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Section 3: Ongoing staff
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| Highest educational qualification | Classification | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APS 1 | APS 2 | APS 3 | APS 4 | APS 5 | APS 6 | EL 1 | EL 2 | SES 1 | SES 2 | SES 3 | Trainee | Grad APS | Total | |
| Men | ||||||||||||||
| No data | 269 | 1059 | 4261 | 4419 | 3839 | 5015 | 3490 | 1670 | 206 | 44 | 11 | 168 | 192 | 24643 |
| Doctorate | 1 | 1 | 14 | 32 | 36 | 141 | 267 | 418 | 41 | 20 | 7 | . | 5 | 983 |
| Masters | 2 | 16 | 83 | 120 | 152 | 533 | 768 | 712 | 152 | 43 | 15 | 1 | 17 | 2614 |
| Postgraduate diploma | 2 | 24 | 143 | 218 | 270 | 842 | 986 | 722 | 114 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 3366 |
| Bachelor degree | 17 | 89 | 830 | 1149 | 1198 | 2731 | 2940 | 2059 | 399 | 144 | 41 | 20 | 193 | 11810 |
| Undergraduate diploma | 1 | 12 | 143 | 153 | 158 | 241 | 174 | 91 | 5 | 2 | . | 2 | . | 982 |
| Associate diploma | 4 | 36 | 316 | 523 | 426 | 600 | 355 | 131 | 4 | . | . | 11 | 1 | 2407 |
| Skilled vocational qualification | 11 | 47 | 232 | 154 | 263 | 359 | 228 | 71 | 8 | 2 | . | 1 | . | 1376 |
| Basic vocational qualification | 4 | 15 | 58 | 50 | 49 | 83 | 62 | 31 | 3 | 3 | . | 1 | . | 359 |
| Year 12 | 69 | 212 | 897 | 1054 | 1357 | 1904 | 1495 | 825 | 128 | 34 | 5 | 30 | 2 | 8012 |
| Year 11 | 13 | 55 | 178 | 216 | 185 | 174 | 113 | 31 | 2 | . | . | . | . | 967 |
| Year 10 | 61 | 180 | 319 | 333 | 341 | 312 | 150 | 30 | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | 1729 |
| Less than year 10 | 21 | 31 | 44 | 39 | 48 | 50 | 30 | 5 | 2 | . | . | . | . | 270 |
| Total men | 475 | 1777 | 7518 | 8460 | 8322 | 12985 | 11058 | 6796 | 1066 | 318 | 84 | 235 | 424 | 59518 |
| Women | ||||||||||||||
| No data | 325 | 1936 | 9238 | 10700 | 5288 | 5329 | 3445 | 1101 | 144 | 19 | 2 | 145 | 262 | 37934 |
| Doctorate | . | 3 | 11 | 23 | 29 | 113 | 143 | 102 | 21 | 8 | 1 | . | 1 | 455 |
| Masters | 2 | 13 | 89 | 141 | 179 | 586 | 549 | 382 | 76 | 16 | 1 | . | 23 | 2057 |
| Postgraduate diploma | . | 32 | 195 | 335 | 367 | 1108 | 955 | 429 | 84 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 3537 |
| Bachelor degree | 21 | 147 | 1234 | 1707 | 1525 | 3481 | 2577 | 1127 | 219 | 57 | 16 | 11 | 245 | 12367 |
| Undergraduate diploma | 4 | 40 | 139 | 219 | 174 | 244 | 120 | 44 | 6 | . | . | 4 | 2 | 996 |
| Associate diploma | 9 | 67 | 414 | 1294 | 499 | 546 | 226 | 60 | 3 | . | . | . | . | 3118 |
| Skilled vocational qualification | 20 | 74 | 370 | 388 | 181 | 179 | 82 | 23 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | 1321 |
| Basic vocational qualification | 8 | 47 | 168 | 141 | 95 | 83 | 36 | 12 | 3 | . | . | 3 | . | 596 |
| Year 12 | 40 | 324 | 1261 | 1660 | 1164 | 1370 | 882 | 351 | 65 | 11 | 1 | 47 | 2 | 7178 |
| Year 11 | 19 | 101 | 317 | 388 | 230 | 163 | 99 | 24 | 5 | 2 | . | 1 | . | 1349 |
| Year 10 | 83 | 396 | 744 | 1138 | 573 | 486 | 213 | 45 | 5 | . | . | . | . | 3683 |
| Less than year 10 | 23 | 42 | 102 | 154 | 94 | 71 | 23 | 10 | 3 | . | 1 | . | . | 523 |
| Total women | 554 | 3222 | 14282 | 18288 | 10398 | 13759 | 9350 | 3710 | 637 | 121 | 27 | 212 | 554 | 75114 |
| Total | ||||||||||||||
| No data | 594 | 2995 | 13499 | 15119 | 9127 | 10344 | 6935 | 2771 | 350 | 63 | 13 | 313 | 454 | 62577 |
| Doctorate | 1 | 4 | 25 | 55 | 65 | 254 | 410 | 520 | 62 | 28 | 8 | . | 6 | 1438 |
| Masters | 4 | 29 | 172 | 261 | 331 | 1119 | 1317 | 1094 | 228 | 59 | 16 | 1 | 40 | 4671 |
| Postgraduate diploma | 2 | 56 | 338 | 553 | 637 | 1950 | 1941 | 1151 | 198 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 32 | 6903 |
| Bachelor degree | 38 | 236 | 2064 | 2856 | 2723 | 6212 | 5517 | 3186 | 618 | 201 | 57 | 31 | 438 | 24177 |
| Undergraduate diploma | 5 | 52 | 282 | 372 | 332 | 485 | 294 | 135 | 11 | 2 | . | 6 | 2 | 1978 |
| Associate diploma | 13 | 103 | 730 | 1817 | 925 | 1146 | 581 | 191 | 7 | . | . | 11 | 1 | 5525 |
| Skilled vocational qualification | 31 | 121 | 602 | 542 | 444 | 538 | 310 | 94 | 11 | 3 | . | 1 | . | 2697 |
| Basic vocational qualification | 12 | 62 | 226 | 191 | 144 | 166 | 98 | 43 | 6 | 3 | . | 4 | . | 955 |
| Year 12 | 109 | 536 | 2158 | 2714 | 2521 | 3274 | 2377 | 1176 | 193 | 45 | 6 | 77 | 4 | 15190 |
| Year 11 | 32 | 156 | 495 | 604 | 415 | 337 | 212 | 55 | 7 | 2 | . | 1 | . | 2316 |
| Year 10 | 144 | 576 | 1063 | 1471 | 914 | 798 | 363 | 75 | 7 | . | . | . | 1 | 5412 |
| Less than year 10 | 44 | 73 | 146 | 193 | 142 | 121 | 53 | 15 | 5 | . | 1 | . | . | 793 |
| Total | 1029 | 4999 | 21800 | 26748 | 18720 | 26744 | 20408 | 10506 | 1703 | 439 | 111 | 447 | 978 | 134632 |
| Source: APSED | ||||||||||||||