Health Care and Social Assistance + What you need to know Occupations include: Doctors, Registered Nurses, Aged This industry includes services, health care and and Disabled Carers, Welfare Support Workers, Medical social assistance. Technicians, Child Care Centre Managers, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Community Workers, Residential Care Officers, Child Care Workers, Dentists and Dental Assistants. Many careers in this industry require higher education, however many VET OUTLOOK courses offer pathways to university study. Over the next five years, about 108,000 Current Skills Shortages: employees1 are forecast to be Physiotherapist Medical Diagnostic • • Radiographer Registered • needed Occupational • Enrolled Nurse • Therapist in the Health Care and Social Community • Midwife • Worker Services industry, including: Disability Services • Officer Welfare Worker • 13,200 Registered Nurses • Aboriginal and • 8150 Aged and Disabled Carers Torres Strait • Residential Care • Islander Health Officer 5450 Receptionists Child Care Centre • • Worker Aged or Disabled Manager • Family Support • Carer Health Information • Worker Welfare Centre Manager • Child Care Worker FAST • Manager Sonographer • Clinical Coder • Contributed $22.9 billion (seven per cent) to the Victorian economy in • Employs 343,900 people in Victoria • 27% Employment has grown by 74,400 people (28 per cent) over the past five • years About 34 per cent of people are employed in the Medical Services and 28 per • cent in hospitals 73% 73 per cent of people are employed in metropolitan Melbourne • 27 per cent of people are employed in regional Victoria • Employed in metropolitan Melbourne
Health Care and Social Assistance + What you need to know This industry includes services, health care and social assistance. OUTLOOK Over the next five years, about 108,000 Occupations include: Doctors, Registered Nurses, Aged and Disabled Carers, Welfare Support Workers, Medical Technicians, Child Care Centre Managers, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Community Workers, Residential Care Officers, Child Care Workers, Dentists and Dental Assistants. Many careers in this industry require higher education, however many VET courses offer pathways to university study. Current Skills Shortages: employees1 are forecast to be needed in the Health Care and Social Services industry, including: • 13,200 Registered Nurses • 8150 Aged and Disabled Carers • 5450 Receptionists FAST • Child Care Centre Manager • Health Information Manager • Sonographer • Physiotherapist • Registered • Enrolled Nurse • Community Worker • Disability Services Officer • Residential Care Officer • Aged or Disabled Carer • Welfare Centre Manager • Medical Diagnostic Radiographer • Occupational Therapist • Midwife • Welfare Worker • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker • Family Support Worker • Child Care Worker • Clinical Coder • Contributed $22.9 billion (seven per cent) to the Victorian economy in • Employs 343,900 people in Victoria • Employment has grown by 74,400 people (28 per cent) over the past five years • About 34 per cent of people are employed in the Medical Services and 28 per cent in hospitals • 73 per cent of people are employed in metropolitan Melbourne 27% 73% • 27 per cent of people are employed in regional Victoria Employed in metropolitan Melbourne
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