Training relevant to jobs: National VET student survey

1 December 2006

Almost three quarters of graduates (74%) who undertook training in 2005 reported their training was highly or somewhat relevant to their current job, according to the results of the annual Student Outcomes Survey.

The Survey, published by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), serves as a national report card for the outcomes from vocational education and training.

Nearly 74% of graduates employed after training reported at least one job-related benefit, such as gaining a promotion or an increase in earnings, changing jobs, or setting up their own business.

Almost 80% of graduates who undertook training in 2005 were employed six months after completing their training.

For all graduates who undertook training as part of an apprenticeship or traineeship (24%), almost 90% were employed after training.

Nationally, almost half (48%) of graduates who were not employed before training gained work after training.

'The survey results point to a training system that is meeting student needs, with high numbers of students reporting employment-related outcomes and satisfaction with their training,' said Dr Tom Karmel, Managing Director, NCVER.

Eighty-eight percent of all graduates were satisfied with the overall quality of their training, and more than 86% of graduates fully or partly achieved their main reason for undertaking training.

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A copy of the Australian vocational education and training statistics: Student outcomes 2006-Summary can be accessed from 9.30am AEDT today, from http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/1719.htm

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