457 Visa For Truck Drivers
With over 100 years of industry experience, we have established ourselves as one of the largest and most reliable 457 Visa Specialist Consultants in Australia. Our knowledgeable consultants provide a comprehensive service for your business through our simple step-by-step process .457 Visa For Truck Drivers The 457 Visa Program is specifically designed for employers who have a shortage of skilled Australian workers. The program has been introduced to the Australian Immigration Sector as a tool for employers to fill their occupational shortages, such as demand for truck drivers. Although there are many other categories within the 457 Visa Program, applicants must provide evidence that there is a genuine need for their occupation, and also prove that Australians are not able to fill these roles.
Australia has opened doors to a little known Visa called the 457 Temporary Work Visa Visa the visa is open to those who are interested in moving to Australia for work. The 457 Temporary Work Visa is a great option of many Overseas workers who have built their trade and expertise in other countries and now want to move to Australia.
Truck Driver (General) Australia
Truck Driver (General) Australia ANZSCO 733111:
Description
Drives a heavy truck, requiring a specially endorsed class of licence, to transport bulky goods. Registration or licensing is required.
Skill Level
4
Specialisations
- Cement Mixer Driver
- Compactor Driver (Rubbish Collection)
- Haulpak Driver
- Kaitaraiwa Taraka (NZ)
- Livestock Haulier
- Logging Truck Driver
- Road Train Driver
- Tilt Tray Driver
Group: 7331 Truck Drivers
Description
drive heavy trucks, removal vans, tankers and tow trucks to transport bulky goods and liquids.
Tasks
- manoeuvring vehicles into position for loading and unloading
- loading and unloading vehicles using lifting and tipping devices
- observing safety requirements when loading and unloading vehicles
- making regular quality checks of vehicles to ensure they can be driven safely
- estimating weights to comply with load limitations and ensuring safe distribution of weight
- ensuring goods are stowed and securely covered to prevent loss and damage
- verifying loading documents, checking condition of goods and obtaining certification of deliveries
The Transport Workers’ Union is warning of fatalities if foreign truck drivers unfamiliar with Australian road conditions are allowed to work temporarily in Australia.
The union is outraged over a proposal to add heavy vehicle drivers to the list of occupations eligible for 457 visas.
The Australian Trucking Association, which represents transport companies, says the move is necessary to fill driver shortages caused by the mining boom.
Business reporter Michael Janda.
MICHAEL JANDA: It’s a familiar refrain in many industries: the mining boom is luring workers with massive pay packets leaving shortages behind.
The Australian Trucking Association’s (ATA) chief executive, Stuart St Clair, says his industry has been hit hard by competition for heavy vehicle drivers.
STUART ST CLAIR: We found that there are some critical shortages in those areas that are particularly affected by resources industry. And we find that while there’s no shortages as such within the cities there certainly is in some more regional areas across Australia.
MICHAEL JANDA: Mr St Clair says the worst shortages are in western New South Wales, northern Queensland and parts of Western Australia.
And the solution proposed by the association is to expand the temporary skilled migration program to include heavy vehicle drivers.
STUART ST CLAIR: Where they are unable to secure local drivers, we think it’s important that they have some options to be able to assist in the finding some 457 temporary visa drivers from, say, the UK or the US.
MICHAEL JANDA: Now you’ve mentioned the UK and US, but is there any way to limit 457 applicants to particular regions? Wouldn’t these applicants be from a whole variety of countries?
STUART ST CLAIR: Well they would be, but of course what is important is it’s the operator who has the ability to want to put these people on. And I would think that operators would ensure that those people are properly and appropriately qualified, and ensure that they provide them with any of the extra skills that they need if the in fact do come to Australia.
MICHAEL JANDA: But the Transport Workers Union is suspicious of the trucking industry’s motives.
Its acting national secretary, Michael Kaine, says transport companies simply don’t want to pay higher wages to attract and retain drivers.
MICHAEL KAINE: It’s just an easy way to take an easy path for an easy dollar for those that the ATA represents.
MICHAEL JANDA: Michael Kaine says Bureau of Statistics figures show there are plenty of people looking for work in the sector, but long hours, tight delivery deadlines and poor pay deter drivers from taking the jobs.
MICHAEL KAINE: The underemployment data at August 2013 shows that 34,500 people were looking for work in transport, postal and logistics. This is not an industry that is one that there’s a shortage of people looking for work. This is an industry that needs to get those pressures lifted so there’s an attraction and retention rate in the industry for drivers.
MICHAEL JANDA: That’s a view shared by Frank Black, an owner-driver from Brisbane.
He’s in the union, but also sits on the Trucking Association’s general council.
FRANK BLACK: We’ve got a driver shortage in the industry. But in saying that, there’s also a lot of skilled drivers here in Australia out of work.