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Northern Territory Occupation Shortage List

Northern Territory Occupation Shortage List. DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT. Background Workforce NT Report 2004 NT Occupation Shortage List was published in March 2005

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Northern Territory Occupation Shortage List

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  1. Northern Territory Occupation Shortage List DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT

  2. Background Workforce NT Report 2004 NT Occupation Shortage List was published in March 2005 Based on the skill shortage list published by the Commonwealth Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) Compiled annually Evidence based listing NT Occupation Shortage List

  3. Skill shortages exist when employers are unable to fill, or have considerable difficulty, in filling vacancies for an occupation Skill gaps occur when existing staff do not have the skills required for the positions Recruitment difficulties occur when a business finds it difficult to fill a vacancy, even though there is not a broader skill shortage (Department of Education Employment and Work Relations (DEEWR) quoted in Department of Education Science and Training (DEST), 2002, p.3) Definitions

  4. Causes of Skills Shortages Figure 1: Drivers of Skills Shortages Skill Shortages in Australia’s Regions Working Paper No. 68, BTRE (2006): p11

  5. Information on the number of businesses having difficulties in recruiting to this occupation/s. What type/s of advertising has been undertaken (newspaper, internet, etc, national, local etc) to recruit to this occupation/s? (Approximately) how many times has the vacancy been advertised and what has the response been in terms of numbers, and of suitability of applicants (what proportion)? What are the issues/factors surrounding recruitment to the occupation/s? Are you aware of any difficulty recruiting to the occupation/s in other states Evidence

  6. Specifically identifies skills shortages in the Northern Territory Assists Workforce Planning Utilised by the NT Government in the skilled migration assessment Allocation of training funds Allocation of employer Purpose of the List

  7. Bureau of Transport and Regional Economics (BTRE), (2006) ‘Skill Shortages in Australia’s Regions Working Paper No. 68’:http://www.bitre.gov.au/publications/19/Files/wp68.pdf Department of Business and Employment (DBE), (2009) ‘NT Occupation Shortage List 2009’: http://www.nt.gov.au/dbe/employment/workforce_nt/docs/nt_occupation_shortage_list.pdf Department of Business and Employment (DBE), (2008) ‘Workforce NT Report 2008’: http://www.nt.gov.au/dbe/employment/workforce_nt/2008_report.shtml Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) November 2002, (2002) ‘The nature and causes of skill shortages: Reflections from the Commonwealth National Industry Skills Initiative Working Groups’: http://www.skillsinitiative.gov.au/documents/nature_causesskillshortages.pdf References

  8. THANK YOU Tracy Clark Manager Employment, Strategy and Research Employment Division E: tracy.clark@nt.gov.au T: 8999 7939 F: 8999 6096 NT Occupation Shortage List

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