The Horsham area of Victoria includes the towns and surrounding areas of Dimboola, Nhill, Stawell, St Arnaud, Halls Gap, Warracknabeal, Murtoa, Hopetoun, Edenhope and Kaniva.
Key industries
The Horsham area covers a cross-section of major industries including education, health and tourism (national parks and rivers). However its main industry is agriculture (grain, livestock,oilseeds and wool), with a large percentage of the workforce involved in farming and related services.
If you are looking for work locally, keep in mind that businesses need to employ people with a range of skills to service their industries - tourism requires employees with skills ranging from customer service to health and safety and agricultural supplies need to be graded, packaged and transported.
Jobs and employment fact sheets
Find out more about the industries and employment opportunities in the Horsham area from these fact sheets. Fact sheets are grouped according to local council areas:
Hindmarsh Shire (RTF, 308 KB)
Northern Grampians Shire (RTF, 306 KB)
Rural City of Horsham (RTF, 309 KB)
Shire of West Wimmera (RTF, 322 KB)
Shire of Yarriambiack (RTF, 311 KB)
Employment services
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