Media release
From the Building Commissioner
27 October 2010
Most of Victoria’s building industry are satisfied with work
Victoria’s building industry continues to be a great place to work is the message from building
practitioners involved in the latest pulse° practitioner and consumer survey.
According to recent survey data, 87 per cent of Registered Building Practitioners (RBPs) rated
their job satisfaction as high, demonstrating an increase on the previous survey result of 85
per cent.
Practitioners identified the key contributing factors to their job satisfaction as being pride in the
built product, teamwork aspects, work environment and the variety of work.
Building Commissioner Tony Arnel commented that the increase in practitioner job satisfaction
levels has positive implications in the context of a growing industry and meeting consumer
expectations.
“With 24,000 Registered Building Practitioners involved in the State’s 24 billion dollar building
industry it is pleasing to see high satisfaction levels from both building practitioners and
consumers,” said Mr Arnel.
In 2009-10, domestic builders and commercial builders recorded a higher level of job
satisfaction than their building surveyor colleagues.
The pulse° survey shows 84 per cent of building consumers reporting high satisfaction with
their overall building experience – 93 per cent were highly satisfied with the quality of the
building product and 85 per cent were highly satisfied with their builder’s management of the
project. These levels show an increase from the previous survey which recorded 89 and 80
per cent respectively.
“The high levels of satisfaction consumers are reporting demonstrate quality outputs that
Victoria’s RBPs should take pride in,” he said.
ENDS
The 2010 pulse° practitioner and consumer survey involved 600 building consumers and 600
Registered Building Practitioners.
For information on the Building Commission pulse° practitioner and consumer survey, visit
For further information contact Chelsea Toomey, Marketing and Public Relations Officer,
on (03) 9618 9296.
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