Manpower authorities to send 500 RI workers to Australia
Brisbane (ANTARA News) - Indonesian manpower authorities plan to send up to 500 skilled and semi-skilled workers to Australia this year to be employed in the construction, mining, nursing, education and fruit plantation sectors, an Indonesian consulate official said.
The plan was discussed with the relevant parties in Australia by a delegation of the Indonesian Workers Placement and Protection Agency (BNP2 TKI) which visited Melbourne recently, minister counselor for economic affairs at the Indonesian Consulate General here, Jahar Gultom, said Thursday.
The eight-man BNP2 TKI delegation held a series of meetings with relevant parties in Victoria to explore the possibility of sending skilled and semi-skilled workers to Australia for employment as fruit pickers, construction workers, nurses, miners and Indonesian-language teachers.
The Indonesian delegation consisted of deputy of foreign cooperation and promotion Ramli Saud, deputy of workers placement Ade Adam Noch, two deputies for foreign cooperation in Asia Pacific and American regions and four staffers.
Gultom said the delegation had also met Australian immigration officials who gave them a better understanding of Australian immigration regulations affecting foreign workers to be employed in Australia.
"The delegation had productive discussions with representatives of relevant agencies in Melbourne. They gained a clear picture of the conditions relating to the mastery of English for foreign workers in this country," he said.
For half-skilled workers, the Australian government required a minimum International English Language Testing System (IELTS) score of 4.5, and for skilled workers a minimum score of 7.0.
"The English proficiency requirement for nurses is quite high and must be met," Gultom said.
The delegation also had the opportunity to meet and have dialogues with representatives of 22 Australian companies engaged in foreign workers recruitment and employment and companies that often use foreign workers in the fields of construction, information technology , mining, nursing, trade, agriculture and education.
In addition, the delegates also met with representative of the medical sciences and health faculty of Monash University to discuss the possibility of forging cooperation in educating and providing training to Indonesian nurses to enable them to meet hospital standards in Australia, Gultom said. (*)
The plan was discussed with the relevant parties in Australia by a delegation of the Indonesian Workers Placement and Protection Agency (BNP2 TKI) which visited Melbourne recently, minister counselor for economic affairs at the Indonesian Consulate General here, Jahar Gultom, said Thursday.
The eight-man BNP2 TKI delegation held a series of meetings with relevant parties in Victoria to explore the possibility of sending skilled and semi-skilled workers to Australia for employment as fruit pickers, construction workers, nurses, miners and Indonesian-language teachers.
The Indonesian delegation consisted of deputy of foreign cooperation and promotion Ramli Saud, deputy of workers placement Ade Adam Noch, two deputies for foreign cooperation in Asia Pacific and American regions and four staffers.
Gultom said the delegation had also met Australian immigration officials who gave them a better understanding of Australian immigration regulations affecting foreign workers to be employed in Australia.
"The delegation had productive discussions with representatives of relevant agencies in Melbourne. They gained a clear picture of the conditions relating to the mastery of English for foreign workers in this country," he said.
For half-skilled workers, the Australian government required a minimum International English Language Testing System (IELTS) score of 4.5, and for skilled workers a minimum score of 7.0.
"The English proficiency requirement for nurses is quite high and must be met," Gultom said.
The delegation also had the opportunity to meet and have dialogues with representatives of 22 Australian companies engaged in foreign workers recruitment and employment and companies that often use foreign workers in the fields of construction, information technology , mining, nursing, trade, agriculture and education.
In addition, the delegates also met with representative of the medical sciences and health faculty of Monash University to discuss the possibility of forging cooperation in educating and providing training to Indonesian nurses to enable them to meet hospital standards in Australia, Gultom said. (*)