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Accommodation and food Services is the seventh largest employer in australia, with 796,500 staff (or 6.9 per cent of the total workforce) as at august 2013.
Coffee is big business with growing demand for the skilled work at its heart.
Club membership is at record levels but a large number of clubs are under nancial stress.
Volunteer directors running the clubs sector need governance training but are reluctant to undertake it.
There are opportunities for mature aged workers in clubs.
The restaurant industry is cutting costs by outsourcing—which is potentially limiting skills development.
There is a suf cient shortage of chefs that they have been added to the Skilled Occupation List.