Organisation and Methods Analysts

ANZSCO ID 224712

Overview

Snapshot

Employed
7,000
Future Growth
N/A
Weekly Earnings
N/A
Full-Time Share
83%
Female Share
65%
Average age
42

Summary

Organisation and Methods Analysts study organisational structures, methods, systems and procedures.

Specialisations: Change Management Facilitator, Industry Analyst, Quality Auditor, Skills Auditor.

A bachelor degree in business management, human resource management or another relevant field is usually needed to work as an Organisation and Methods Analyst. Some workers have a Vocational Education and Training (VET) qualification.

Tasks

  • Analyses and evaluates current systems and structures.

  • Discusses current systems with staff and observes systems at all levels of organisation.

  • Directs clients towards more efficient organisation and develops solutions to organisational problems.

  • Undertakes and reviews work studies by analysing existing and proposed methods and procedures such as administrative and clerical procedures.

  • Records and analyses organisations' work flow charts, records, reports, manuals and job descriptions.

  • Prepares and recommends proposals to revise methods and procedures, alter work flows, redefine job functions and resolve organisational problems.

  • Assists in implementing approved recommendations, issues revised instructions and procedure manuals, and drafting other documentation.

  • Reviews operating procedures and advises of departures from procedures and standards.

Characteristics

Job Type
Professionals
Skill Level
Very high skill
ANZSCO Occupation group
Unemployment Rate
n/a
Industries
Pathway(s)
  • University
  • Vocational Education and Training (VET)
Interests
  • Analytical
  • Administrative
  • Enterprising
Physical Demand
  • Sedentary

Outlook

Employment Outlook

JSA produces employment projections to show where likely future job opportunities may be. Employment projections data are only produced for occupations at the broad four digit Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) level. While data are not available for this occupation, projections data are available for the parent occupation, Management and Organisation Analysts, under the outlook section.


Earnings and hours

Working arrangements

  • Around 83% of people employed as Organisation and Methods Analysts work full-time hours, in all their jobs combined. This is 17 percentage points above the all jobs average (66%).

    Full-time workers work an average of 43 hours per week in their main job. This is similar to the all jobs average (44 hours per week).

    Sources:Full-time share and full-time hours: ABS, 2016 Census, customised report. Compared to the all jobs average.


Industries

Main industries

1
Financial and Insurance Services
19.2%
2
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services
12.4%
3
Public Administration and Safety
11.8%
4
Manufacturing
10.8%
5
Other industries
43.6%

Regions

Employment across Australia

NSW

33.8% All occupations: 31.6%

VIC

31.9% All occupations: 25.6%

QLD

15.0% All occupations: 20.0%

SA

5.6% All occupations: 7.0%

WA

9.0% All occupations: 10.8%

TAS

1.5% All occupations: 2.0%

NT

0.4% All occupations: 1.0%

ACT

2.8% All occupations: 1.9%

Employment by State and Territory (% Share)

State Organisation and Methods Analysts All Jobs Average
NSW 33.8 31.6
VIC 31.9 25.6
QLD 15.0 20.0
SA 5.6 7.0
WA 9.0 10.8
TAS 1.5 2.0
NT 0.4 1.0
ACT 2.8 1.9



Worker profile

Age and gender

Age In Years
42
All Jobs Average is 40
Female Share
65%
All Jobs Average is 48%
  • The median age of Organisation and Methods Analysts is 42 years. This is similar to the all jobs average of 40 years.

    A large share of workers are aged 35 to 44 years.

    Females make up 65% of the workforce. This is 17 percentage points above the all jobs average of 48%.

    Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Age profile and gender share compared to the all jobs average.

Age Profile (% Share)

Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Age profile of workers in this job compared to the all jobs average.
Age Bracket Organisation and Methods Analysts All Jobs Average
15-19 0.1 5.0
20-24 1.6 9.3
25-34 24.6 22.9
35-44 33.5 22.0
45-54 25.5 21.6
55-59 8.3 9.0
60-64 4.3 6.0
65 and Over 2.2 4.2
Median Age 42 40

Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Age profile of workers in this job compared to the all jobs average.


Employment Pathways

Education, training and experience

A bachelor degree in business management, human resource management or another relevant field is usually needed to work as an Organisation and Methods Analyst. Some workers have a Vocational Education and Training (VET) qualification.

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Highest Level of Education (% Share)

Source: ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Highest qualification completed by workers in this job (in any field of study). Qualifications needed by new workers might be different from the qualifications of workers already in the job.
Type of Qualification Organisation and Methods Analysts All Jobs Average
Post Graduate/Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate 26.5 10.1
Bachelor degree 37.2 21.8
Advanced Diploma/Diploma 14.8 11.6
Certificate III/IV 8.5 21.1
Year 12 9.2 18.1
Year 11 1.6 4.8
Year 10 and below 2.2 12.5

Source: ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Highest qualification completed by workers in this job (in any field of study). Qualifications needed by new workers might be different from the qualifications of workers already in the job.


