This presentation was given at the Career Advice Australia conferences held in each state. The presentation provides a thorough overview of:
• Industry employment
• Industry drivers of job growth
• Job growth by skill level by industry
• New jobs and workforce ageing
• Skills Info
• Job Outlook
Career Advice Australia Presentation (PDF 1.8MB)
The following links are spreadsheets containing employed total (ABS) labour force data for each State and Territory from May 1998 to May 2008 (four quarter averages). These 'dynamic' spreadsheets allow you to choose any time period which then updates a comparison graph and table for occupations and industries.
The Dynamic Industry State Spreadsheet is based on the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC), while the Dynamic Occupations State Spreadsheet uses the Australian Standard Classification of Occupations (ASCO).
The New Jobs (PDF 4.2MB) report provides an easily accessible overview of industry employment trends and will assist education and employment providers and industry to develop training and skills strategies, as well as guide users to more in-depth information for specific industries on SkillsInfo.
Skills Australia is an independent statutory body, providing advice to the Minister for Education, Employment and Workplace Relations on Australia’s current, emerging and future workforce skills needs and workforce development needs.
Skills Australia has been established with the objective of providing for expert and independent advice in relation to Australia’s workforce skills needs and workforce development needs, in order to:
- identify training priorities to respond to those needs;
- increase workforce participation;
- improve productivity and competitiveness;
- identify and address skills shortages; and
- promote the development of a highly skilled workforce.
The National Skills Policy Collaboration has released a ten-point plan to meet Australia's skills challenges head on. The statement by leading employer and union groups calls for significant action, innovative thinking and creative solutions to address Australia's skills crisis. The statement highlights ten steps integral to improving the quality and capacity of Australia's workforce, including:
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Renewed focus on apprenticeship completions
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A long-term strategy to improve Australia's investment in education and training
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Skill infrastructure partnerships between public and private sectors
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Lifting Year 12 or certificate III completion rates
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A national vision and consensus on the future of TAFE
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A review of the traineeship program.
The group consists of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), Australian Industry Group (Ai Group), Australian Education Union (AEU), Dusseldorp Skills Forum (DSF) and Group Training Australia (GTA). It will be conducting a roundtable in coming months to communicate the plan and to engage with other stakeholders.
More information on the plan is available from the National Skills Policy Collaboration brochure.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has issued the second release of 2006 Census data. You can find Census data by choosing a location or topic, or you can go straight to one of the great online tools for finding the Census data you require.
Building upon the first release of data (in June 2007), the latest additions allow researchers, government agencies and the general public to obtain data on the characteristics relating to employment and unemployment, such as the labour force status of working age people, or the hours, industry and occupation of employed people. These products can be accessed by clicking on this link to the ABS Census of Population and Housing site. Selected Census 2006 data are also available on the SkillsInfo Census 2006 page.
The 'First Release' data covered a wide range of other characteristics and variables of interest, such as age, population size and growth, indigenous status, ancestry, educational attainment, family type, household characteristics, personal and household income etc. More detailed explanations of the products available can be found on the ABS web site.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics' National Centre for Education and Training Statistics (NCETS) recently released the first edition of its newsletter, Education and Training Matters (cat. no. 4211.0).
The newsletter, expected to be released twice each year, aims to keep readers informed of the work the ABS is doing in the area of education and training statistics.
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