This report provides a profile of the workforce that Careerforce has coverage for using official statistics from the 2013 Census. The information contained in this report has been prepared to inform Careerforce's internal planning and wider workforce development and skill leadership functions. Careerforce is the industry training organisation for the non-regulated health, mental health, aged support, disability, social services, youth work, cleaning and pest management industries. To define the paid workforce covered by Careerforce, BERL worked with staff from Careerforce to examine the feasibility of using industry and occupation classifications. It was during this process that we decided, while neither classification was ideal for capturing the work undertaken in Careerforce's gazetted coverage areas, occupation classifications were the most appropriate in terms of capturing the roles that Careerforce provides training in.
There were 105,390 people employed in Careerforce's workforce in 2013, which equates to 5.5 per cent of the overall New Zealand workforce. Careerforce's workforce is made up of five broad occupational groupings. The two largest occupations are Carers, at 39 per cent of Careerforce's 2013 workforce, and Building Services, at 32 per cent. Compared to the total New Zealand workforce, Careerforce's workforce in 2013: had an older age profile; was female dominated; was more ethnically diverse (more people who identified as Maori, Pacific Peoples or Asian); had a higher proportion of migrants (people born overseas); had lower qualification levels; had more people working fewer hours; and had lower incomes.
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