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8 th BITRE Transport Colloquium Meeting Skills Gaps in Australia’s Transport Industries

8 th BITRE Transport Colloquium Meeting Skills Gaps in Australia’s Transport Industries. Presenter: Ivan Neville Branch Manager, Labour Supply and Skills Branch Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. Labour Market Overview Australia.

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8 th BITRE Transport Colloquium Meeting Skills Gaps in Australia’s Transport Industries

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  1. 8th BITRE Transport ColloquiumMeeting Skills Gaps in Australia’s Transport Industries Presenter: Ivan NevilleBranch Manager, Labour Supply and Skills BranchDepartment of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations

  2. Labour Market Overview Australia • The Australian labour market has strengthened significantly over the last ten years • Strong employment growth • Unemployment rate at lowest levels in over 30 years • Labour Force Participation rate 65.4% • Ageing population • Skills shortages evident across most occupations and industries Source: ABS 6202 Labour Force Survey, Feb 2003, 2008 and April 2008, 2001 and Census 2006

  3. Transport sector overview • Solid employment growth over the last decade • Largest growth in Water Transport, Services to Transport and Road Transport sectors • Fall in Rail Transport • Around 360 000 people employed in total • Large growth in female employment • Ageing workforce • 45.7 per cent of the workforce are aged 45 years and over Source: ABS 6291 Labour Force Survey, February 2008, ABS 2006 Census of Population and Housing, August 2006

  4. Transport and Storage Sectors – Projected Employment Growth (% pa) to 2012-13 Source: ABS Labour Force Survey, (DEEWR Trend Data); DEEWR projections

  5. Regional survey findings: Transport employers • High levels of recruitment activity • 9.6% of vacancies unfilled in the last 12 months • Recruitment difficulties were frequently reported due to: • Technical skills required; • Licensing or registration required; and • The nature of the work • High levels of recruitment and difficulty expected in the next 12 months Source: DEEWR, Survey of Employers’ Recruitment Experiences, March 2008

  6. Aircraft Pilot survey • 11.9% of vacancies unfilled in the last 12 months • Difficulty recruiting reported by many businesses • Significant difficulties in some sectors • Difficulties mainly due to: • Tight labour market conditions; • Endorsement for specific aircraft; and • Movement of pilots to other major airlines • Recruitment difficulties anticipated over the next 12 months Source: DEEWR, Aircraft Pilots: Survey of Employers’ Recruitment Experiences, November 2007 DEEWR, Survey of Employers’ Recruitment Experiences, December 2007

  7. Truck Drivers survey • 8.5% of vacancies unfilled in the last 12 months • High levels of recruitment difficulty reported for some types of driving vacancies, particularly those jobs: • with high licensing requirements; • requiring physically demanding work; • located in WA, or • within a small business. Source: DEEWR, Truck Drivers - Survey of Employers’ Recruitment Experiences, December 2007 DEEWR, Survey of Employers’ Recruitment Experiences, December 2007

  8. Transport and Storage industry Work in progress • In progress: • Logistics • Proposed: • Maritime

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