1001.0 - Annual Report - ABS Annual Report, 2003-04

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Contents >> Section 6 - Appendixes >> Appendix 4 - Staffing Overview

Table 4.1: Number of full time equivalent(a) staff employed under the Public Service Act 1999: by program components(b) and location (staff years)
Program components	2001-02 Total	2002-03 Total	CO	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	NT	ACT	2003-04 Total

National Accounts	55	54	57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	57
International Accounts	53	56	46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	46
International Trade	23	26	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	26
Financial Accounts	26	22	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16
Public Sector Accounts	48	37	23	-	-	6	-	1	2	-	-	32
Prices	148	146	66	17	11	3	44	3	1	2	-	146
Business Indicators	55	54	-	49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	49
Economy Wide Statistics	36	33	19	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25
Business Demography	3	2	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7
Science and Technology	37	34	14	-	-	-	23	-	-	-	-	37
Agriculture	64	53	7	-	-	-	-	-	29	-	-	36
Mining	6	5	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
Manufacturing	47	53	3	27	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	36
Construction	46	42	1	-	6	-	-	39	-	-	-	45
Transport	26	25	2	-	-	21	-	-	-	-	-	23
Service Industries	69	64	16	-	29	-	-	-	-	-	-	46
Tourism	12	10	2	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	8
Environment	22	24	14	-	-	-	-	6	4	-	-	25
Statistical Consultancy	70	73	46	5	7	2	5	8	3	-	-	76
Statistical Coordination	4	8	10	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	15
Australian Economic Indicators	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Rural and Regional Statistics National Centre	10	17	-	-	1	2	7	2	1	1	15
State and Territory Statistical Services	53	80	-	25	18	13	4	10	12	2	4	88
Census of Population and Housing	755	129	79	-	2	2	1	1	-	-	1	86
Demography	44	49	21	3	1	8	3	4	1	3	-	43
Labour and Education Statistics	122	125	54	-	-	-	51	-	-	-	-	105
Social Conditions Statistics	68	79	52	-	2	2	2	-	1	6	-	65
Health and Community Statistics	80	82	39	-	17	18	5	10	-	-	-	90
Geography	21	19	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20
Mathematical Statistics	70	73	46	5	7	2	5	8	3	-	-	76
Business Register	49	42	5	2	22	-	-	-	6	-	-	35
Business Methods	52	60	11	17	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	55
Analytical Services and Time Series Analysis	40	42	38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	38
Economic Statistics Standards	5	17	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18
Population Statistics Standards	18	17	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16
Population Surveys	182	185	71	27	19	22	13	17	7	5	-	181
Dissemination	139	136	55	10	20	9	10	7	4	3	3	121
Marketing and Public Affairs	26	23	13	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	19
Client Services	43	45	4	24	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	38
Library Services	21	21	11	3	2	1	-	1	-	-	-	19
Information Technology Bureau	256	238	167	7	9	7	4	7	9	1	-	212
Technology Application	198	212	159	8	6	11	10	10	11	1	-	215
Data Management	11	12	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14
Technology Research	4	5	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	3
Business Income Tax Data	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Economic Statistics Data Centre	4	42	73	27	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	104
Executive	45	45	1	9	7	7	5	5	5	5	2	47
People Management	117	112	84	13	7	6	7	4	4	2	-	127
Financial Resources	29	23	11	2	4	1	2	-	-	1	-	21
Corporate Planning and Secretariat	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13
Property and Faciltities Management	69	58	25	5	9	4	3	4	4	2	-	56
International Relations	4	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
Economic Statistics Group Support	55	32	17	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	25
Population Statistics Group Support	34	22	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24
Methodology Division Business Office	13	12	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
Information Management Business Infrastructure	11	13	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16
Technology Services Division Support	10	11	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
Corporate Services Division Support	16	21	11	-	1	8	1	1	-	-	-	23
Total operative staff	3,551	2,944	1,575	295	242	163	211	161	107	35	11	2,800
Paid inoperative staff (c)	81	93	60	6	12	4	6	9	1	3	1	102
Total staff	3,632	3,037	1,635	301	254	167	217	170	108	38	12	2,902

(a) Comprises both full time and part time staff at their full time equivalent. Excludes unpaid inoperative staff. (b) Figures for 2001-02 and 2002-03 have been revised to reflect changes to the program structure for 2003-04. This ensures comparability across all years. (c) Includes staff on periods of leave greater than 12 weeks, for example, staff on long service leave and annual leave.

Note: Differences between totals and sums of components are due to rounding.

