Training meets our needs: National student survey

4 December 2007

Australia's vocational education and training (VET) system continues to meet the needs of students according to the latest results from the annual Student Outcomes Survey.

Almost 89% of graduates were satisfied with the overall quality of their training in 2006 with satisfaction levels rising over the last three years.

Furthermore, 93% of graduates would recommend their training to others and 92% would recommend to others where they undertook their training.

Published by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), the Student Outcomes Survey serves as a national report card for the VET system.

Employment levels after completing training have also continued to rise over the last three years. Just over 81% of all graduates were employed within six months of completing training.

'The survey shows that vocational education and training delivers skills that increases graduates' employability and provides job-related benefits,' says Dr Tom Karmel, Managing Director, NCVER.

Three quarters of all graduates employed after training stated that their training was highly or somewhat relevant to their current job.

The survey also provides an indication of the avenues graduates take after completing training. Nearly 31% of graduates went on to further study after training, 6% went on to study at university, 17% at TAFE and 7% at a private provider or other registered provider.

This year's survey was completed by over 45 000 graduates who completed their training in 2006 at either a publicly funded or privately funded registered training organisation.

ENDS

Copies of the Australian vocational education and training statistics: Student outcomes 2007 - Summary, can be accessed from  http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/1937.html

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