ELECTRICIAN
About 11,000 more electricians are expected to be needed, increasing its workforce by 6.9 per cent.
More than two-thirds hold a certificate III or IV qualification. Only about one in 100 have a bachelor degree.
The average salary is AU$68,499 (NZ$93,500), PayScale reports.
CHEF
Another 10,900 chefs are forecast to be hired in the next five years, causing its workforce to jump 12.1 per cent.
About 45 per cent of chefs hold a certificate III or IV. Only one in 10 have a university qualification.
PayScale reports kitchen chefs earn on average AU$48,574 while executive chefs average AU$77,817.
ICT SUPPORT TECHNICIAN
An 11 per cent job growth is expected by 2022, with 5,900 more roles to be created.
About half of workers in this field have a vocational qualification, such as a diploma, or have landed a job straight out of high school.
Generally, employers in information and communications technology are more interested in the practical skills a candidate can demonstrate than their formal qualifications.
PayScale reports the average salary is AU$50,480.
EDUCATION AIDE
About 21,900 new education aides are forecast to be needed across Australia by 2022, increasing its workforce by 23.6 per cent.
About a third of workers in this field have a certificate III or IV while more than a quarter have no post-school qualification.
The average salary of a full-time education aide is AU$927 a week or about AU$48,000 a year.
REAL ESTATE SALES AGENT
An extra 7800 real estate salespeople are forecast to be needed, representing an 8.7 per cent increase.
While a quarter of the workforce in 2015 had a bachelor degree, this is not a requirement.
PayScale reports the average real estate agent earns AU$47,684 but this varies greatly depending on commissions, which typically grow alongside experience and professional networks.
Nicholls and Co Estate Agents principal Cameron Nicholls says he hires for attitude and trains for skill, and does not care if an applicant has been to university.
"The resume is important but I don't care if you've got five degrees if your attitude stinks, that's not in line with my values," he says.
Nicholls himself did not go to university but completed vocational training to become a licensed agent.
He started his career as a receptionist at an agency and, after seven years learning the ropes, opened his own business.
"At age 27, I started the business in the second bedroom of my apartment where I live with my wife," he says.
"Three years later, we now have a team of four and have an office shop front and have picked up a few awards along the way.
"I am quite averse to doing formal training but I have a terrific support network and mentors that have the experience and years under their belt."
