2013 Environmental Scan - Community Services & Health Industry ...

APPENDIX C
Table C3: Recent and projected growth in selected Community Services and Health Occupations, 2006-2017
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ANZSCO
Aug 2006
‘000
Occupation
Aug 2011
‘000
% change
2006-2011
From DEEWR
Occupational projections
Nov 2011
‘000
2016-17
‘000
% change
2006-2011
2544 Registered Nurses 172.6 206.9 19.9 228.0 274.8 20.5
4211 Child Carers a 85.3 107.9 26.6 115.1 133.4 16.0
4231 Aged and Disabled Carersa 77.4 108.2 39.8 116.8 140.6 20.4
4233 Nursing Support and
Personal Care Workers a 58.2 70.5 21.2 82.1 95.6 16.5
2231 Human Resource Professionals b 41.8 53.4 27.8 61.2 68.9 12.5
4117 Welfare Support Workers a 40.3 50.2 24.6 56.2 64.6 14.8
2531 Generalist Medical Practitioners 35.5 43.4 22.5 52.3 61.5 17.7
6214 Pharmacy Sales Assistants c 27.5 31.2 13.6 34.6 36.2 4.6
4114 Enrolled and Mothercraft Nurses a 19.4 17.9 -7.7 27.5 30.6 11.0
3112 Medical Technicians a 18.6 22.1 18.8 28.1 32.4 15.3
4232 Dental Assistantsa 15.4 18.8 22.4 20.9 23.2 11.0
2411 Early Childhood (Pre-primary
School) Teachers
15.3 18.3 20.0 20.3 22.3 9.9
2515 Pharmacists 15.3 19.9 30.0 21.1 23.1 9.9
2722 Ministers of Religion 14.8 16.1 8.8 11.3 10.9 -3.2
2721 Counsellors d 14.7 16.4 11.6 13.9 14.6 4.6
5999 Other Miscellaneous Clerical and
Administrative Workers c 14.5 17.9 23.5 17.8 18.6 4.5
2726 Welfare, Recreation and
Community Arts Workers
13.9 19.6 41.0 26.0 29.5 13.7
2346 Medical Laboratory Scientists 13.4 15.9 18.6 19.9 21.2 6.2
2723 Psychologists 13.4 18.6 38.5 21.9 25.3 15.4
3999 Other Miscellaneous Technicians
and Trades Workers
12.8 15.0 16.7 15.1 16.5 8.7
2725 Social Workers 12.4 16.9 36.0 22.2 25.7 16.0
2525 Physiotherapists 12.3 15.9 29.7 16.7 19.4 16.0
1342 Health and Welfare Services
Managersd
12.2 17.4 43.0 18.4 21.4 16.0
2541 Midwives 12.2 14.1 15.3 15.2 16.9 11.7
5122 Practice Managers 11.4 15.0 32.0 19.3 21.3 10.4
2543 Nurse Managers 10.9 12.6 15.9 11.3 13.0 15.4
2513 Occupational and Environmental
Health Professionals
10.8 18.9 74.6 24.5 27.8 13.7
2512 Medical Imaging Professionals 10.1 13.2 30.5 22.0 25.3 14.8
2523 Dental Practitioners 9.1 11.0 21.2 16.7 19.3 16.0
4111 Ambulance Officers and
Paramedics a 9.1 11.9 31.2 16.0 18.6 16.0
4116 Massage Therapists a 8.2 10.6 29.3 15.2 17.3 14.3
1341 Child Care Centre Managers d 8.1 9.5 17.5 12.9 14.8 14.8
2524 Occupational Therapists 6.8 9.2 35.3 11.2 12.9 14.8
4518 Other Personal Service Workers c 6.8 10.1 48.5 18.9 20.3 7.2
5994 Human Resource Clerks c 6.6 7.9 18.8 11.0 11.6 5.6
2539 Other Medical Practitioners 5.9 8.6 47.3 11.0 13.2 20.5
2522 Complementary Health Therapists d 5.3 5.9 12.1 7.6 7.9 5.1
ANZSCO
Aug 2006
‘000
Occupation
Aug 2011
‘000
% change
2006-2011
From DEEWR
Occupational projections
Nov 2011
‘000
2016-17
‘000
% change
2006-2011
4112 Dental Hygienists,
Technicians and Therapists a 5.2 6.3 22.5 5.8 6.0 4.1
2527 Speech Professionals and
Audiologists
2519 Other Health Diagnostic and
Promotion Professionals
3125 Mechanical Engineering
Draftspersons and Technicians
5.0 6.8 37.3 9.2 10.4 12.6
4.5 5.6 25.4 8.0 8.9 12.1
4.1 4.8 16.1 4.7 4.5 -3.9
4113 Diversional Therapists a 4.1 4.3 4.4 6.3 6.6 5.6
2535 Surgeons 3.9 4.9 26.2 5.6 6.6 17.1
2542 Nurse Educators and Researchers 3.8 5.3 40.5 7.1 8.2 16.0
2514 Optometrists and Orthoptists 3.6 4.3 20.1 4.9 5.1 4.6
4515 Personal Care Consultants c 3.6 3.8 5.6 6.2 6.6 5.6
2521 Chiropractors and Osteopaths 3.3 4.3 32.1 3.2 3.4 6.7
2532 Anaesthetists 2.7 3.8 38.1 3.0 3.4 16.0
2511 Dieticians 2.6 3.7 43.1 4.6 4.9 7.2
4234 Special Care Workers a 2.4 2.8 18.5 1.7 1.6 -5.9
2534 Psychiatrists 2.2 2.6 18.6 2.1 2.2 4.3
2526 Podiatrists 2.1 2.8 33.7 5.2 5.8 10.4
4115 Indigenous Health Workers a 1.0 1.4 35.6 1.0 1.0 5.6
4221 Education Aides a 0.0 68.8 0.0 80.4 88.4 9.9
2533 Specialist Physicians #N/A 5.5 #N/A 6.6 8.0 20.5
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2006 and 2011. DEEWR, Occupational projections, http://www.deewr.gov.au/lmip/default.aspxLMIP/Publications/
IndustryEmploymentProjections.
Notes: Community services and health occupations are defined as occupations in which the majority of employment is in the Health Care and Social Assistance industry and/or which are
identified in training.gov.au as aligned to a qualification from the Community Services or Health training packages (see Table E1).
a= VET-relevant role; b=shared VET role with and may contain some occupations that are relevant to the community services and health training packages; c= VET-relevant role – at unit level
contains only some occupations that are relevant to the community services and health training packages; d= shared VET HE role; e= This unit level contains only some occupations that are
relevant to the community services and health training packages.
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