Check the NT DAMA occupation list

The new visa agreement allows employers to sponsor skilled workers with some concessions which may include access to some occupations that are on available under the standard visa arrangements, some concessions for English language requirements and salary levels.

Source: SBS

The new Northern Territory Designated Area Migration Agreement (NT DAMA), the second version of the NT DAMA, lets the Northern Territory (NT) employers sponsor skilled and semi-skilled overseas workers for positions they are unable to fill with local workers.

It applies to the whole of the NT and is tailored to address current and emerging labour market shortages and local terms and conditions of employment.

NT DAMA utilises the labour agreement stream of the Temporary Skill Shortage visa (subclass 482), businesses enter into a labour agreement with the Australian Government and workers are then granted a subclass 482 visa.

There are 127 occupations on this agreement and the list is available here.

Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, Mr David Coleman, said on January this year “The NT has seen first-hand the benefits of using a Designated Area Migration Agreement to respond to their unique workforce shortages,”

CLP Senator for the NT, Nigel Scullion said, “The Territory desperately needs more workers across a range of occupations and the DAMA will assist Territory businesses who are struggling to find appropriately skilled workers domestically.”