Electricity, gas, water and waste services skills and workforce snapshot
Workforce overview
Victoria’s 18th largest employing industry:
- 49,800 people employed
- 1.3% of the Victorian workforce.
Top employing jobs in the industry:
- Truck drivers
- Contract, program and project administrators.
Workforce profile
- Predominantly male workforce with above industry-average First Nations employment
- Around half of the people employed in the industry work in the electricity supply sub-sector
- Higher proportion of workforce is aged 25 to 49 (64% compared to 59% statewide)
- More workers have a VET qualification (35% compared to 30% statewide).
Projections
Victoria’s fifteenth highest growing industry:
- 4,400 new workers expected by 2028
- Growing at a rate of 0.9% per year to 2028.
Top growing jobs in the industry are:
- Truck drivers, +430 new workers by 2028
- Civil engineering professionals, +180 new workers by 2028.
Regional outlook
Regions expecting the highest share of new workers:
- Melbourne: Inner metropolitan Melbourne and Southern metropolitan Melbourne
- Regional: Gippsland and Barwon.
Skills demand
Top growing jobs in the industry range in skill level requirements:
- Higher skilled jobs in the industry attract higher annual median earnings.
Most in-demand industry specific skills:
- Electrical power
- Business solutions.
Skills supply
Popular vocational education and training courses:
- Certificate III in ESI - Distribution Overhead
- Advanced Diploma of Engineering Technology.
Popular university study areas:
- Business management
- Management and commerce.
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