The Rise of Australia

Minister Kaino naturally understood Arthur's concerns.

Although there have not been many incidents of capital squeezing people in Australasia, most of the reasons are also the result of government policy efforts.

In areas beyond the reach of government policies, capital's exploitation of the people certainly exists, but it is not so obvious and serious.

Compulsory education, universities and technical schools are basically the three pillars of education in Australasia.

But we have to admit that these three measures are very helpful for the improvement of education and are also an important reason for the success of Australasia’s education policy.

Now that the policy of universities and free education has been determined, the next thing to be determined is actually the construction of technical schools.

After free education reaches the high school level, certain changes will also need to be made in technical school policies.

After all, given a choice, most people would definitely want to go to high school rather than go to a technical school.

Even if free education is extended to high schools, the number of college students will increase significantly.

This also means that technical schools are not as popular, and accordingly the number of skilled workers trained every year will be much smaller.

In order to maintain the number of skilled workers, it is necessary to appropriately improve their wages and social status.

Doing so would be very complicated, and it would not be something that the Ministry of Education could handle. In order to properly resolve the issues of technical schools and skilled workers, a relevant cabinet meeting is necessary.

July 24, cabinet meeting.

At Arthur's request, Education Minister Kelo reported the issue of technical schools to the cabinet government, which aroused heated discussions among cabinet ministers.

Speaking of which, technical schools are still very important to Australasia at the moment.

It is said that highly educated talents are very important, but technical talents trained in technical schools are equally important, or even more indispensable.

Industry needs skilled workers, the transportation sector needs railway workers, the agricultural sector needs agricultural talents with certain training, and medical care and education also need a large number of industry enlighteners.

Most of the vacancies in these positions are filled by graduates from technical schools, which is enough to prove the importance of technical schools to various industries in the country.

Isn't the reason why Australasia's industry has developed so smoothly because technical schools have trained a sufficient number of workers?

Industry Secretary Joey Melo took the lead in putting forward his own proposal: "If we increase the wages of skilled workers and provide subsidies to some skilled workers whose income is lower than the average worker, can we increase the proportion of people entering technical schools?"

Before anyone else could give their opinions, Finance Minister Hunter said quickly: "This is impossible, Minister Joy. The government cannot afford such high financial costs, and there is no such precedent in the entire world.

In my opinion, our concerns about the number of students in technical schools are completely unnecessary. As long as the economy develops rapidly and as long as the social status and wages of skilled workers do not decrease, the public will not reject becoming skilled workers.

Moreover, we still have a large number of immigrants arriving every year. These immigrants are the main force trained in technical schools, and there will be no shortage of sources of skilled workers in the short term. "

After hearing what Minister Hunter said, many cabinet members expressed their agreement.

But at the same time, many cabinet ministers are in favor of improving the treatment of technical workers and attracting more people to enter technical schools.

Seeing the stalemate between the two sides, Prime Minister Raul looked at Education Minister Kailo and asked: "Minister Kailo, do you have any good opinions?"

Seeing that everyone was looking at him who raised the question, Minister Kailuo could only stand up and put forward his own opinion: "

Your Excellency, Prime Minister, everyone. In my opinion, both current views have some merit. Why don’t we all take a step back and appropriately improve the wages and social status of skilled workers while taking into account the national finances? "

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Minister Kailuo continued: "About these, I have two suggestions for the time being.

First, we should establish a relatively complete system of skilled workers. Take our steelworkers for example. For students who have graduated from technical schools, or ordinary workers who have passed relevant technical assessments, they can obtain relevant steel worker technical certificates.

Technical certificates are divided into four levels, corresponding to first-level technical workers, second-level technical workers, third-level technical workers and fourth-level technical workers.

For these four different levels of skilled workers, the Ministry of Finance can formulate more detailed minimum wage guarantees.

By grading skilled workers, it is possible to avoid the occurrence of relatively unfamiliar people taking up positions in some positions and enhance the safety of each position.

Secondly, by assessing different levels of technical certificates, workers can also increase their income, which is also equivalent to a disguised subsidy.

The second suggestion is to provide certain tax exemptions based on different levels of skilled workers.

