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The Victorian Skills Plan underpins Victoria’s skills roadmap, to help TAFEs and other training providers plan for courses, industries ensure they have the workers they need, and Victorians with education and training pathway choices for success in work and life.
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Female voiceover: The Victorian Skills Plan for 2023 into 2024 provides a skills roadmap aligned to current and future job needs. It presents evidence and insights on workforce trends, challenges, and opportunities, to help Victorian businesses, TAFEs and other training providers, communities and individuals plan for the future.
352,000 people are forecasted to enter the Victorian workforce over the next 3 years – about 10% of the current workforce. This includes around 137,000 workers for new jobs and 215,000 to replace retiring workers. Of these, 277,000 new workers are expected in metropolitan Melbourne with 75,000 in regional Victoria. 64% of these new workers will require transferable higher-level skills, to help fill a surge in workforce demand. This includes:
- 83,300 roles in health care and social assistance
- 46,400 in education and training
- 35,000 in professional, scientific and technical services
- 32,300 in accommodation and food services.
Occupations most in demand in Victoria over the next 3 years are predicted to include:
- ageing and disability carers
- registered nurses
- software and application programmers.
More workers with trade and technician level skills will also be needed to support Victoria's ambitious targets of 95% renewable energy by 2035 and net zero emissions by 2045. And Victoria's Housing Statement includes a bold target to build 800,000 homes in Victoria over the next decade, demanding a pipeline of skilled construction workers and apprentices. Vocational education and training will play a key role in delivering the right skills for the Victorian jobs of today and tomorrow.
For more information, visit Victorian Skills Plan.
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Authorised by the Victorian Government, Melbourne.
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