Jobs and Salaries In For Wedding & Event Planning
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Wedding and Event Organisers organise and coordinate services for Weddings, large events, conferences, functions, banquets and seminars. The number of Wedding and Event Organisers stayed reasonably stable over the past 5 years and is expected to grow very strongly over the next 5 years.

In 2017, the industry had around 25,900 workers and is expected to skyrocket into 31,400by 2022. The Australian government predict that there will like to be around 22,000 job openings over this time from workers leaving and new jobs being created.

General Tasks of a Wedding and Event Planning Professional include:

• promoting conferences, conventions and trade shows to potential customers
• responding to inquiries concerning services provided and costs for room and equipment hire, catering and related services
• meeting with clients to discuss their needs and outlining package options to meet these needs
• arranging and coordinating services, such as conference facilities, catering, signage, displays, audiovisual equipment, accommodation, transport and social events, for participants
• organising registration of participants
• negotiating the type and costs of services to be provided within budget
• overseeing work by contractors and reporting on variations to work orders

Occupation Overview:

• Common job titles:
  – Wedding Coordinator
  – Event Manager
  – Conference and Event Organiser
  – Event Management Consultant
  – Exhibition Organiser
• Size: This occupation is considered to be extremely large.
• Locations: Wedding and Event Organisers work in ALL regions of Australia.
• Average Earnings: Full-time workers earn about $1,313 per week. Usually, earnings are lower when starting out and get higher as your experience grows.
• Full-time: 70.4% of Wedding and Event Planners work full-time.
• Working Hours: Full-time workers will spend about 40.0 hours per week at work.
• Average Age: The average age for this occupation is 35 years old.
• Gender: 72.9% of workers in this occupation are female.

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