The annual Environmental Scan by Service Skills Australia looks at the beauty industry in-depth and identifies changes and trends – here are the results for 2014.
Service Skills Australia is the Industry Skills Council for the service industries, one of 11 not-for-profit, independent organisations funded by the Australian Government Department of Industry to support skills and workforce development.
The Environmental Scan identifies the macro and micro factors impacting on the skill needs of the workforce and considers how well training systems, products, services and industries are adapting to change.
General industry statistics:
- There was an average of approximately 23,000 beauty therapists in Australia in May 2013
- The occupation of beauty therapist is 98.2% female
- Beauty therapists are more likely to be employed part time (52.2% are employed part time)
- Employees in beauty are younger, 35.1% of workers are aged between 15-24
- Beauty occupants in demand: beauty therapist, qualified nail technicians and highly-skilled hair/beauty salon managers
Other findings:
- Employment of therapists is projected to grow by 17% in five years
- Advanced treatments for skin rejuvenation and hair reduction continues to develop significantly
- Specialised clinics with a range of practitioners from different fields working as a team is on the rise. As a result there’s a heightened demand for skills in conducting consultations and assessments
- More beauty therapists are undertaking further studies in dermal therapies at the Bachelor Degree level, qualifying them as dermal therapists
- There is a lack in formal equipment and laser training and over-reliance on equipment supplier training
- Growing numbers of inter-sector collaboration with medical practitioners developing referral links with beauty therapists
- IBISWorld estimates that salons specialising in organic beauty products have increased by 20% per annum in the last five years
- The beauty industry continues to draw upon the ‘visitor economy’: day spas, health resorts and salon services within hotels
- Salons are increasingly incorporating management software and text messages for appointment confirmation
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