Tassie’s ICT industry

Tasmania’s ICT industry is rich and varied, and moving and changing very quickly. And when it comes to working in the ICT industry in this state, there are two main ways to do it: as an ICT employee in a business, or as a specialised ICT provider.

What does that mean?

First of all, many businesses keep a lot of their services ‘in-house’ – this might be anything from support services to web development to user experience. In a place like this, you might work in the IT department, or provide that service as part of a team. The benefit of working in ICT in a large organisation is that you can really learn about your area of business and gain in-depth knowledge.

Or you might work in a specialised business providing ICT services: in Tasmania this includes web and software development, ICT support, gaming, project management and a whole lot more. This type of work gives you the opportunity to deliver your skills across a range of clients and business areas. For example, as a front end web developer you might build an ecommerce website for a local food producer one week, and an information heavy instructional website the next.

Then of course, sometimes these specialised businesses become big businesses themselves, so you may end up working in HR, or marketing, or finance in an ICT organisation.

The diversity and growth in ICT in Tasmania means that there are plenty of opportunities for people who want to work in the industry.

(For an example of these two main types of employment, just take a look at the places of business of our TasICT board members.)

If you want to know more about Tassie’s ICT industry, we know exactly what is happening. Find out more about TasICT or, better still, why not become a TasICT member?