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The future of work: Queensland shares its view

Wed 27 March | News Archive,VDC News

As we know the nature of work in the future has been a pretty hot topic.

Jobs Queensland have now had their go. Here is what they think the future looks like for Queensland until 2030. Read more

Evolution or revolution? That is the question.

Jobs Queensland has been “tasked by the Queensland Government to undertake research and provide advice on future skills needs”. As their web page for the ‘future of work’ project says:

“This project is investigating what the future of work could look like in 2030 for Queenslanders and our economy. This includes considering the implications for skills and employment policy of technological change, social and demographic trends, and institutional frameworks.”

At the website, you can access a report,  a discussion paper and a literature review. So plenty of things to look at!

But the real question is the extent and pace of change. Are we looking at a real revolution in the nature of work or is it some sort of evolution? Realistically, we should not overreach, and so that is why the report looks out only to 2022.

Ringing in the changes

One view sees that:

“Technological advances including automation, artificial intelligence and digital disruption will lead to the creation of new jobs, the restructuring/transformation of many others and the disappearance of some.”

So technical skills will continue to be important, but so too will “digital literacy, social and collaborative skills (e.g. teaching others or persuasion)”: in other words, the ‘soft skills’. The issue is that these may be underemphasised in our current approaches to training packages and in the development of a broader conception of competencies. In addition, and like many other parts of Australia, there is a real growth in health care and social assistance: and the services sectors more generally.

For Queensland:

“More than 80 per cent of this new employment is in five industries: Health Care and Social Assistance; Retail Trade; Education and Training; Construction; and Accommodation and Food Services. Given the concentration of employment growth in these industries, growth in other industries is relatively subdued.”

One suspects that it is a similar picture for other states and territories too, including Victoria. Migration between states is also highlighted as an issue in this report as people move between them for better job opportunities and lifestyles.

Finally, the report provides projections based on industry sector and region. The industry overviews compare 2022 employment results for each of the three scenarios used with the number of people employed in that industry in 2017 both overall and for particular industries.

It does the same thing on a regional basis.

In qualification terms, what will the Queensland workforce look like in 2022?

The report suggests that the workforce will generally become more educated, with qualifications at all levels growing. Certificate level qualifications remain the largest qualification group in the labour force and more than one-third of Certificate-qualified workers are projected to have an Engineering and Related Technologies qualification by 2022. However, workers with post-graduate qualifications will increase by the greatest proportion. In field of study terms, Management and Commerce is projected to remain the largest field of education in 2022, and mainly involving those with qualifications  at Postgraduate, Bachelor and Advanced Diploma and Associate Degrees. However, the proportion of the workforce with Society and Culture qualifications is projected to grow by the largest rate, followed by those with Creative Arts qualifications.

Sound familiar?

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