engineer (excluding Petroleum), Nuclear Medicine Technologist, Obstetrician and Gynecologist, Occupational Therapist, Ophthalmologist, Pediatrician, Pathologist, Petroleum Engineer, Physiotherapist, Podiatrist, Psychiatrist, Radiation Therapist, Radiologist, Registered Mental Health Nurse, Registered Midwife, Registered Nurse, Retail Pharmacist, Specialist Medical Practitioners (not elsewhere classified), Specialist Physician, Speech Pathologist, Sonographer, and Surgeon.

For Associate Professionals, only Chefs, excluding Commissary Chefs, is on the list.

The Trades Persons list include: Automotive Electrician, Baker, Boat Builder and Repairer, Bricklayer, Cabinetmaker, Carpenter, Carpenter and Joiner, Cook, Drainer, Electrical Powerline Tradesperson, Electrician (Special Class), Electronic Equipment Tradesperson, Fibrous Plasterer, Fitter, Flat Glass Tradesperson, Floor Finisher, Furniture Upholsterer, Gasfitter, General Electrician, General Electronic Instrument-Tradesperson, General Plumber, Hairdresser, Joiner, Lift Mechanic, Mechanical Services and Air-conditioning Plumber, Metal Fabricator (Boilermaker), Metal Machinist (First Class), Motor Mechanic, Panel Beater, Pastry Cook, Pressure Welder, Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Mechanic, Roof Plumber, Roof Slater and Tiler, Solid Plasterer, Sheetmetal Worker (First Class), Stonemason, Toolmaker, Vehicle Body Maker, Vehicle Painter, Wall and Floor Tiler, and Welder (First Class).

For more information visit www.poea.gov.ph or www.immi.gov.au/migration/skilled.