ICT Skills and Careers, Multimedia Victoria

ICT skills & careers

Victoria leads Australia in ICT skills. More than 34 per cent of all Australia's ICT enrolments are in Victoria, and the state is home to world class universities and TAFE institutions.

Victoria's ICT skills initiatives

The Victorian Government launched its two year outline of ICT Skills initiatives (PDF, 4 pages, 396KB) to combat the increasing demand for skilled ICT professionals.

The initiatives include a total investment of around $2 million, through to 2013, to deliver targeted programs necessary for continued growth of ICT in Victoria. This includes encouraging students to pursue ICT-related careers, tapping potential sources of workers, and delivering training programs that are responsive to industry needs.

With a focus on ICT career awareness and skills building, and boosting the flow of people into ICT courses and into the workforce, the most important target groups for government to work with are:

secondary school students and their key influencers
school leavers and tertiary students
ICT professionals and other potential sources eg career changers, skilled migrants
industry, education and other government sectors

ICT skills research

The Victorian Government has conducted comprehensive research around ICT skills to promote further skills growth in Victoria.

2010 ICT Skills Snapshot (PDF, 4.3Mb, 53 pages) identifies and forecasts specific gaps in the supply and demand of ICT skills in Victoria.

University IT graduates for ICT occupations in Victoria 2008 to 2022 (PDF, 673Kb, 66 pages) assesses supply and demand for people in ICT occupations in Victoria from 2008 to 2022. In particular, it estimates the shortfall or surplus of people with university information technology qualifications for these occupations.

Student attitudes to ICT study and careers (PDF, 1.6MB, 32 pages) examines perceptions and motivations of 14 - 19 year old students when making study and career decisions.