Other services skills and workforce snapshot
Workforce overview
Victoria’s 11th largest employing industry:
- 140,000 people employed
- 3.7% of the Victorian workforce.
Top employing jobs in the industry:
- Motor mechanics
- Hairdressers.
Workforce profile
- Even sex distribution and predominantly VET qualified workforce
- The personal and other services, and repair and maintenance sub-sectors comprise 99% of industry employment
- Higher proportion of the workforce is aged 50+ (31% compared with 29% statewide)
- More workers have a VET qualification (51% compared with 30% statewide).
Projections
Future workforce projections:
- 3,200 new workers expected by 2028
- The repair and maintenance, and personal and other services industry subdivisions expect 1,900 and 1,200 new workers respectively by 2028.
Top growing jobs in the industry are:
- Metal fitters and machinists, +450 new workers by 2028
- Animal attendants and trainers, +450 new workers by 2028.
Regional outlook
Regions expecting the highest share of new workers:
- Melbourne: Western metropolitan Melbourne and Northern metropolitan Melbourne
- Regional: Barwon and Central Highlands.
Skills demand
Many of the top growing jobs in the industry are VET-aligned:
- Annual median earnings of top growing occupations vary across industry sub-sectors.
Most in-demand industry specific skills:
- Office and productivity equipment and technology skills
- Community and social work.
Skills supply
Popular vocational education and training courses:
- Certificate III in Hairdressing
- Certificate III in Light Vehicle Mechanical Technology.
Popular university study areas:
- Business management
- Management and commerce.
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