Australia’s nationwide service is on the hunt for 8500 aviation trade employees within the subsequent 10 years because it progressively boosts its plane fleet to fulfill demand for journey.
Some 2000 of these jobs – for cabin crew, pilots, engineers and different operations roles – might be created within the subsequent 18 months, Qantas introduced on Friday.
Qantas at the moment has 23,500 staff and tasks that quantity will develop to 32,000 by 2033 to help the anticipated supply of 299 narrowbody and 12 widebody planes throughout the identical interval.
“We order aircraft up to 10 years in advance, so we need to think similarly long-term about the people and skills we need to operate them,” CEO Alan Joyce mentioned in a press release.
“Over the next 18 months, we expect to create more than 2000 new jobs plus replacing natural attrition, so if you’ve ever wanted to work in aviation or at the national carrier, now’s a great time to join.”
Qantas has additionally introduced it should arrange a Qantas Group Engineering Academy in Australia to coach as much as 300 engineers a yr for itself and the broader aviation trade.
It will want about 200 new engineering recruits a yr within the subsequent 10 years.
“Aviation is so important to a country like Australia and you need a big skills pipeline to power it,” Mr Joyce mentioned.
“We look forward to working with the industry, training organisations, unions and governments to finalise details for the engineering academy.”
The academy’s location might be settled by the top of this yr.
Overall, Qantas is searching for 4500 cabin crew, 1600 pilots, 800 engineers and 1600 different employees for operational roles within the subsequent decade.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
