First approved employer of Fijian origin to provide more employment opportunities
AFORMER Fijian whose humble beginnings started from Suvavou Village in Suva was in the country recently as the first Approved Employer (AE) of Fijian origin under the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme. Viliame Likusuasua had migrated with his family to Australia in 2008. He started Pickers and Pruners Labour Hire in 2016 based in Waikerie, South Australia.
According to the Director of Pickers and Pruners Labour Hire back then, he mostly employed backpackers in Australia.
Mr Likusuasua kept on pursuing his goal and soon Pickers and Pruners Labour Hire Pty Ltd became an Approved Employer under the PALM scheme in 2019.
They currently have a cohort of 12 Fijian workers on site that was mobilised in April 2022.
They recently ventured into recruiting longterm workers with two active recruitment plans for 22 workers to be mobilised this month of which 20 are engaged under the Seasonal Worker program while two will be engaged under the Pacific labour Scheme (PLS)
While in Fiji, Director Likusuasua and his family met with the staff of Ministry of Employment, Productivity and Industrial Relations and discussed their recruitment plan for both seasonal and long-term workers from Fiji.
National Employment Centre director, Lui Mario, on behalf of the Fijian Government, expressed appreciation to Mr Likusuasua for having Fiji at heart and for visiting Fiji to provide more job opportunities for other Fijian citizens in the near future.
(Source: Ministry and
of EmploymentProductivity Industrial Relations)