Business and Administration careers
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Employment prospects The Business and Administration industry employs 116,200 South Australians, which is 14.2% of the State’s workforce. Around 21,831 jobs are expected to open up over the next five years due to industry growth and replacement of people who will retire. Business and Administration workers can be found within every industry, but governments, banks and insurance companies have higher numbers. There are also significant numbers in the health and community services industry. Most of the jobs are in the Adelaide metropolitan area, although there are many regional jobs available. • The majority of people work full-time. • Most people have completed Year 12 and have a Certificate III qualification or higher. • Women make up around two thirds of the business and administration workforce. • The age spread of people working in the industry is similar to the average age of the SA workforce. • To work in this industry you need to be neat, accurate and organised. Computer skills are essential and you’ll need to be able to communicate well with others, particularly in writing. • Wages depend on your qualifications, experience and responsibility. For example, in administration you might start at the front desk on $400 - $600 per week and, with training and experience, move into jobs that require a higher level of expertise and be earning $1,200 per week. Quick facts about this industry Business and administration If you are at school For vocational education in SACE, ask your VET coordinator at school, and visit www.sace.sa.edu.au to check the VET recognition register. Check the following industries to see which qualifications can be recognised in the SACE. Some of the Certificate III qualifications may be available for Training Guarantee for SACE Students. • Business and Finance If you are thinking about VET, vocational education options include: Business Administration • Certificate I, II, III, IV, Diploma and Advanced Diploma in Business • Certificate II, III, IV, Diploma and Advanced Diploma in Customer Contact • Certificate III, IV and Diploma in Business Administration, with specialisations in international education, legal and medical • Certificate III, IV, Diploma and Advanced Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety • Certificate III in Micro Business Operations • Certificate III and IV in International Trade • Certificate III and IV in Recordkeeping • Certificate III and IV in Frontline Management • There are 19 qualifications at the Certificate IV and Diploma level in addition to those mentioned above, including advertising, small business management, international business, international education services, franchising, governance, human resources, legal services, marketing, project management, purchasing, unionism and industrial relations. Top job openings Office Managers Advertising and Sales Managers Chief Executives and Managing Directors Human Resource Managers General Managers skills.sa.gov.au 1800 506 266 20
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The Business and Administration industry employs 116,200 South Australians, which is 14.2% of the State’s workforce. Around 21,831 jobs are expected to open up over the next five years due to industry growth and replacement of people who will retire. Business and Administration workers can be found within every industry, but governments, banks and insurance companies have higher numbers. There are also significant numbers in the health and community services industry. Most of the jobs are in the Adelaide metropolitan area, although there are many regional jobs available.
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Employment prospectsThe Business and Administration industry employs 116,200 South Australians, which is 14.2% of the State’s workforce.
Around 21,831 jobs are expected to open up over the next five years due to industry growth and replacement of people who will retire.
Business and Administration workers can be found within every industry, but governments, banks and insurance companies have higher numbers. There are also significant numbers in the health and community services industry.
Most of the jobs are in the Adelaide metropolitan area, although there are many regional jobs available.
• Themajorityofpeopleworkfull-time.
• MostpeoplehavecompletedYear12andhaveaCertificateIIIqualificationorhigher.
• Womenmakeuparoundtwothirdsofthebusinessandadministrationworkforce.
• TheagespreadofpeopleworkingintheindustryissimilartotheaverageageoftheSAworkforce.
• Toworkinthisindustryyouneedtobeneat,accurateandorganised.Computerskillsareessentialandyou’llneedtobeabletocommunicatewellwithothers,particularlyinwriting.
• Wagesdependonyourqualifications,experienceandresponsibility.Forexample,inadministrationyoumightstartatthefrontdeskon$400-$600perweekand,withtrainingandexperience,moveintojobsthatrequireahigherlevelofexpertiseandbeearning$1,200perweek.
