STRUCTURE OF THE ACT PUBLIC SERVICE
The ACT Public Service (ACTPS) was created on 1 July 1994 from the Commonwealth Public Service, of which it had previously been a part. Staff are employed within ACT government departments, statutory authorities and territory-owned corporations, with the majority employed in the government departments and statutory authorities (collectively termed agencies)
Since there are a variety of human resource systems used throughout the ACT public service, staffing statistics presented in this publication are based on figures collated from a number of different data sources. Statistics presented in this issue include all staff in ACT government agencies and are not directly comparable with those presented in previous issues (which were limited to staff employed by agencies using the 'Perspect' Human Resource Management System).
At 30 June 2006 there were a total 18,799 staff in ACT government agencies. This represented a slight decrease (0.8%) on the comparable figure as at 30 June 2005 (18,944 persons). Two-thirds of all staff employed in ACT government agencies in June 2006 (66%, or 12,374 persons) were female.
Employees within ACT government agencies may be permanent, temporary (i.e. on fixed-term contracts) or casual, and may be employed on a full-time or part-time basis. A little over two-thirds (68%) of ACTPS staff are employed on a full-time basis, with proportionately more men employed full-time than women (81% compared with 61%).
3.4 ACT public service staff(a), By employment status and sex - 30 June 2006 |
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| | Males | Females | Total persons | |
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| Permanent | | | | |
| Full-time | 4 481 | 6 525 | 11 006 | |
| Part-time | 443 | 2 792 | 3 235 | |
| Total | 4 924 | 9 317 | 14 241 | |
| Temporary | | | | |
| Full-time | 702 | 991 | 1 693 | |
| Part-time | 112 | 519 | 631 | |
| Total | 814 | 1 510 | 2 324 | |
| Casual | 687 | 1 547 | 2 234 | |
| Total | 6 425 | 12 374 | 18 799 | |
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| (a) Excludes staff on leave without pay, board members, contractors (e.g. cleaners and some information technology staff) and staff on secondment to other jurisdictions (e.g. doctors on secondment to regional hospitals). |
| ACT Government Workforce Profile, 2005-06. |
Occupation
The following table shows occupation groups within ACT government agencies, classified according to the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO). A little under half (45% of all staff, or 8,485 persons) are Professionals, with a further quarter (26%) being Clerical and administrative workers.
Three-quarters of staff employed within the Clerical and administrative worker occupations (75%) are female. Occupations with the highest proportions of male staff are Machinery operators and drivers (87%), Sales workers (73%), Labourers (72%) and Technicians and trades workers (68%).
3.5 ACT Public service staff(a), By occupation and sex - 30 June 2006 |
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| Males | Females | Persons | |
| psns | psns | psns | |
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| Managers | 890 | 899 | 1 789 | |
| Professionals | 2 072 | 6 413 | 8 485 | |
| Technicians and trades workers | 493 | 234 | 727 | |
| Community and personal service workers | 705 | 822 | 1 527 | |
| Clerical and administrative workers | 1 237 | 3 732 | 4 969 | |
| Sales workers | 8 | 3 | 11 | |
| Machinery operators and drivers | 555 | 86 | 641 | |
| Labourers | 465 | 185 | 650 | |
| Total | 6 425 | 12 374 | 18 799 | |
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| (a) Excludes staff on leave without pay, board members, contractors (e.g. cleaners and some information technology staff) and staff on secondment to other jurisdictions (e.g. doctors on secondment to regional hospitals). |
| ACT Government Workforce Profile, 2005-06. |
