The Property Services Industry

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What is the Property Services Industry?  

Property is an asset that needs to be developed for various uses, and once it has been developed it must be sold, bought and managed (Property Development & Management), maintained (Asset Maintenance) and protected (Asset Security). 

The Property Services Industry has been around you all your life. ‘Property Services’ refers to the business of providing services to property or property owners. Property Services employs approximately 1,160,000 people in Australia - about 11% of the total workforce. There are jobs in property services that you may never even have thought about –  from down-to-earth blue collar and trades positions to technical and scientific, management and professional careers.

This site provides information about careers in the property services industries. It is especially relevant to young people.

To work effectively in any industry, people need to be trained. Training might be in the workplace, off the job, at a training organisation, during regular work, or through work experience, work placement or work simulation. Usually it involves a combination of these methods.

Training and qualifications for industries are organised into Training Packages, which are part of a National Training Framework that aims to make skills development and training arrangements simple, flexible and relevant to the needs of industry. 

The three major areas in property services are Property Development & Management, Asset Maintenance and Asset Security. Click here to see a general description of the occupations and qualifications available in each area.