Skills and Knowledge

Employers look for Management and Organisation Analysts who work well in a team, can communicate clearly and who are reliable.

Skills

Skills can be improved through training or experience.

  • 59%

    Active listening

    Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.

  • 59%

    Critical thinking

    Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.

  • 59%

    Judgment and decision making

    Figuring out the pros and cons of different options and choosing the best one.

  • 59%

    Reading comprehension

    Reading work related information.

  • 59%

    Operations analysis

    Understanding needs and product requirements to create a design.

  • 57%

    Complex problem solving

    Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.

  • 57%

    Monitoring

    Keeping track of how well work is progressing so you can make changes or improvements.

  • 57%

    Speaking

    Talking to others.

  • 57%

    Systems analysis

    Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect it.

  • 57%

    Systems evaluation

    Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.

  • 57%

    Writing

    Writing things for co-workers or customers.

  • 54%

    Social perceptiveness

    Understanding why people react the way they do.

  • 54%

    Active learning

    Being able to use what you have learnt to solve problems now and again in the future.

  • 52%

    Coordination with others

    Being adaptable and coordinating work with other people.

  • 50%

    Learning strategies

    Figuring out the best way to teach or learn something new.

  • 50%

    Persuasion

    Talking people into changing their minds or their behaviour.

  • 48%

    Instructing

    Teaching people how to do something.

  • 45%

    Time management

    Managing your own and other peoples' time to get work done.

  • 43%

    Management of personnel resources

    Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, and choosing the best people for the job.

  • 43%

    Serving others

    Looking for ways to help people.


Knowledge

These are important topics, subjects or knowledge areas.

  • 81%

    Education and training

    Curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

  • 76%

    Customer and personal service

    Understanding customer needs, providing good quality service, and measuring customer satisfaction.

  • 75%

    Administration and management

    Business principles involved in strategic planning, leadership, and coordinating people and resources.

  • 73%

    Personnel and human resources

    Recruiting and training people, managing pay and other entitlements (like sick leave), and negotiating pay and conditions.

  • 72%

    Sales and marketing

    Showing, promoting, and selling including marketing strategy, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.

  • 71%

    English language

    English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

  • 65%

    Sociology and anthropology

    Group behaviour and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.

  • 63%

    Psychology

    Human behaviour; differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; research methods; assessing and treating disorders.

  • 61%

    Production and processing

    Raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and ways of making and distributing goods.

  • 59%

    Clerical

    Word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office work.

  • 59%

    Mathematics

    Arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics.

  • 57%

    Communications and media

    Media production, communication, and dissemination. Includes written, spoken, and visual media.

  • 54%

    Economics and accounting

    Economics and accounting, the financial markets, banking and checking and reporting of financial data.

  • 49%

    Law and government

    How our laws and courts work. Government rules and regulations, and the political system.

  • 46%

    Computers and electronics

    Circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

  • 42%

    Engineering and technology

    Use engineering, science and technology to design and produce goods and services.

  • 38%

    Technical design

    Design techniques, tools, and principles used to make detailed technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.

  • 37%

    Public safety and security

    Use of equipment, rules and ideas to protect people, data, property, and institutions.

  • 37%

    Therapy and counselling

    Diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and career counselling and guidance.

  • 20%

    Foreign language

    Foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.


Abilities

Workers use these physical and mental abilities..

  • 68%

    Oral expression

    Communicate by speaking.

  • 63%

    Oral comprehension

    Listen to and understand what people say.

  • 61%

    Deductive reasoning

    Use general rules to find answers or solve problems logically.

  • 61%

    Written comprehension

    Read and understand written information.

  • 61%

    Written expression

    Write in a way that people can understand.

  • 59%

    Inductive reasoning

    Use lots of detailed information to come up with answers or make general rules.

  • 59%

    Problem spotting

    Notice when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong, even if you can't solve the problem.

  • 57%

    Sorting or ordering

    Order or arrange things in a pattern or sequence (e.g., numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).

  • 54%

    Brainstorming

    Come up with a number of ideas about a topic, even if the ideas aren't very good.

  • 52%

    Speech clarity

    Speak clearly so others can understand you.

  • 52%

    Near vision

    See details that are up-close (within a few feet).

  • 50%

    Categorising

    Come up with different ways of grouping things.

  • 50%

    Originality

    Come up with unusual or clever ideas, or creative ways to solve a problem.

  • 50%

    Speech recognition

    Identify and understand the speech of another person.

  • 45%

    Working with numbers

    Add, subtract, multiply, or divide.

  • 43%

    Mathematics

    Choose the right maths method or formula to solve a problem.

  • 39%

    Selective attention

    Pay attention to something without being distracted.

  • 36%

    Flexibility of closure

    See a pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) hidden in other distracting material.

  • 36%

    Multitasking

    Do two or more things at the same time.

  • 34%

    Memorization

    Remember things like words, numbers, pictures, and procedures.


Activities

These are kinds of activities workers regularly do in this job.

  • 96%

    Giving expert advice

    Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups.