Table 4.2a: Number of male ABS staff employed under the Public Service Act 1999: by location and classification, at 30 June (headcount)(a)
Year and classification				CO	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	NT	ACT	DPC (b)	Total

	2002
		Total staff		885	168	151	91	121	100	89	16	7	392	2,020
	2003
		Total staff (r)		908	173	146	92	111	92	70	12	7	-	1,611
	2004
		Operative and paid inoperative staff
			Australian Statistician	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
			Senior Executive Service	22	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	28
			Executive Officer
			Executive Officer Level 2	95	6	6	3	7	5	4	-	-	-	126
			Executive Officer Level 1	198	19	19	10	11	9	9	4	3	-	282
			Australian Public Service
			APS Level 6	279	29	26	18	27	29	19	3	2	-	432
			APS Level 5	112	29	35	13	20	11	9	4	-	-	233
			APS Level 4	86	45	38	12	16	18	12	1	1	-	229
			APS Level 3	29	16	11	12	23	5	3	-	-	-	99
			APS Level 2	9	7	2	2	10	2	-	1	1	-	34
			APS Graduate	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12
			APS Level 1	1	5	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	11
			APS Cadet	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
		Total operative and paid inoperative staff		847	157	138	73	118	80	57	13	7	-	1,490
	Unpaid inoperative staff			34	1	4	4	4	2	1	-	-	-	50
	Total staff			881	158	142	77	122	82	58	13	7	-	1,540

(a) Being paid at the classification shown at 30 June each year. Includes the Australian Statistician, who is a statutory office holder appointed under Australian Bureau of Statistics Act 1975. (b) Number of staff employed at the Data Processing Centre (DPC) for the 2001 population census.
(r) Revised

Table 4.2b: Number of femal ABS staff employed under the Public Service Act 1999: by location and classification, at 30 June (headcount)(a)
Year and classification				CO	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	NT	ACT	DPC (b)	Total

	2002
		Total staff		811	158	155	119	123	90	72	36	7	278	1,849
	2003
		Total staff (r)		844	155	139	107	118	96	47	31	7	-	1,544
	2004
		Operative and paid inoperative staff
			Australian Statistician	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
			Senior Executive Service	8	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	9
			Executive Officer
			Executive Officer Level 2	40	2	3	4	1	2	-	1	1	-	54
			Executive Officer Level 1	149	6	15	7	8	7	2	3	-	-	197
			Australian Public Service
			APS Level 6	217	20	29	15	11	8	11	9	1	-	321
			APS Level 5	154	30	27	16	24	22	9	6	2	-	290
			APS Level 4	125	40	23	15	23	16	10	5	1	-	258
			APS Level 3	71	16	10	27	23	10	5	3	-	-	165
			APS Level 2	14	12	2	2	7	10	2	-	-	-	49
			APS Graduate	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	18
			APS Level 1	-	11	6	6	13	1	3	-	-	-	40
			APS Cadet	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2
		Total operative and paid inoperative staff		796	137	115	93	110	76	42	29	5	-	1403
	Unpaid inoperative staff			55	5	12	5	4	2	1	2	-	-	86
	Total staff			851	142	127	98	114	78	43	31	5	-	1489

Table 4.2c: Total number of ABS staff employed under the Public Service Act 1999: by location, gender and classification, at 30 June (headcount)(a)
Year and classification				CO	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	NT	ACT	DPC (b)	Total

	2002
		Total staff		1696	326	306	210	244	190	161	52	14	670	3,869
	2003
		Total staff (r)		1752	328	285	199	229	188	117	43	14	-	3,155
	2004
		Operative and paid inoperative staff
			Australian Statistician	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
			Senior Executive Service	30	1	1	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	37
			Executive Officer
			Executive Officer Level 2	135	8	9	7	8	7	4	1	1	-	180
			Executive Officer Level 1	347	25	34	17	19	16	11	7	3	-	479
			Australian Public Service
			APS Level 6	496	49	55	33	38	37	30	12	3	-	753
			APS Level 5	266	59	62	29	44	33	18	10	2	-	523
			APS Level 4	211	85	61	27	39	34	22	6	2	-	487
			APS Level 3	100	32	21	39	46	15	8	3	-	-	264
			APS Level 2	23	19	4	4	17	12	2	1	1	-	83
			APS Graduate	29	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	30
			APS Level 1	1	16	6	8	16	1	3	-	-	-	51
			APS Cadet	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	5
		Total operative and paid inoperative staff		1,643	294	253	166	228	156	99	42	12	-	2,893
	Unpaid inoperative staff			89	6	16	9	8	4	2	2	-	-	136
	Total staff			1,732	300	269	175	236	160	101	44	12	-	3,029

(a) Being paid at the classification shown at 30 June each year. Includes the Australian Statistician, who is a statutory office holder appointed under the Australian Bureau of Statistics Act 1975. Excludes staff employed for population surveys. (b) Number of staff employed at the Data Processing Centre (DPC) for the 2001 population census.