I believe you all know that excellent technical workers play a significant role in the country and are one of the groups we must cultivate.

After establishing an assessment system, we can increase the motivation of skilled workers to improve their technical level through measures such as tax exemptions, subsidies and benefits, and appropriate publicity.

We can even increase the importance that the entire society attaches to and cultivate skilled workers by providing certain tax exemptions and exemptions for companies and factories based on the level and number of skilled workers they have.

In this way, the problem we are worried about about the reduced enthusiasm of the people to become skilled workers will not occur, and there will not be a big burden on the finances. "

Prime Minister Raul nodded, still very satisfied with the proposal made by Minister Kailo.

In fact, having said that, Minister Kailuo, as the person who raised this issue, is bound to spend a longer time thinking about this issue.

Judging from the current situation, Minister Kelo's proposal is indeed more effective and reasonable. By grading and issuing certificates to technical workers, not only can companies effectively identify the abilities of technical workers, but it can also increase the wages of some technical workers who truly possess abilities.

But one thing that needs to be paid attention to is the control of technical assessment.

This system is good, but it is not perfect. The first is that technical assessments must be strictly controlled to ensure that there will be no cheating or bribery.

After all, the technical certificates issued by the government are still very convincing to a certain extent. But if there are many people with only certificates but no ability, this will also be a blow to the government’s credibility.

"Minister Kailuo, the matter of grading and technical assessment of skilled workers will be left to the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Industry.

I hope there won’t be any cheating in the technical assessment. Our goal is to cultivate more outstanding technical talents for the country, not to let some people take advantage of policy loopholes. Do you understand? Prime Minister Raul looked at Chief Kailob and said slightly seriously.

"I understand, Your Excellency Prime Minister." Minister Kailuo nodded equally seriously and looked at Industry Minister Joy who nodded together.

Although technical schools are also under the Ministry of Education, most of the skilled workers they train are in industry.

Of course, each department actually has a certain number of skilled workers, which also means that the classification and assessment of technical worker levels require joint supervision and efforts from all departments.

"Then the assessment of skilled workers is tentatively decided to be in two ways: technical schools recognized by the government and technical skills assessment points set up by the government.

The current assessment method is tentatively free assessment, but only two assessments are allowed per year. If you want to take a make-up exam for the third time, you need to pay an additional make-up exam fee. ” Prime Minister Raúl concluded: “

This can effectively control the number of people participating in technical assessments and will not affect the government's work for the time being. "

After a brief discussion by the cabinet government, this plan on the grading and assessment system for skilled workers was quickly reported to Arthur's desk.

Arthur glanced briefly and was quite satisfied with the plan discussed by the cabinet.

In fact, this assessment system is very similar to that of later generations. The minimum wages and tax breaks enjoyed by each level of skilled workers are different, which can also encourage lower-level skilled workers to work towards higher-level skilled workers.

Under the influence of such a system, I believe Australasia will soon have an additional group of high-level skilled workers, which will be very helpful to the development and construction of the country.

After being passed by Arthur, this policy on the classification and assessment system of skilled workers was quickly announced to the public and was first implemented in Sydney and Melbourne.

Even the lowest level, that is, first-level skilled workers, can still enjoy a minimum wage that exceeds the per capita income level (AUD 143) and a 2% tax exemption.

Further up, second-level skilled workers can enjoy a guaranteed minimum wage of A$178 and a 3% tax deduction.

Level 3 skilled workers can enjoy a guaranteed minimum wage of A$225 and a 5% tax deduction.

The most senior level four workers can enjoy a guaranteed minimum wage of A$275 and a 5% tax deduction.

This four-level skilled worker system will also become the standard for assessing all workers. Workers who fail to pass the technical assessment are all ordinary workers, and the minimum wage standards are implemented in accordance with the Australasian Labor Law.

As of now, the salary level of the highest level level four technical workers is equivalent to twice the per capita income, and the income is not that exaggerated.

But in fact, the minimum income does not represent the actual income of skilled workers. Factories and enterprises will also negotiate corresponding wages based on the different abilities of skilled workers.

The so-called minimum wage guarantee only ensures that skilled workers can receive minimum funds, but most people's income far exceeds the minimum wage.

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