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Western Australian publicsector
quarterly workforcereport
September2015

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Western Australian public sector quarterly workforce report–September2015

This report provides information about Western Australia’s public sectorworkforcestaffing levels as at the last pay fortnight of September 2015. The report reliesonworkforce data provided to the Public Sector Commission by public sector entitiesunderthe Human Resource Minimum Obligatory Information Requirement(HRMOIR).

Staffing levels are broken downinto:

  • Headcount1- the number ofemployees
  • Paid FTE2- the number of full-time equivalents(FTE).

Table1Western AustralianpublicsectorhistoricalheadcountandFTEfromSeptember2012

Headcount / PaidFTE
September2012 / 137409 / 109165
December2012 / 136012 / 108344
March2013 / 138482 / 110314
June2013 / 138863 / 110544
September2013 / 139642 / 109883
December2013 / 138559 / 109489
March2014 / 138610 / 109423
June2014 / 137944 / 108999
September2014 / 138353 / 109379
December2014 / 137607 / 109160
March2015 / 138307 / 108979
June2015 / 138440 / 109019
September2015 / 139277 / 109919

1‘Headcount’isasnapshotofemployeesasatthelastpayperiodofthequarter,andincludesallpermanent, fixed term and paid casual employees during that payperiod.

2PaidFTE’isasnapshotofemployeeswhowerepaidduringthelastpayperiodofthequarter.Thismethodology may differ from those used by public sector agencies in their own operationalworkforcemanagement process. Asthequality ofagencydataiscontinuously being reviewed,someadjustments in FTE figures mayoccur.

Table 2 Western Australian public sectorentities

Entity / Sep2015
Headcount / Sep2015
PaidFTE / FTEchange(fromSep-14) / FTEchange(fromSep-13)
Department ofEducation / 49983 / 36887 / +973 / +921
Department ofHealth / 46876 / 35992 / +318 / +895
Department of CorrectiveServices / 4427 / 4162 / -161 / +42
Department for Child Protection andFamilySupport / 2557 / 2191 / +6 / -2
Western Australia Police (PoliceService)3 / 2544 / 1861 / -16 / -239
Department of the AttorneyGeneral / 1719 / 1497 / -37 / -55
Disability ServicesCommission / 1695 / 1490 / -28 / -171
Department of Parks andWildlife4 / 1664 / 1432 / -54 / -124
Department ofHousing / 1657 / 1543 / -3 / +42
Public Transport Authority of WesternAustralia / 1653 / 1586 / +53 / +114
Department of Fire and EmergencyServices / 1620 / 1514 / +28 / +71
Department ofTransport / 1520 / 1397 / +1 / -29
Department ofFinance5 / 1205 / 1130 / -97 / -179
Central Institute ofTechnology / 1130 / 847 / -97 / -135
PolytechnicWest / 1118 / 921 / -60 / -96
Department of Agriculture andFood / 1087 / 974 / -109 / -179
Main RoadsWA6 / 1073 / 1014 / -10 / -56

3Policeauxiliaryofficerswereidentifiedasnon-publicsectoremployees,andhenceexcludedfromthis report, since September2014.

4TheroleandfunctionsoftheSwanRiverTrustweremergedwiththeDepartmentofParksandWildlife from 1 July2015.

5 The Fremantle Prison was transferred from the Department of Finance’s Building ManagementandWorks division to the State Heritage Office on 1 July2015.

6OfficeofRoadSafetymovedoutofMainRoadstobecomeastand-alonedepartmentcalledtheRoad Safety Commission from 1 July2015.

Entity / Sep2015
Headcount / Sep2015
PaidFTE / FTEchange(fromSep-14) / FTEchange(fromSep-13)
Department of Culture and theArts7 / 875 / 695 / +86 / +108
Department of Mines andPetroleum / 844 / 790 / -9 / -37
Department ofCommerce / 828 / 763 / -43 / -146
Landgate (Western Australian LandInformationAuthority) / 804 / 754 / +14 / -18
Challenger Institute ofTechnology / 787 / 619 / -13 / -93
Department of the Premier andCabinet / 546 / 460 / +1 / -33
Department ofFisheries / 525 / 474 / -5 / -7
Department of Training andWorkforceDevelopment / 524 / 481 / -74 / -6
Department ofWater / 513 / 459 / +43 / -1
Department ofPlanning / 469 / 431 / +5 / -31
VenuesWest (Western Australian SportsCentreTrust) / 460 / 210 / -20 / -1
Insurance Commission of WesternAustralia / 396 / 352 / +13 / +23
Mental Health Commission8 / 352 / 288 / +193 / +201
West CoastInstitute / 348 / 282 / +3 / -28
Department of EnvironmentRegulation / 341 / 307 / +1 / -30
Department of Local GovernmentandCommunities / 336 / 296 / +18 / -35
Department ofTreasury / 319 / 297 / +18 / +13
Legal Aid Commission of WesternAustralia / 317 / 272 / -34 / -24
South West Institute ofTechnology / 287 / 200 / -60 / -53

