Employers' use and views of the VET system: Summary 2007

Highlights

This publication presents information on employers’ use and views of the vocational education and training (VET) system. The findings relate to the various ways in which Australian employers use the VET system and unaccredited training to meet their skill needs.

• 54.0% of employers used the VET system in the last 12 months as a result of:
  • having jobs requiring vocational qualifications (33.3% of employers)
  • having at least one apprentice or trainee (29.1% of employers)
  • having staff undertaking other nationally recognised training (not as part of an apprenticeship or traineeship) (22.1% of employers).
    
    
• Employers’ satisfaction with the VET system as a way of meeting their skill needs is high.
  • 80.8% of employers with jobs requiring vocational qualifications are satisfied.
  • 83.3% of employers with apprentices and trainees are satisfied.
  • 80.5% of employers using other nationally recognised training (not as part of an apprenticeship or traineeship) are satisfied.
    
    
• Almost all employers rate the skill level of their employees as adequate or above what is required (94.9%).
  
  
• Compared with 2005:
  • use of the VET system declined (from 57.1% in 2005 to 54.0% in 2007)
  • the percentage of employers with apprentices and trainees increased (from 28.2% in 2005 to 29.1% in 2007)
  • the percentage of employers experiencing difficulty recruiting staff increased (from 40.6% in 2005 to 44.4% in 2007).

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