  • 90%

    Building good relationships

    Building good working relationships and keeping them over time.

  • 86%

    Planning and prioritising work

    Deciding on goals and putting together a detailed plan to get the work done.

  • 84%

    Communicating within a team

    Giving information to co-workers by telephone, in writing, or in person.

  • 83%

    Making decisions and solving problems

    Using information to work out the best solution and solve problems.

  • 83%

    Researching and investigating

    Looking for, getting and understanding different kinds of information.

  • 82%

    Making sense of information and ideas

    Looking at, working with, and understanding data or information.

  • 80%

    Collecting and organising information

    Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or checking information or data.

  • 80%

    Coordinating the work of a team

    Getting members of a group to work together to finish a task.

  • 79%

    Keeping your knowledge up-to-date

    Keeping up-to-date with technology and new ideas.

  • 79%

    Coming up with systems and processes

    Deciding on goals and figuring out what you need to do to achieve them.

  • 77%

    Negotiating and resolving conflicts

    Handling complaints and disagreements, and negotiating with people.

  • 76%

    Looking for changes over time

    Comparing objects, actions, or events. Looking for differences between them or changes over time.

  • 76%

    Assessing and evaluating things

    Working out the value, importance, or quality of things, services or people.

  • 76%

    Coaching and developing others

    Working out the needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or helping them to improve.

  • 75%

    Monitoring people, processes and things

    Checking objects, actions, or events, and keeping an eye out for problems.

  • 75%

    Leading and encouraging a team

    Encouraging and building trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.

  • 75%

    Thinking creatively

    Using your own ideas for developing, designing, or creating something new.

  • 73%

    Checking compliance with standards

    Deciding whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.

  • 70%

    Explaining things to people

    Helping people to understand and use information.


Interests and demands

Learn about the daily activities, and physical and social demands faced by workers. Explore the values and work styles that workers rate as most important.

Interests

Interests are the style or type of work we prefer to do. All interest areas are shown below.

  • 90%

    Analytical

    Ideas and thinking. Searching for facts and figuring out problems in your head.

  • 86%

    Enterprising

    Starting up and carrying out projects. Leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes require risk taking and often deal with business.

  • 62%

    Administrative

    Following set procedures and routines. Working with numbers and details more than with ideas, usually following rules.

  • 33%

    Helping

    Working with people. Helping or providing service to others.

  • 24%

    Creative

    Working with forms, designs and patterns. Often need self-expression and can be done without following rules.

  • 19%

    Practical

    Practical, hands-on work. Often with plants and animals, or materials like wood, tools, and machinery.


Values

Work values are important to a person’s feeling of satisfaction. All six values are shown below.
  • 86%

    Relationships

    Serve and work with others. Workers usually get along well with each other, do things to help other people, and are rarely pressured to do things that go against their sense of right and wrong.

  • 76%

    Achievement

    Results oriented. Workers are able to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment.

  • 76%

    Independence

    Work alone and make decisions. Workers are able to try out their own ideas, make decisions on their own, and work with little or no supervision.

  • 74%

    Working conditions

    Job security and good working conditions. There is usually a steady flow of interesting work, and the pay and conditions are generally good.

  • 71%

    Recognition

    Advancement and the potential to lead. Workers are recognised for the work that they do, they may give directions and instructions to others, and they are looked up to in their company and their community.

  • 52%

    Support

    Supportive management that stands behind employees. Workers are treated fairly by their company, they are supported by management, and have supervisors who train them well.


Demands

The physical and social demands that workers face most often are shown below:
  • 98%

    Electronic mail

    Use electronic mail.

  • 96%

    Telephone

    Talk on the telephone.

  • 88%

    Face-to-face discussions

    Talk with people face-to-face.

  • 88%

    Spend time sitting

    Spend time sitting at work.

  • 86%

    Teamwork

    Work with people in a group or team.

  • 85%

    Contact with people

    Have contact with people by telephone, face-to-face, or any other way.

  • 85%

    Unstructured work

    Have freedom to decide on tasks, priorities, and goals.

  • 84%

    Freedom to make decisions

    Have freedom to make decision on your own.

  • 81%

    Being exact or accurate

    Be very exact or highly accurate.

  • 80%

    Lead or coordinate a team

    Lead others to do work activities.

  • 79%

    Indoors, heat controlled

    Work indoors with access to heating or cooling.

  • 78%

    Competition

    Compete with others, or be aware of competitive pressures.

  • 78%

    Impact of decisions

    Make decisions that have a large impact on other people.

  • 77%

    Time pressure

    Work to strict deadlines.

  • 73%

    Responsible for outcomes

    Take responsibility for the results of other people's work.

  • 72%

    Frequent decision making

    Frequently make decisions that impact other people.

  • 72%

    Letters and memos

    Write letters and memos.

  • 65%

    Conflict situations

    Deal with conflict or disagreements.

  • 56%

    Public speaking

    Talk to a group of people.

  • 55%

    Angry or unpleasant people

    Deal with unpleasant, angry, or rude people.

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