Australia is one of the most happening destinations as far as the employment prospects are concerned. Each of Aussie provinces is ripe with opportunities with several component sectors facing an acute shortage of trained manpower. Federal authorities run central skilled immigration initiatives to resolve the issue of structural deficiencies, but there are several areas which these initiatives are unable to address properly. To make up for these shortcomings provincial authorities run their own provincial sponsorship programs to handle issues of shortage of trained manpower in local region. New South Wales Nomination Program is  one such state level initiative that targets worthy migration aspirants for occupations defined as in-demand in NSW Occupation List. An updated edition of this schedule is due after July 2012 SkillSelect commissioning.

The primary objective of the provincial nomination scheme is to enable individual states to address their priority areas effectively. The provincial authorities can constantly keep a vigil on the local demands and swings and create, truncate and update their local required Trade tabulations. A noticeable difference can be observed in all provincial lists as these are state centric.

New South Wales has more emphasis on industries that are linked to information technology, financial services, tourism, and mining, agriculture and energy generation. Besides these mainstay industries, there are several other trades that need trained people to offer community and other support services. The demand in these sectors is witnessing an overall rise, but the occupational premise and the attributes keep changing. To make list more effective, concerned government agencies keep a track of fluctuations and trends in the market and update any adjustments and corrections in the NSW Trade Schedule.

The list is well defined and marked appropriately, it carries generic references of the trades where there is a great scope for suitable employment. Trades references and code reflected in this schedule include

• Finance ( accountants, solicitors, brokers, advisors)
• Information Technology (engineers, administrators, officers, programmers etc.)
• Sustainable environmental technology sector (engineers, architects etc.)
• Pharma and biotechnology sector (chemists, lab scientists, biomedical engineers etc.)
• Miscellaneous trades (engineers, lecturers, teachers etc.)

Besides the trade references this schedule also carries information on

• The minimum qualification (educational and employment experience) parameters that you would need to qualify, in order to be selected for provincial endorsement
• The relevant evaluation agency responsible for conducting an assimilation study on your academic achievements and professional endeavors
• Desired Ielts band scores for each trade

To be selected for the endorsement program of this province you must indicate a trade corresponding to profession indicated in New South Wales Trades Schedule in your EOI. While registering your profile on SkillSelect do not forget to select NSW as a possible option for nomination.