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Industry Employment Outlooks provide detailed analysis of employment characteristics, trends and prospects by industry, and highlight specific sectors where job growth is the strongest. Specific issues highlighted in these outlooks include workforce ageing, employment share by gender, educational profile, weekly earnings, average hours worked, regional and occupational employment.

Electricity, Gas and Water Supply Employment Outlook (492KB)

Below is a 'snap of the Electricity, Gas and Water Supply industry. For more detailed information go to Industry Employment Profiles or directly to the Industry and Regional Tables page for data on broad (ANZSIC 1 digit) industries.

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The following shows trend employment growth for the Electricity, Gas and Water industry over the past one, two, five and ten years.

Source: DEEWR Trend Data based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – May 2008.

The following shows projected future growth, general employment characteristics and the proportion of workers aged 45 years and over in the Electricity, Gas and Water industry.

Characteristics and Mature Age Source: DEEWR Special Order based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – Calendar Year Average 2007.

The following shows the top 10 employing (ABS) Labour Force Regions (LFRs) for this industry including the number employed by each region (in 000's):

Source: Four quarter average based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – May 2008.

Using the following two links, you can view more details of employment in this industry by ABS Labour Force Region and by DEEWR Labour Market Region.

The top employing occupations in Electricity, Gas and Water Supply are shown below. Click on any of the occupation titles to go to the Job Outlook web page for that occupation. Job Outlook contains a comprehensive statistical profile for each occupation, as well as links to Australian JobSearch and Australian Training.

Source: DEEWR Special Order based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – Calendar Year Average 2007.    

• ElectroComms and EnergyUtilities Industry Skills Council (EE-Oz)
• EE-Oz - Electrotechnology Industry Training
• EE-Oz - Gas Industry Training
• EE-Oz - Generation Industry Training
• EE-Oz - Lift Industry Training
• EE-Oz – Transmission, Distribution and Rail Industry Training
• EE-Oz - Pre-Apprenticeship Self-Assessment Tool
• EE-Oz - Qualifications Finder
• Electrotechnology, Printing and Information Technology Industry Training Board
• Government Skills Australia Industry Skills Council
• Government Skills Australia - Water Industry Training

• Training and Skills in the Electrical and Communications Industry - NCVER Report
• EE-Oz Environmental Scan 2008
• EE-Oz – Industry Skills report - 2004
• EE-Oz – Profiling - electronic workplace skill monitoring system
• EE-Oz - Skills Requirements of the EnergyUtilities Industry 2006
• EE-Oz National VET Plan
• Mature Age Fact Sheets – Electricity, Gas and Water      

• EE-Oz - Career Resource website
• EE-Oz - ElectroComms Careers
• EE-Oz - EnergyUtility Careers
• Electrotecfutures - Career Resource website  
• Government Skills Australia - Water Industry Careers

• Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
• Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism
• ElectroComms and EnergyUtilities Industry Skills Council (EE-Oz)
• Energy Networks Association (ENA)
• Energy Supply Association of Australia (ESAA)
• Government Skills Australia Industry Skills Council
• National Electrical and Communications Association (NECA)
• Ministerial Council on Energy
  

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