Annual apprentice and trainee statistics 2002 - At a glance

Highlights

At 31 December 2002:

• An estimated 373 200 persons were undertaking an apprenticeship or traineeship, an increase of 14.8% from 31 December 2001.
  
  
• Three-quarters of apprentices and trainees in-training were undertaking AQF level III programs.
  
  
• The two largest occupation groups were the trades and related workers, and intermediate clerical, sales and service workers occupations, having 35.4% and 27.5% of the total number in training respectively.

From 1996 to 2002:

• Participation rates in apprenticeships and traineeships for Australia’s employed workforce (15 to 64 years) increased from 1.9% to over 3.9%.
  
  
• Participation rates for young people (15 to 24 years) increased from 8.5% to 11.6%.
  
  
• Participation rates for young females (15 to 24 years) more than doubled, from 3.4% to 7.6%.

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