READ THE LIST: All the workers given travel exemptions
From Air Filtration Systems Testers to X-ray Technology Repairer, Bricklayers to Halal Certification Inspectors, here’s the list of workers given exemptions to enter Tasmania. READ THE FULL LIST HERE>>
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BITUMEN carters, sewerage specialists and salmon spawners are all on the list of workers allowed to enter the state in the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic.
The state government has released the list of 217 workers who were able to gain exemptions from quarantine exemptions.
The list includes a Halal Certification Inspector, a Hyperbaric Chamber Specialist, Kitchen Ventilation Inspector and a Labelling Machinery Repairer.
The Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment released the list under Right to Information laws.
It is titled; “An aggregated list of the occupations of all recipients of exemptions and quarantine requirements approved by the State Controller on the basis that a person possesses
specialist skills critical to maintaining key industries or businesses up to 15 May 2020.
The government introduced quarrantine restrictions in mid-May for all people arriving in Tasmania with exceptions for:
“Any specialists required for industry or business continuity and maintenance of competitive operations where the appropriate skills are not available in Tasmania, where the service is time-critical and where the provision of the service requires that the person be physically present in Tasmania; and
“Any person who, in the carriage of his or her duties, is responsible, while in Tasmania, for critical maintenance or repair of infrastructure critical to Tasmania.
And “any other person, or member of a class of persons, who, in the opinion of the Secretary DPIPWE, is essential for the proper functioning of Tasmania.”
WORKERS GIVEN EXEMPTIONS INCLUDE:
Advanced Gasfitter
Agricultural Machinery Repairer
Air Filtration Systems Tester
Aircraft Repairer
Aircrew
Aquaculture Industry Specialist
Artificial Insemination Technician
Audiology Equipment Repairer
Aviation Communications Engineer
Avionics Engineer
Avionics Maintenance Engineer
Avionics Specialist
Bitumen Carter
Boat Docking Supervisor
Boat repairer
Bricklayer
Bus Floor Installers
CASA Accreditor
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Operating Officer
Clinical Application Specialist
Combustion Engineers
Compliance Manager
Construction worker
Consultant
Crane Technician
Dairy Machinery Installer
Diagnostic Instrument Tester
Digester Tank Repairer
Driller
Electrical Technician
Emergency Veterinarian
Emissions Tester
Engineer
Engineer (Laboratory Testing Equipment)
Engineering Manager
Factory Service Technician
Field Service Engineer
Field Service Technician
Fire Detection Systems Specialist
Fire Safety Assessor
Food Safety Specialist
Forensic Fire Investigator
Gas Network Specialist
Gearing Engineer
General Manager
Generator Repairer
Geotechnical Equipment Operator
Halal Certification Inspector
Hyperbaric Chamber Specialist
Kitchen Ventilation Inspector
Labelling Machinery Repairer
Lift Repairer
Lineworker Manager
Machinery Installer
Managing Director
Manufacturing Equipment Repairer
Marine Fire Fighting Specialist
Marine Surveyor Maritime Engineer
Maritime Fire Safety Equipment Specialist
Medical Equipment Installer
Medical Equipment Repairer Mining
NBN Repair Technician
Offshore Installation Manager
Operations Managing Consultant
Packaging Equipment Repairer
Pest Technician
Plant Metallurgist
Principal Mechanical Engineer
Production Plant Machinery Specialist
Profiler Operator
Project Director and Commissioning Manager
Project Manager
Project Supervisor
Prosthetist
Rail Transport Repairer
Refrigeration Equipment Repairer
Refrigeration Technician
Refuelling Site Repairer
Remediation Specialist
Rheumatologist
Robotic Equipment Installer
Salmon Spawning Specialist
Security Technician
Senior Foreman
Senior Mechanical Engineer
Senior Mining Engineer
Service Engineer
Service Technician
Sewerage Specialist
Site Engineer
Site Foreman
Site Manager
Specialised Equipment Operator
Specialised Machinery Servicer
Specialised Veterinarian
Specialist Cladding Worker
Specialist Construction Worker
Specialist Electrical Equipment Repairer
Specialist Equine Surgeon
Specialist Equipment Installer
Specialist Equipment Servicer
Specialist Fibreglasser
Specialist Flooring Contractor
Specialist Joiner
Specialist Machinery Fabricator and Installer
Specialist Machinery Installer
Specialist Machinery Operator
Specialist Machinery Repairer
Specialist Marine Evacuation Systems Technician
Specialist Marine Evacuation Systems Technician
Specialist Maritime Crew Specialist Supervisor
Specialist Vessel Engineer
Supermarket IT Technician
Technical Commissioning Specialist
Technical Services Manager Telecommunications
Technician Transmission Power Line Worker
Underground Blasting
Vessel Inspector
Vessel Service Technician
Waste Water Technician
Water Industry specialist
Water Infrastructure Repairer
Water Purification Specialist
Water Specialist
Wind Farm Workers
Workplace Health and Safety Advisor
X-ray Technology Installer
X-ray Technology Repairer