Skills

The Australian skills shortage is especially acute for consulting firms in the built and natural environment.

Consult Australia is focussed on ensuring that its members have access to a sustainable source of qualified professional staff. To achieve this, the Consult Australia skills policy portfolio works to increase the number of students choosing a career in the built environment, encourage a sustainable workforce and improve systems to recruit skilled migrants.

 Key issues, projects and public resources

The following are links to pages on some key skills issues and projects undertaken by Consult Australia:

• Visas and skilled migration
• Registration of engineers
• Salaries and benefits survey
• Skills shortage surveys
• Australian National Engineering Taskforce (ANET)
• Skills development
• Work experience for university students
• Workplace relations  

Members' pages

The following links are for employees of Consult Australia's member firms. (If you require a user ID and password, please send an e-mail to info@consultaustralia.com.au.)

• Skills Roundtable
• Employee assistance in times of hardship
• Department of Immigration and Citizenship Industry Outreach Officer contact details

Policy submissions to Government

Consult Australia responds to Government consultation processes on behalf of its members. Submissions made in 2011 for the skills portfolio are available by clicking here.