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Glossary of terms

Apprentice or trainee: a student who has signed a formal agreement with an employer, known as either a training agreement or contract of training. Includes government-supported structured work and training programs in which the employer is obliged to provide training, supervision and support; and the apprentice or trainee is obliged to undertake paid work as well as do the training.

Employer: for the purposes of this survey and publication, an employer is a type of activity unit operating within Australia with at least one employee.

Engagement: an employer is considered to have engaged with the VET sector if they have used
a particular way of meeting skill needs in the last 12 months (having jobs requiring vocational qualifications; employing staff undertaking an apprenticeship or traineeship; or providing staff with nationally recognised training).

Importance: an employer reports that a particular way of meeting skill needs used in the last 12 months was either important or very important.

Nationally recognised training: an accredited program of study that leads to vocational qualifications that meet the requirements agreed under the National Training Framework.The framework is a system of vocational education and training that applies nationally. It is made up of the Australian Quality Training Framework (AQTF) and nationally endorsed training packages. It can apply to a whole course (qualification) or components of a course (units of competency and modules).

Satisfaction: an employer is satisfied with a particular way of meeting skill needs used in the last 12 months if they report being either satisfied or very satisfied that the training provided the required skills.

Size of employer

Small employer: an employer with between 1 and 9 employees
Medium employer: an employer with between 10 and 99 employees
Large employer: an employer with 100 or more employees

Type of activity unit: as defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, a unit is comprised of one or more business entities, sub-entities or branches of a business entity that can report production and employment activities.The primary criterion is that the activity of the unit be homogeneous.

Unaccredited training: training that does not lead to a nationally recognised qualification.The training activity must have a specified content or predetermined plan designed to develop employment-related skills and competencies.

Vocational qualification: a qualification that is nationally recognised.These qualifications are delivered by registered training organisations such as TAFE institutes, private providers and vocational divisions of universities.

	Introduction
	Activity 1995-2000
	Qualifications sought
	Gender
	Age
	Commencements
	Scope of the data
	ASCO codes