Public Administration and Safety

Industry overview

The Public Administration and Safety sector covers Federal, State or Local Government legislative, executive and judicial activities and includes providing physical, social, economic and general public safety and security services; and in enforcing regulations.

• Public Administration and Safety provided $14 billion to Victorian's output in 2013-14, representing 4 per cent of the total.
• The sector employs approximately 148,400 people, with a growth of 23 per cent over the past five years, with the largest growth in the Public Administration sub-sector.

Industry training

• Public Administration and Safety related courses accounted for 8,562 government subsidised enrolments in 2014. TAFE fee-for-service provision in the sector had 849 enrolments.
• Apprenticeships grew by 5 per cent to 98 government subsidised enrolments between 2009 and 2014.
• Traineeships grew by 195 per cent to 227 government subsidised enrolments between 2009 and 2014.
• In 2014, 3 per cent of government subsidised enrolments related to specialised or in shortage occupations.
• There were 23 training providers delivering government subsidised training related to the Public Administration and Safety sector in 2014. TAFEs provided 17 per cent of government subsidised enrolments in 2014. Private Registered Training Organisations' (RTOs) share of government subsidised vocational training was 76 per cent of all enrolments in 2014.
• The largest number of course enrolments by occupation include:
• Security Officers
• Law Clerks
• Prison Officers
• Parole or Probation Officers
• Security Consultants

Main training packages

Occupations with skills in demand

We anticipate that the following occupations will have good employment prospects in the near future as they are experiencing shortages, are already a large occupation group or are anticipating strong growth from 2014-19.

Occupations with shortages

Largest employing occupations

In 2014, the top five employing occupations in the Public Administration and Safety industry accounted for 29 per cent of all employment within the industry. They are:

• Police
• Security Officers and Guards       
• Aged and Disabled Carers
• General Clerks
• Fire and Emergency Workers

Occupations anticipating strongest growth (2014 to 2019)

Over the next five years (2014-19), the following occupations are forecast to have the strongest growth:

• Aged and Disabled Carers
• Fire and Emergency Workers
• Security Officer and Guards
• Police
• Contract, Program and Project Administrators

Skills and training market publications

Training market intelligence

• Skills and Training Needs 2013 - Public Administration and Safety (pdf - 9.58mb)
• Skills and Training Needs 2013 - Public Administration and Safety (docx - 968.48kb)

Vocational training enrolments summary

• Public Administration and Safety Enrolments 2014 (pdf - 372.99kb)
• Public Administration and Safety Enrolments 2014 (docx - 74.59kb)

For all industry comparisons refer to:

• Industry Overview: Summary Tables (pdf - 404.01kb)
• Industry Overview: Summary Tables (docx - 152.85kb)

Links

For more information on training market trends see: Victorian Training Market Quarterly Reports

For more information on occupations, courses and the Victorian Training Guarantee, see: Victorian Skills Gateway

Key contacts

Public Administration and Safety resides within Portfolio C. Key contacts for Portfolio C can be found at: Industry Skills Portfolio Teams.​​​