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Australian vocational education and training statistics: Student outcomes 2006 - Summary

This publication provides information regarding the training outcomes for students who completed their vocational education and training (VET) during 2005. The findings presented relate to students who are awarded a qualification (graduates), or who successfully complete part of a course and then leave the VET system (module completers).

This publication reports on outcomes of students from technical and further education (TAFE) institutes, other government providers or community education providers. This includes students funded by the Commonwealth and states, as well as those training on a fee-for-service basis. It also reports on outcomes of students from private providers, including those funded by the Commonwealth and states.

Employment

• 79.6% of all graduates and 74.6% of all module completers were employed after their training.

• 13.0% of all graduates and 7.4% of all module completers were not employed before their training but were employed after. These proportions represent 47.6% of those graduates and 28.3% of those module completers who were not in employment before their training.

• 16.7% of all graduates and 15.3% of all module completers were employed in their first full-time job after their training.

Relevance to employment

• 73.9% of graduates and 61.3% of module completers employed after training reported that their training was highly or somewhat relevant to their current job.

• 73.7% of graduates and 57.8% of module completers employed after training received at least one job-related benefit from their training.

Further study

• 30.2% of all graduates were enrolled in further study after their training.

• 87.8% of all graduates were employed or in further study after their training.

Satisfaction

• 88.1% of all graduates and 84.7% of all module completers were satisfied with the overall quality of their training.

• 86.5% of graduates and 81.6% of module completers fully or partly achieved their main reason for doing the training.

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