Many are not aware that there is now a industry specific labour agreement available for the Aged Care Industry. The agreement gives access to a broader range of industry occupations as well as work experience and salary concessions.
You can use the Aged Care Industry Labour Agreement to:
- Sponsor overseas workers for the Temporary Skill Shortage (subclass 482) visa in direct care occupations such as:
- Nursing Support Worker
- Personal Care Assistant
- Aged or Disabled Carer
- Sponsor overseas workers for permanent residence under the Employer Nomination Scheme (subclass 186) visa program. Workers must have at least two years of full time work experience in Australia in a relevant direct care occupation. The two years of work experience is not tied to a particular employer or visa subclass.
- Access the following concessions to standard skilled visa requirements:
- two year pathway to permanent residence through the Employer Nomination Scheme
- streamlined visa nomination and priority visa application processing
- no post qualification work experience requirement
- English language concessions for workers with relevant community language skills
- annual salary of at least $51,222 AUD or the Australian Market Salary Rate, whichever is higher.
