Teaching and learning
Profiling the national vocational education and training workforce
- Item:
- 1522
- Title:
- Profiling the national vocational education and training workforce
- Authors:
- NCVER
- Publication date: 
- 22 December 2004
- Type:
- Research report
- Themes:
- Teaching and learning > VET practitioners > General
- VET system > VET workforce > General
- VET system > VET workforce > VET teachers
- ISBN:
- 1 920896 30 9 print; 1 920896 31 7 web
Future workforce planning in private and public enterprise requires reliable information on which projections are made. Currently limited information exists about vocational education and training (VET) professionals. This report consolidates two national studies on the TAFE workforce, and on VET professionals in private and public registered training organisations. The findings have important implications for workforce planning. Within the TAFE sector, the number of teachers aged over 45 is almost double the average for the Australian workforce, and the employment status is shifting from permanent qualified teachers to non-permanent teachers who are less qualified. Outside the TAFE sector, the credentials of VET professionals are also an issue.


