12.2.1 Age, experience, training, language and other skills - para (i)

This criterion makes it necessary to have regard to the client's background. For example, if a RAAF General Hand was injured to the extent that their employment prospects were limited to sedentary clerical work, such work would be inappropriate if the client were illiterate. Similarly, employment as a cleaner may not be considered suitable employment for a RAAF pilot or a skilled Officer Engineer.