About the sector

What is the education sector?

The Victorian education sector employs almost 200,000 people across three main areas:

• schools (including government and non-government, primary and secondary, as well as mainstream and special schools)
• higher education (including universities, TAFE colleges and community education facilities)
• libraries and museums

Managing health and safety in the sector is complicated by:

• the increasing use of contractors, on-hired workers, temporary staff and volunteers
• the decentralisation of OHS duties to each worksite (e.g. each school, campus, stand-alone library or museum)
• the diversity of workplaces involved, ranging from small single-teacher schools through to large universities, and from small museums to large state libraries
• the public has access to these workplaces during lectures, meeting, concerts and other events