Engineers imported from overseas as Australians struggle to find jobs

Engineers imported from overseas as Australians struggle to find jobs


"When I started studying I thought of it as the up-and-coming area," he said. "A lot of electrical power infrastructure around Sydney needs to be replaced over the next 10 or 15 years.
 That was a big part of me choosing that field.
"But there seem to be very few opportunities available."
Since graduating, Mr Toker says he has been among thousands of applicants for a handful of jobs with utility companies. After searching for work in his chosen field, he recently found a job working on software design and coding.
"I did software in my degree, but it was not something I saw myself doing a number of years ago," he said.
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Department of Employment figures show there have been no skill shortages in engineering since 2012-13, yet engineers are still listed on its skilled occupations list which is used to identify skills shortages that overseas workers can fill.

Professionals Australia is now calling on the federal government to "put Australians first" by removing engineers from the skilled occupations list.
"If the labour market reality is there is no shortage of skilled engineers it is logical that you would take them off the skilled occupations list," Professionals Australia chief executive Chris Walton said.

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