Contents

• executive summary
• Introduction
  • The engineering profession
  • Objective of the report
  • Outline of the report
• The engineering workforce
  • Current level of employment for engineers
  • Characteristics of the workforce
    • Gender profile
    • Age profile
    • Ethnic profile
  • Discussion
• Industry drivers
  • Introduction.
  • Transport
  • Manufacturing
  • Aeronautical Engineering
  • Electricity, Gas and Water Supply
    • Electricity
    • Gas
    • Water
  • Telecommunications
  • Construction.
  • Discussion
• Demand for engineers
  • Historical employment of engineers: Last 5 years and past year
  • Employment outlook for engineers
  • Historical net replacement demand
  • Salaries of engineers
  • Industry trends
    • Professionals: Architects, engineers and related professionals
    • Decomposition of employment growth for architects, engineers and related professionals
    • Technicians: Physical science and engineering technicians
    • Decomposition of employment growth for physical science and engineering technicians
  • Discussion
• Supply of enginees
  • Changes in tertiary enrolments
  • Demographic characteristics of tertiary enrolees
    • Gender profile of tertiary enrolees
    • Ethnic profile of tertiary enrolees
  • Changes in tertiary completions
  • Demographic characteristics of learners completing qualifications
    • Gender profile of learners completing qualifications
  • Training rates
  • Migration trends
    • Permanent and long term arrivals, departures and net migration
    • Number of work permits
  • Discussion
• Work experiences of engineers
  • Introduction.
  • Retention of engineers
  • Career breaks
  • Returning to work
  • Family friendly employment practices
  • Discussion
• Summary and implications
  • Summary of demand
  • Summary of supply
  • Implications
  • Next steps
• Appendix one Definitions
• References