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Civil Contractors Federation National Skills Survey
1.
What civil occupations do you find it difficult to recruit for?
2.
Where do you find it difficult to recruit for these occupations?
Nationally
New South Wales
Queensland
Western Australia
Victoria
South Australia
Australian Capital Territory
Northern Territory
Tasmania
Metropolitan areas
Non-metropolitan areas
3.
Why do you find it difficult to recruit for these occupations?
COVID-19 impacting recruitment
Lack of applicants
Lack of suitable applicants
Applicants lack experience
Applicants lack technical skills / qualifications (including licensing / registration)
Applicants lack employability skills
People don't want to work
Location (e.g. remote or regional)
Specialist role
Employment status (e.g. part time, temporary / contract)
Remuneration (wage / salary / pay rate)
Undesirable working conditions / hours
Potential applicants' preference for self employment over wage of salary roles
Other (please specify)
4.
Do you expect the labour market for these occupations to change in the next 12 months?
No change
Recruitment difficulties expected to improve
Recruitment difficulties to worsen
Don't know
Other (please specify)
5.
Do you find it difficult to recruit for entry-level positions or experienced positions within these occupations?
Yes, it is particularly hard recruiting for entry level positions
Yes, it is particularly hard recruiting for experienced positions
No, there is no difference in recruitment difficulty
Don't know
6.
If civil occupations (and subsequently your organisation) qualified for VET funding, would this assist or contribute to your recruitment activities?
Yes
No
7.
Do you use employer-sponsored programs to recruit overseas workers? If so, why do you recruit internationally rather than domestically?
Yes
No
Comment
8.
Have you taken any steps, outside of advertising, to attract employees for vacancies in the occupations you identified in Question 1? If so, which of the following have you used?
No additional actions taken
Increased wages - (please specify indicative increase in terms of annual income (e.g. increased
Relaxed required skills / qualifications for this role (if so, please specify nature of the relaxation e.g. from minimum of a diploma to a minimum of a certificate IV)
Contributed to a training initiative (or trained someone internally)
Employed an apprentice - if relevant
Other (please specify)
Not sure
Other (please specify)
9.
Are you aware of any future challenges that may impact your ability to recruit the workers you need in this occupation? For example, are the occupations vulnerable to automation or other external factors, including:
Ageing workforce
Automation of industry
lack of locally trained workforce
Lack of Australian education providers delivering appropriate training
Other
Other (please specify)