Monthly Archives: September 2011

AVAILABILITY OF VISA ELIGIBLE SKILLED OFFSHORE LABOUR CONTINUES TO TIGHTEN

Strict English language requirements for 457 candidates continues to create barriers to successful recruitment of skilled tradesperson offshore which is beginning to impact on the availability of suitability qualified candidates from The Philippines. Heron Assist is expecting a significant numbers of engineering tradesperson including metal fabricators  to return from deployments in the Middle East to Manila over November, December this year Heron Assist will be skill testing these applicants with a view to deployment to Australia. In a bid to increase the range of number of skilled tradesperson available Heron Assist trade tester’s will be visiting Singapore, South Africa and India in the coming months to supplement the number of Philippines tradesmen of offer