(r) Revised.

Table 4.3a: Number of full time ABS staff employed under the Public Service Act 1999: by gender and classification, at 30 June (headcount)(a)
				Ongoing			Non-Ongoing			Total
Year and classification				Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total

	2002
			Total staff	1,545	1,194	2,739	410	351	761	1,955	1,545	3,500
	2003
			Total staff (r)	1,510	1,203	2,713	41	60	101	1,551	1,263	2,814
	2004
		Operative and paid inoperative staff
			Australian Statistician	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	1
			Senior Executive Service	27	9	36	1	-	1	28	9	37
			Executive Officer
			Executive Officer Level 2	120	44	164	1	1	2	121	45	166
			Executive Officer Level 1	274	154	428	1	1	2	275	155	430
			Australian Public Service
			APS Level 6	412	253	665	3	-	3	415	253	668
			APS Level 5	223	239	462	3	-	3	226	239	465
			APS Level 4	217	214	431	5	3	8	222	217	439
			APS Level 3	66	87	153	16	18	34	82	105	187
			APS Level 2	14	19	33	13	24	37	27	43	70
			APS Graduate	12	18	30	-	-	-	12	18	30
			APS Level 1	1	4	5	5	3	8	6	7	13
			APS Cadet	3	2	5	-	-	-	3	2	5
			Total operative and paid inoperative staff	1,370	1,043	2,413	48	50	98	1,418	1,093	2,511
		Unpaid inoperative staff		48	59	107	-	-	-	48	59	107
		Total staff		1,418	1,102	2,520	48	50	98	1,466	1,152	2,618

Table 4.3b: Number of part time ABS staff employed under the Public Service Act 1999: by gender and classification, at 30 June (headcount)(a)
				Ongoing			Non-Ongoing			Total
Year and classification				Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total

	2002
		Total staff		52	277	329	13	27	40	65	304	369
	2003
		Total staff (r)		45	262	307	15	19	34	60	281	341
	2004
		Operative and paid inoperative staff
			Australian Statistician	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
			Senior Executive Service	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
			Executive Officer
			Executive Officer Level 2	3	9	12	2	-	2	5	9	14
			Executive Officer Level 1	7	42	49	-	-	-	7	42	49
			Australian Public Service
			APS Level 6	16	68	84	1	-	1	17	68	85
			APS Level 5	7	50	57	-	1	1	7	51	58
			APS Level 4	6	40	46	1	1	2	7	41	48
			APS Level 3	6	35	41	11	25	36	17	60	77
			APS Level 2	-	5	5	7	1	8	7	6	13
			APS Graduate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
			APS Level 1	2	22	24	3	11	14	5	33	38
			APS Cadet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
		Total operative and paid inoperative staff		47	271	318	25	39	64	72	310	382
	Unpaid inoperative staff			2	27	29	-	-	-	2	27	29
	Total staff			49	298	347	25	39	64	74	337	411

Table 4.3c: Total number of ABS staff employed under the Public Service Act 1999: by gender and classification, at 30 June (headcount)(a)
				Ongoing			Non-Ongoing			Total
Year and classification				Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total

	2002
		Total staff		1,597	1,471	3,068	423	378	801	2,020	1,849	3,869
	2003
		Total staff (r)		1,555	1,465	3,020	56	79	135	1,611	1,544	3,155
	2004
		Operative and paid inoperative staff
			Australian Statistician	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	1
			Senior Executive Service	27	9	36	1	-	1	28	9	37
			Executive Officer
			Executive Officer Level 2	123	53	176	3	1	4	126	54	180
			Executive Officer Level 1	281	196	477	1	1	2	282	197	479
			Australian Public Service
			APS Level 6	428	321	749	4	-	4	432	321	753
			APS Level 5	230	289	519	3	1	4	233	290	523
			APS Level 4	223	254	477	6	4	10	229	258	487
			APS Level 3	72	122	194	27	43	70	99	165	264
			APS Level 2	14	24	38	20	25	45	34	49	83
			APS Graduate	12	18	30	-	-	-	12	18	30
			APS Level 1	3	26	29	8	14	22	11	40	51
			APS Cadet	3	2	5	-	-	-	3	2	5
		Total operative and paid inoperative staff		1,417	1,314	2,731	73	89	162	1,490	1,403	2,893
	Unpaid inoperative staff			50	86	136	-	-	-	50	86	136
	Total staff			1,467	1,400	2,867	73	89	162	1,540	1,489	3,029

