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Ebony O’Doherty-Bowman, electrical apprentice with Powercor Australia and trainer Ray Borowiak at Australia’s first wind turbine training tower at Ballarat’s Federation University, where wind turbine technicians can train instead of using fly-in-fly-out workers.

Growing jobs in regional Victoria

Communities across Victoria are rebuilding their industries and communities after the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Workforce challenges are most acute in regional areas. Changing demographics are putting pressure on local services, while skills shortages can hamper local industry growth.

Regional Victoria represents over 20 per cent of the state’s total workforce.

Almost 75 per cent of Victoria’s agriculture, forestry and fishing, 44 per cent of mining, 26 per cent of administrative and support services and 26 per cent of construction industry workforces are based in regional Victoria.

As the Victorian economy grows, an extra 82,400 workers will be needed by 2025 to meet regional workforce demands.

While many factors contribute to economic development – including the availability of housing, childcare and transport – the Skills Plan is centred on skills and training solutions to local industry issues.

Victorian regional job demand: new workers needed by 2025

Region Currently employed New workers needed
Barwon 176,400 18,300
Central Highlands 105,900 11,050
Gippsland 129,800 12,900
Goulburn 82,500 8,000
Great South Coast 54,700 5,400
Loddon Campaspe 126,400 12,850
Mallee 43,800 4,300
Metro 2,725,400 290,400
Ovens Murray 71,600 7,250
Wimmera Southern Mallee 22,400 2,400

References

Current worker: VSA and Nous analysis (2022).

New worker demand: represents employment growth + workers needed to replace retirements, (figures rounded), National Skills Commission employment projections, Nous and VSA analysis, (2022).

New workers needed: National Skills Commission employment projections, Nous and VSA analysis, (2022).

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