Quick facts about this industry
Business and administration
If you are at schoolFor vocational education in SACE, ask your VET coordinator at school, and visit www.sace.sa.edu.au to check the VET recognition register. Check the following industries to see which qualifications can be recognised in the SACE. Some of the Certificate III qualifications may be available for Training Guarantee for SACE Students.
• BusinessandFinance
If you are thinking about VET, vocational education options include:
Business Administration• CertificateI,II,III,IV,Diplomaand
AdvancedDiplomainBusiness
• CertificateII,III,IV,DiplomaandAdvancedDiplomainCustomerContact
• CertificateIII,IVandDiplomainBusinessAdministration,withspecialisationsininternational education, legal and medical
• CertificateIII,IV,DiplomaandAdvancedDiplomainOccupationalHealthandSafety
• CertificateIIIinMicroBusinessOperations
• CertificateIIIandIVinInternationalTrade
• CertificateIIIandIVinRecordkeeping
• CertificateIIIandIVinFrontlineManagement• Thereare19qualificationsattheCertificate
IVandDiplomalevelinadditiontothosementioned above, including advertising, small business management, international business, international education services, franchising, governance, human resources, legalservices,marketing,projectmanagement,purchasing,unionismandindustrialrelations.
Top job openingsOfficeManagers
AdvertisingandSalesManagers
ChiefExecutivesandManagingDirectors
HumanResourceManagers
GeneralManagers
skills.sa.gov.au 1800 506 266 20
For more information about the qualifications and where to go, check the job guide: www.jobguide.thegoodguides.com.au Check www.skills.sa.gov.au to see what courses are available under Skills for All.
If you are thinking about university, degrees include:
• BachelorofBusinessAdministration
• BachelorofCommerce(InternationalBusiness)
• BachelorofCommerce(Management)
• BachelorofManagement(HumanResourceManagement).
Check the three South Australian university websites and South Australian Tertiary AdmissionsCentre(SATAC)listedatthefrontof this guide. For more information about the qualifications and where to go, check the job guide: www.jobguide.thegoodguides.com.au
Occupations in this industryAdministration is the hub of every organisation’s planning, organising, staffing, directing, controlling and budgeting functions.
Administration workers are found in almost every organisation, from the front desk to the board room and everywhere in between. They are found in private companies, government agencies, law courts, hospitals, factories, and small businesses of every type.
Occupations in this industry include:
AdvertisingandMarketingProfessionalsCallorContactCentrePersonnelChiefExecutives,DirectorsandManagersConveyancersandLegalProfessionalsCourt and Legal OfficersData AnalystsExecutive Assistants/SecretariesGeneral ClerksHumanResourceProfessionalsManagementandOrganisationAnalystsOfficeAdministrators/ManagersProjectOfficersPublicRelationsProfessionalsPurchasingandSupplyLogisticsOfficersReceptionists/Switchboard OperatorsRecords OfficersSafetyInspectorsandRegulatoryOfficers.
Occupations in this industry link to the:• FinanceandInsuranceindustry
• Government
• InformationandCommunicationsTechnologyindustry
• MediaandPublishingindustry
• PropertyServicesindustry.
Note:TheBusinessandAdministrationindustryisstronglyrelatedtotheFinanceandInsuranceindustryandGovernment.
Need more info?BusinessServicesIndustrySkillsBoardresourceswww.businessvetpathways.com.au
InnovationandBusinessSkillsAustraliawww.ibsa.org.au/training-packages/information/job-seekers-and-learners.aspx
CPAAustraliawww.cpaaustralia.com.au/careers&employment
www.thejoboutlook.gov.au
www.jobguide.thegoodguides.com.au
Career information about specific occupations has been sourced from www.myfuture.com.au and industry skills bodies. South Australian labour market information has been sourced from ABS Catalogue 6291.0.55.003 Labour Force, average of 4 quarters to November quarter 2011. South Australian information on Age, Region and Income has been sourced from the Australian Census of Population and Housing 2006. Job Openings information is sourced from the South Australian Training and Skills Commission, (unpublished) 2011.© Copyright 2012 Minister for Employment, Higher Education and Skills
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