Table 4.4: Representation of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) groups: ongoing ABS staff at 30 June 2004(a)
		Number of ongoing staff and percentage of total ongoing staff

Level		Total Ongoing Staff	Women	NESB1	NESB2	ATSI	PWD	EEO Coverage

Australian Public Service Level 1 and equivalent classifications		34	28	-	-	1	3	23
	%	-	82.4	-	-	2.9	8.8	67.6
Australian Public Service Level 2 and equivalent classifications		40	26	5	6	1	5	38
	%	-	65.0	12.5	15.0	2.5	12.5	95.0
Australian Public Service Level 3 and equivalent classifications		240	151	22	25	4	9	235
	%	-	62.9	9.2	10.4	1.7	3.8	97.9
Australian Public Service Level 4 and equivalent classifications		502	271	60	58	4	17	494
	%	-	54.0	12.0	11.6	0.8	3.4	98.4
Australian Public Service Level 5 and equivalent classifications		550	310	53	56	4	10	544
	%	-	56.4	9.6	10.2	0.7	1.8	98.9
Australian Public Service Level 6 and equivalent classifications		780	338	89	52	1	25	767
	%	-	43.3	11.4	6.7	0.1	3.2	98.3
Executive Level 1 and equivalent classifications		495	207	41	31	-	18	487
	%	-	41.8	8.3	6.3	-	3.6	98.4
Executive Level 2 and equivalent classifications		185	59	14	9	-	5	183
	%	-	31.9	7.6	4.9	-	2.7	98.9
Senior Executive Service		41	10	2	1	-	3	41
	%	-	24.4	4.9	2.4	-	7.3	100.0
Total		2,867	1,400	286	238	15	95	2,812
% of total ongoing staff		-	48.8	10.0	8.3	0.5	3.3	98.1

(a) Inoperative staff are included in each category.

Note: EEO coverage is the number of ongoing staff who have elected to provide EEO information. EEO groups are not mutually exclusive and any individual officer may be included in more than one group. Percentages are based on total ongoing staff.

Key

NESB1 - People with non-English speaking background, first generation.

NESB2 - People with non-English speaking background, second generation.

PWD - People with disabilities.

ATSI - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Table 4.5: Staff engaged under the Census and Statistics Act 1905 (staff years)
Purpose	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04

Interviewer enumerated statistical collections (mainly household surveys)	193	211	203
Census of population and housing (including preparations for the census)	1345	3	2
Total	1538	214	205

Table 4.6: ABS Intake and separations of ongoing staff 2003-04(a) (number)
Method of Intake and type of separation		SES	Non SES	Total

Intake
	Engagement - National Graduate Recruitment Campaign	-	70	70
	Engagement - Other	1	54	55
	Movement from outside the ABS	-	23	23
Total intake		1	147	148
Separations
	Movement to outside the ABS	1	65	66
	Resignation	3	147	150
	Death	-	2	2
	Dismissal	-	5	5
	Retirement - Invalidity	-	3	3
	Retirement - Age 55-59 years	1	13	14
	Retirement - Age 60-64 years	-	4	4
	Retirement - Age 65 years and over	-	6	6
	Retirement - Other(b)	-	51	51
Total separations		5	296	301

(a) Excludes non-ongoing inward and outward movements. (b) Includes staff retired under section 29 and section 30 of the Public Service Act 1999.

Table 4.7: Number of ABS Senior Executive Service (SES) staff by SES level, gender and location at 30 June(a)
	SES Level			Gender
Year and location	1	2	3	Male	Female	Total

2002 Total	25	6	1	27	5	32
2003 Total	26	6	2	28	6	34
2004
Australian Capital Territory	21	5	2	21	7	28
New South Wales	1	-	-	1	-	1
Victoria	1	-	-	1	-	1
Queensland	-	-	-	-	-	-
South Australia	1	-	-	1	-	1
Western Australia	1	-	-	1	-	1
Tasmania	1	-	-	1	-	1
Northern Territory	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	26	0	0	26	0	33

(a) Includes only operative, substantive SES officers, but excludes the Australian Statistician, who is a statutory office holder appointed under the Australian Bureau of Statistics Act 1975.

Table 4.8: ABS staff training(a)
	Total ABS operative staff(b)	Attendance days	Average training days
2001-02	(c)3,550	14,911	4
2002-03	2,909	14,797	5
2003-04	2,800	10,431	4

(a) Excludes on-the-job training. (b) Comprises full time and part time staff at their full time equivalent. (c) Operative staff number includes 611 Data Processing Centre non-ongoing staff who received on-the-job training as a primary source of skilling.

