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PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT
In reply to the Hon. I.F. EVANS (Davenport) (26 June 2013).
The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Premier, Treasurer, Minister for State Development, Minister for the Public Sector, Minister for the Arts): I have been advised of the following:
1. The Commissioner for Public Sector Employment collects a snapshot of the South Australian public sector annually through the Workforce Information Collection (WIC).
2. The WIC provides historical trend data on the shape and size of the SA public sector. It does not calculate forward estimates on the make-up of the SA public sector.
3. The table below shows the change in the breakdown of employees considered to be front-line services versus those in 'back office' roles. It outlines how between 2010 and 2012 there was an increase in front-line staff of 1,438 and a decrease of back office staff of 607.
South Australian Public Sector Full Time Equivalent Employees by Employee Type, June 2010 to June 2012
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | Increase/Decrease 2010 to 2012 | |||
| Frontline and Direct Support | Police Act | 4,516 | 4,508 | 4,605 | 89 | |
| Medical Officers | 2,705 | 2,825 | 2,929 | 224 | ||
| Nurses | 12,103 | 12,250 | 12,465 | 361 | ||
| Education Act | 13,829 | 13,954 | 14,061 | 232 | ||
| Children's Services Act | 987 | 1,034 | 1,147 | 160 | ||
| Disability Services Officers | 931 | 940 | 851 | -80 | ||
| Emergency Services | 1,786 | 1,801 | 1,824 | 37 | ||
| School Services Officers | 3,842 | 3,947 | 4,128 | 286 | ||
| TAFE Act | 1,768 | 1,740 | 1,708 | -60 | ||
| Weekly Paid | 5,082 | 5,008 | 4,901 | -181 | ||
| PS Act | Operational Services | 3,028 | 3,064 | 3,134 | 105 | |
| Technical Services | 365 | 355 | 338 | -27 | ||
| Allied Health Professionals | 1,292 | 1,346 | 1,397 | 105 | ||
| Public Sector Salaried | Operational Services | 1,386 | 1,397 | 1,414 | 28 | |
| Technical Services | 752 | 707 | 660 | -92 | ||
| Allied Health Professionals | 2,335 | 2,437 | 2,581 | 247 | ||
| Total Frontline and Direct Support | 56,708 | 57,313 | 58,142 | 1,435 | ||
| Back Office | PS Act | Administrative Services | 13,530 | 13,255 | 13,872 | 343 |
| Professional Officers | 1,627 | 1,573 | 1,589 | -38 | ||
| Other PS Act | 1,128 | 999 | 1,103 | -25 | ||
| Public Sector Salaried | Administrative Services | 6,394 | 6,428 | 6,074 | -320 | |
| Professional Officers | 210 | 150 | 154 | -55 | ||
| Other Public Sector Salaried | 286 | 280 | 245 | -41 | ||
| Other | 5,018 | 4,883 | 4,547 | -471 | ||
| Total Back Office | 28,192 | 27,569 | 27,585 | -607 | ||
| Total South Australian Public Sector | 84,900 | 84,882 | 85,727 | 827 | ||