Work-function information is required to assist Government to better understand how its public service workforce is deployed to key activities and functions.
The structure has five classifications that are intended to be mutually exclusive.
The following employee classification codes apply to the Victorian Public Service data specification.
Helping differentiate different roles
Descriptions and examples for each work-function classification.
| Code | Definition |
| A | Resignation – To Victorian Public Service employment |
| B | Resignation – To (non-VPS) Victorian public sector employment |
| C | Resignation – To Commonwealth Government employment |
| D | Resignation – To Private sector employment |
| E | Resignation – To Other employment (Community Sector, Local Govt, Other State Govt etc) |
| F | Resignation – Personal reasons |
| G | Took a Voluntary Departure Package (VDP) |
| H | Resignation – Unknown reason |
| I | Retirement |
| M | End of contract |
| N | Machinery of government transfer to another organisation |
| O | Redeployment to another organisation |
| Q | Redundancy (retrenchment, took a separation package e.g. ASP, ISP, TSP) |
| R | Dismissal (other employer-initiated separation e.g. unsatisfactory work performance, misconduct) |
| S | Death |
| T | Involuntary separation – Unknown reason |
| V | Secondment end |
| W | VPS Executive at-will termination |
| Ministerial Portfolio | Numeric Code |
| Not applicable | 0 |
| No dominant portfolio | 99 |
| Ageing | 1 |
| Agriculture | 2 |
| Ambulance Services | 3 |
| Attorney General | 4 |
| Cabinet Secretary | 5 |
| Carers and Volunteers | 6 |
| Casino, Gaming and Liquor Regulation | 7 |
| Children | 8 |
| Climate Action | 9 |
| Community Safety | 10 |
| Community Sport | 11 |
| Consumer Affairs | 12 |
| Corrections | 13 |
| Cost of Living | 14 |
| Creative Industries | 15 |
| Defence Industry | 16 |
| Deputy Premier | 17 |
| Development Victoria and Precincts | 18 |
| Disability | 19 |
| Economic Growth and Jobs | 20 |
| Education | 21 |
| Emergency Services | 22 |
| Employment | 23 |
| Energy and Resources | 24 |
| Environment | 25 |
| Equality | 26 |
| Finance | 27 |
| First Peoples | 28 |
| Government Services | 29 |
| Health | 30 |
| Health Infrastructure | 31 |
| Housing and Building | 32 |
| Industrial Relations | 33 |
| Industry and Advanced Manufacturing | 34 |
| Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council | 35 |
| Leader of the House | 36 |
| Local Government | 37 |
| Medical Research | 38 |
| Men and Boys | 39 |
| Mental Health | 40 |
| Multicultural and Mutifaith Victoria | 41 |
| Natural Disaster Recovery | 42 |
| Outdoor Recreation | 43 |
| Planning | 44 |
| Police | 45 |
| Ports and Freight | 46 |
| Premier | 47 |
| Prevention of Family Violence | 48 |
| Public and Active Transport | 49 |
| Racing | 50 |
| Regional Development | 51 |
| Renters | 52 |
| Roads and Road Safety | 53 |
| Skills and TAFE | 54 |
| Small and Family Business | 55 |
| Special Minister for State | 56 |
| Sport and Major Events | 57 |
| State Electricity Commission | 58 |
| Suburban Rail Loop | 59 |
| Tourism | 60 |
| Transport Infrastructure | 61 |
| Treasurer | 62 |
| Veterans | 63 |
| Victims | 64 |
| Violence Reduction | 65 |
| Water | 66 |
| Women and Girls | 67 |
| WorkSafe, TAC | 68 |
| Youth | 69 |
| Youth Justice | 70 |