{"id":14225,"date":"2023-03-15T20:07:43","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T03:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/five-trades-join-eased-work-visa-list\/"},"modified":"2023-03-15T20:07:44","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T03:07:44","slug":"five-trades-join-eased-work-visa-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/five-trades-join-eased-work-visa-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Five trades join \u2018eased\u2019 work visa list"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The decision to allow in five more lowly-paid trades was revealed in the Budget as a measure to help employers plug the skills gap.<\/p>\n

Those trades given emergency dispensation include bricklayers, roofers, carpenters, and plasters.<\/p>\n

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But firms seeking to hire steel erectors, scaffolders and plant operators will have to wait for the full Migration Advisory Service\u2019s SOL review for a verdict when it concludes in the autumn.<\/p>\n

A consortium of trade and professional bodies has been strenuously lobbying the MAC on the industry skills gaps and shortages.<\/p>\n

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Now included in SOL visa list<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Bricklayers and masons<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Roofers, roof tilers and slaters<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carpenters and joiners<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Construction and building trades n.e.c.*<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Plasterers<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Awaiting full review decision<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Steel erectors<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scaffolders, stagers and riggers<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Road construction operatives<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ceiling fixers<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elementary construction occupations<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

*The category Construction or Building Trade n.e.c. covers a variety of tasks in the construction, alteration, maintenance and repair of buildings, steeples, industrial chimneys<\/em><\/p>\n

A spokesman for the Charted Institute of Building, said: \u201cWe are pleased that today\u2019s budget states that the government has accepted the MAC interim recommendations to initially add five construction occupations to the Shortage Occupation List.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe construction industry continues to face numerous skills shortages, resulting from a mixture of lack of new entrants, to skilled professionals reaching retirement age.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis is why migration continues to be a necessity for construction, helping dampen the harmful effects of having a volatile labour market.<\/p>\n

James M. Butcher, Director of Policy at the National Federation of Builders, and the report\u2019s lead author added: \u201cConstruction faces a vacancy rate higher than the all-industry average, so it is fair to say we are in a worse position than many other industries.<\/p>\n

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