There were no large scale or organisational-wide training initiatives undertaken in 2003-04. This, combined with the falling staff numbers, has resulted in lower training figures. Training courses continue to be reduced in size due to more rigorous training needs analysis, and in response to client needs. Major redevelopment activities both in statistical and non-statistical training have continued throughout the year, and a number of new courses have been added to the curriculum. Learning and Development staff have expanded their range of services to include business consultancy. This approach has also seen less reliance on training solutions and a more diverse range of approaches to performance improvement being implemented.

Certified Agreement and Australian Workplace Agreement (AWA) Details

Number of Senior Executive Service (SES) staff covered by an AWA at 30 June 2004 - 39

Number of non-SES staff covered by an AWA at 30 June 2004 - 205

Number of ABS staff covered by the ABS Certified Agreement 2003-2006 at 30 June 2004 - 2,784

Number of interviewers covered by the ABS Interviewers Certified Agreement 2003-2005 at 30 June 2004 - 540

Table 4.9: Salary ranges available by classification as at 30 June 2004
	Minimum	Maximum
Classification	$	$

Australian Public Service (APS)
APS1 (Adult)	29,626	32,589
APS2	33,530	36,883
APS3	38,188	42,007
APS4	42,564	46,820
APS5	47,475	52,222
APS6	53,472	58,819
Executive Officer Level (EL)
EL1	66,090	72,699
EL2	79,060	90,128
Senior Executive Service (SES)
SES Band 1	102,415	n.a.
SES Band 2	124,905	n.a.
SES Band 3	149,543	n.a.

(a) APS1 to EL1 salary range took effect from 3 July 2003, EL2 salary range from 9 October 2003 and SES Band 1 to SES Band 3 salary range from 1 January 2004.

n.a. not applicable

Description of the ABS Salary System

As a result of the ABS Certified Agreement 2003-2006 the salary arrangements for ABS employees were simplified during 2003-04. For the 2003-04 financial year there were two components to employees' salary increases - a general increase and an increase based on performance. Both result in an increase in the employee's base salary.

The general increase was 2.8 per cent (for all employees other than those at Executive Level 2). The general increase included a productivity component. All employees whose performance was rated as 'fully effective' or 'outstanding' received the general increase together with a second component, which was a salary increase based on that performance rating. As a result of a change in the timing for salary increases for Executive Level 2 employees the general increase in 2003-04 was 1.75 per cent. In 2003-04 annual salary reviews resulted in increases being paid to APS1 to EL1 employees in July 2003, to EL2 employees in October 2003 and to SES employees in January 2004. In future years increases will be paid in July for APS1 to EL2 employees and January for SES employees.

During 2003-04, the maximum of the APS1 to EL2 salary ranges were increased by the general salary increase. The minimum of each range was increased by a larger amount in order to collapse the range between minimum and maximum salary points. This has resulted in salary ranges of 10 per cent from minimum to maximum for APS1 to EL1 employees and 14 per cent for EL2 employees. The old ranges were 15 per cent and 21 per cent respectively. The minimum salary point for SES employees was increased by 2.8 per cent - the general salary increase.

The table below provides information in regard to the performance pay component only of the salary increases paid in 2003-04.

Table 4.10: Performance pay by level
Level	Number	Aggregate ($)	Average ($)

Australian Public Service (APS)
APS1	73	32,817	450
APS2	55	27,550	501
APS3	356	218,545	614
APS4	517	398,562	771
APS5	535	465,160	869
APS6	737	706,038	958
Executive Officer Level (EL)
EL1	448	663,494	1,481
EL2	123	102,699	835
Senior Executive Service (SES)
SES1	26	57,377	2,207
SES2 and 3	8	27,372	3,422
Total	2,878	2,699,614

In addition to increases in base salary APS1 to EL2 employees at or within 1 per cent of the top of their salary range, and rated as outstanding, receive up to 1 per cent (0.75 per cent for EL2 employees for 2003-04 only) of their current salary paid as a one off bonus, with a minimum payment of $500. During the 2003-04 financial year the total amount paid in bonus payments was $56,716 to 108 employees.

Reward and Recognition

The ABS operates a Reward and Recognition Scheme to recognise exceptional one-off achievements by individuals and workgroups. Rewards may be made in the form of certificates, hospitality (such as workgroup lunches), prepaid vouchers and cash bonuses. Total ABS expenditure for the scheme in 2003-04 was $153,247.