Major Industry
Sectors

• Wholesale
• Retail
• Personal Services

• Tourism
• Hospitality
• Culinary Arts
• Caravans

Key Industry
Features

• Industry of small businesses
• Mature industry with strong competition
• Growth in technology
• Mergers & acquisitions common
• Traditional v emerging industries

• Pre dominance SME
• Immature industry in growth stage
• Rapid adoption emerging technologies
• Regionally dispersed
• Major focus on export income
• Major focus on regional development and community building role

Number & Nature of Enterprises & Employees

• 1.7m employees
• 267,743 businesses registered & active in the WRAPS industries
• 5.8% employment growth over the next 5 years (conservative estimate)
• 49.3% of all employees are females 15-19 yo
• 32.3% of all employees are males 15-19 Add Victorian data

• 1.2m employees (direct & indirect)
• 80% of tour operators are small enterprises less than 20 people, making up 64% of the workforce
• 55% of employees are 15-34 yo
• 43.9% of employees are female
• 2.1% employment growth to 2010

Role in Economy by
GDP by Sector

• Service sector
• GDP $26B/year (4%pa) for retail, no figures for personal services
• Growth expected to be 3.8% to 2007

• 4.95% GDP 2001-2002 (update figures)
• Australia’s major source of export income

Location of Industry
& Regional Disbursement

NSW, Vic & Qld have the most WRAPS businesses, but Qld, NT & WA
are forecast to experience the most growth over the next 6-7 years

Licensing and
regulatory factors

• Sales/export of services increasing
• New sectors emerging e.g. cultural, heritage, eco, indigenous
• Outsourcing of jobs to small businesses from large corporations

Skills
shortages

• On-line retailing
• Industry trend analysis
• OHS
• General business skills
• Privacy legislation
• Technology skills
• Re-training of existing workers

• Existing businesses
• Marine tourism training
• Commercial cooks
• Meetings & conventions
• Language & cultural awareness
• Workplace training & assessment
• Food & beverage
• Patisserie

Existing skills development
and VET delivery across the
coverage of the Council

• 46,808 VET enrolments in 2001 across Australia for nationally recognised training
• Cost effective delivery
• Trainer flexibility

• Internet usage for New Apprenticeships
• Expansion of VET in secondary schools
• Up skilling of trainers
• Review of training quality
• Non-apprenticeship training