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Productivity Places Program graduates finding jobs

18 December 2009

Almost one in two job seekers who completed a vocational education and training qualification under the Productivity Places Program (PPP) in 2008 found work, new data show.

Released by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), Outcomes from the Productivity Places Program found that 46.6% of graduates were employed after training.

Of the 23, 692 job seekers who completed their training under the PPP in 2008; 78.8% were 25 years of age or older, 20.7% had a disability, 34.3% spoke a language other than English at home and 52.1% completed courses at certificate level III and 44.5% at certificate level II.

Findings include:

• 85.2% of PPP graduates undertook training for employment related reasons, with 56.7% training to get a job and 16.5% training for a different career
• 71.6% of PPP graduates employed after training reported that the training was relevant to their current job
• PPP graduates who completed courses with the intended occupation of personal carers and assistants had better employment outcomes after training than any other group (64.6%)

Funded by the Australian Government, the PPP is designed to provide training places for job seekers to raise their skill levels and increase their employability.

A job seeker is a person who is aged 15 years or over who is not currently working but is seeking or intending to seek paid employment or self employment after completing the qualification.

For a copy of this publication visit http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/2220.html.  

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