Research
Careers in vocational education and training: What are they really like?
- Item:
- 2114
- Title:
- Careers in vocational education and training: What are they really like?
- Authors:
- Michele Simons, Roger Harris, Val Pudney, Berwyn Clayton
- Publication date: 
- 22 April 2009
- Type:
- Research report
- Themes:
- VET system > VET workforce > General
- Teaching and learning > VET practitioners > General
- VET system > VET workforce > Professional development (VET workforce)
- VET system > VET workforce > VET teachers
- ISBN:
- 978 1 921412 94 3 print; 978 1 921412 95 0 web
As part of a program of research examining the capability of vocational education and training (VET) providers, this study examines the career pathways of a wide range of VET employees. It found that careers in VET are characterised by high levels of mobility and self-directed career behaviour aimed at achieving two outcomes: job satisfaction and security of employment.
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- Appendices
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Literature review
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