Young Australians are shunning jobs which require getting up early for work, forcing some employers to look overseas to find staff.
Whether it’s a butcher, pastry cook, chef or horse trainer, many pre-dawn jobs are being shunned by young adults and are being snapped up by overseas workers.
Occupations named in the national skills shortage list were butchers, bakers and pastry cooks, chefs and small goods makers, among 60 other trades.
Young Australians are choosing to sleep in instead of getting up early for work (stock image)
Whether it’s a butcher, pastry cook or horse trainers, many pre-dawn jobs are being shunned by young adults and are being snapped up by overseas workers (stock image)
TAFE NSW managing director Jon Black said trade shortages were expected to increase to more than 100,000 across the country within three years, The Saturday Telegraph reported.
Mr Black predicted job shortages would include 50,000 skilled construction roles and 80,000 nurses throughout Australia.
Instead of mucking out stables at 3am for some cash, champion race horse trainer Gai Waterhouse said Australians relied on ‘the dole’ because it was the easy option.
‘Nobody in Australia could run their stables if it wasn’t for the overseas backpackers or students on special visas,’ Ms Waterhouse told the publication.
The Melbourne Cup winning trainer thought perhaps young Aussies were spoiled in their lifestyles and simply were not ready to put in any real hard work.
‘Life’s just a bit too good in Australia. They’re not cut out for it. They’re not ready to do the hard work, they’re not ready to do the hard yards,’ she said.
Occupations listed in the national skills shortage list were butchers, bakers (stock image) and pastry cooks, chefs and small goods makers, which were among 60 other trades
TAFE NSW managing director Jon Black predicted job shortages would include 50,000 skilled construction roles and 80,000 nurses throughout Australia (stock image)
‘They haven’t been trained to do it and they’ve got the dole. They’ve got the comfort zone.’
Spokeswoman Susan Newman-Mills said it was the same issue across the board and all trainers were ‘in the same boat’.
Early starts in the baking industry was also putting young Australians off according to Sydney chef Joe Silva, who had to travel overseas to hire a pastry chef for his Petersham cake shop.
‘It’s very hard to find young people to work in the bakery. It’s been really hard to find one (a pastry chef) — I think it’s the hours and they like their social life,’ he said.
NSW Business Chamber chief executive Stephen Cartwright speculated the shock of coming out of the ‘cloistered environment’ of school and into the workforce was to blame.
Mr Cartwright said the onus was on education and training systems to adequately prepare young people for work.
Instead of mucking out stables at 3am for some cash, champion race horse trainer Gai Waterhouse (pictured) said Australians relied on ‘the dole’ because it was the easy option
The Melbourne Cup winning trainer (pictured) thought perhaps young Aussies were spoiled in their lifestyles and simply were not ready to put in any real hard work