Civil Contractors Federation National Skills Survey Question Title * 1. What civil occupations do you find it difficult to recruit for? Question Title * 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 Question Title * 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) Question Title * 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) Question Title * 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 Question Title * 6. If civil occupations (and subsequently your organisation) qualified for VET funding, would this assist or contribute to your recruitment activities? Yes No Question Title * 7. Do you use employer-sponsored programs to recruit overseas workers? If so, why do you recruit internationally rather than domestically? Yes No Comment Question Title * 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) Question Title * 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) Done