7 The Perth Theatre Trust transitioned its outsourced venues management operations in-house from1January2015.

8 The Mental Health Commission and the Drug and Alcohol Office amalgamated from 1 July2015.

Entity / Sep2015
Headcount / Sep2015
PaidFTE / FTEchange(fromSep-14) / FTEchange(fromSep-13)
Durack Institute ofTechnology / 269 / 206 / -13 / -9
Office of the Director of PublicProsecutions / 258 / 236 / +3 / +3
Great Southern Institute ofTechnology / 227 / 160 / -15 / -38
Department ofLands / 222 / 206 / +28 / +49
Lotterywest (LotteriesCommission) / 222 / 207 / +2 / +12
Zoological ParksAuthority / 218 / 169 / -3 / +5
Department of Sport andRecreation / 206 / 166 / -20 / -6
Kimberley TrainingInstitute / 203 / 173 / -3 / -9
School Curriculum and StandardsAuthority / 200 / 160 / +13 / +3
Public SectorCommission / 187 / 122 / -8 / -15
Department of StateDevelopment / 166 / 156 / -1 / -3
Forest ProductsCommission / 165 / 152 / -10 / -12
Department of RegionalDevelopment / 160 / 145 / +7 / -2
Metropolitan CemeteriesBoard / 151 / 139 / -2 / +1
PilbaraInstitute / 151 / 131 / -49 / -67
WorkCover Western AustraliaAuthority / 149 / 137 / 0 / -3
Botanic Gardens and ParksAuthority / 148 / 118 / -11 / -2
Office of the AuditorGeneral / 145 / 140 / +1 / +6
Metropolitan RedevelopmentAuthority / 143 / 128 / +12 / +24
Corruption and CrimeCommission / 142 / 135 / -4 / -27
Country High School HostelsAuthority / 142 / 106 / -13 / -9
Department of AboriginalAffairs / 138 / 127 / -16 / -21
C Y O'ConnorInstitute / 130 / 110 / -3 / -18
Goldfields Institute ofTechnology / 127 / 112 / +19 / +30
Entity / Sep2015
Headcount / Sep2015
PaidFTE / FTEchange(fromSep-14) / FTEchange(fromSep-13)
Chemistry Centre(WA) / 119 / 114 / -3 / -4
Department of EducationServices / 118 / 104 / +3 / +3
Rottnest IslandAuthority / 118 / 105 / +14 / -9
Department of Racing, Gaming andLiquor / 111 / 103 / -6 / -7
Western Australian TourismCommission / 100 / 92 / -5 / -4
Office of the Environmental ProtectionAuthority / 89 / 80 / -10 / -24
Department of the State HeritageOffice9 / 83 / 62 / +29 / N/A
Animal ResourcesAuthority / 68 / 49 / +3 / +1
Parliamentary Commissioner forAdministrativeInvestigations(Ombudsman) / 66 / 58 / -1 / -3
Small Business DevelopmentCorporation / 59 / 53 / -5 / +2
Economic RegulationAuthority / 57 / 55 / +3 / 0
Legal PracticeBoard / 52 / 45 / +3 / +4
Western Australian ElectoralCommission / 50 / 45 / -5 / -1
Government Employees SuperannuationBoard(GESB)10 / 47 / 42 / -29 / -171
The National Trust of Australia(W.A.) / 42 / 30 / +1 / -2
Perth MarketAuthority / 36 / 28 / 0 / -4
Department of the Registrar WesternAustralianIndustrial RelationsCommission / 34 / 31 / -1 / -5
Equal OpportunityCommission / 27 / 24 / -4 / -2
South West DevelopmentCommission / 25 / 22 / 0 / +2

9 The State Heritage Office became a stand-alone government department from 1 July 2014.TheFremantle Prison was transferred from the Department of Finance’s Building Management andWorksdivision to the State Heritage Office on 1 July2015.

10 GESB outsourced its superannuation administration services to Link from 1 July2014.

Entity / Sep2015
Headcount / Sep2015
PaidFTE / FTEchange(fromSep-14) / FTEchange(fromSep-13)
Pilbara DevelopmentCommission / 23 / 20 / +2 / -1
Health and Disability Services ComplaintsOffice / 21 / 18 / +3 / +2
Office of the Commissioner for ChildrenandYoungPeople / 21 / 16 / +4 / +2
Office of the Inspector of CustodialServices / 21 / 18 / +1 / -1
Construction TrainingFund / 20 / 20 / +2 / +2
Healthway (Western AustralianHealthPromotionFoundation) / 20 / 18 / -3 / -3
Road SafetyCommission11 / 20 / 18 / N/A / N/A
Wheatbelt DevelopmentCommission / 17 / 15 / -2 / -2
Mid West DevelopmentCommission / 16 / 16 / +1 / +1
Western Australian Meat IndustryAuthority / 14 / 11 / -1 / 0
Goldfields-Esperance DevelopmentCommission / 13 / 11 / +2 / +2
Great Southern DevelopmentCommission / 13 / 13 / +1 / 0
Keep Australia Beautiful Council(W.A.) / 13 / 11 / -1 / 0
Office of the InformationCommissioner / 13 / 12 / +1 / +1
Peel DevelopmentCommission / 12 / 10 / 0 / +3
Potato Marketing Corporation ofWesternAustralia / 12 / 12 / +1 / 0
Gascoyne DevelopmentCommission / 11 / 10 / +2 / +1
Kimberley DevelopmentCommission / 8 / 8 / +1 / 0
Veterinary Surgeons’Board / 6 / 4 / 0 / 0
Burswood ParkBoard / 5 / 4 / 0 / -2

11OfficeofRoadSafetymovedoutofMainRoadstobecomeastand-alonedepartmentcalledtheRoad Safety Commission from 1 July2015.

Entity / Sep2015
Headcount / Sep2015
PaidFTE / FTEchange(fromSep-14) / FTEchange(fromSep-13)
Salaries and AllowancesTribunal / 4 / 2 / -1 / -1
Architects Board of WesternAustralia / 3 / 2 / +1 / +1
Minerals and Energy Research InstituteofWesternAustralia / 2 / 2 / 0 / 0
Western Australian public sectortotal / 139277 / 109919 / +540 / +36