Nearly nine in ten (87.7%) apprentices and trainees who complete their training are employed afterwards, with those who secure full-time work earning a median annual income of $59 600.
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New data from over 170 000 VET students shows that satisfaction with VET remains high.
The latest release of national apprentice and trainee data show commencements were down 3.3% to 33 295 in the June 2019 quarter, when compared with the same quarter in 2018.
In 2018, Government funding provided through VET appropriations and VET intergovernmental funding arrangements totalled $6.1bn, down 2.1% on 2017.
Around 69% of Australian 17-year-olds who planned to go to university when they finished school were at university one year later, according to new data released today by NCVER.
The decade from 2006 to 2016 saw a big increase in the numbers of Australian workers holding tertiary qualifications, with a far greater share holding higher education qualifications and a more modest increase for those whose highest credential was a VET qualification.
Across the nation, 50.9% of employers made use of the nationally accredited vocational education and training (VET) system in 2019, down 3.5 percentage points from 2017, according to new data released today
VET courses delivered entirely online have higher non-completion levels than other modes of training, but for students who do complete, employment outcomes can be comparable to those delivered via other modes
Group training organisations’ focus on providing pastoral care and ongoing support for apprentices and trainees has a positive effect on completions, according to a new report.
Announcing the commencement of the annual survey period for the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY), a study following young Australians from their mid-teens to mid-twenties as they move from school into further study and training, work, and into adulthood.
The latest release of national apprentice and trainee data show trade and non-trade commencements increased to 55 680 in the March 2019 quarter, up 2.2% on the same quarter in 2018.
Over a five year period, the number of school students undertaking vocational education and training (VET) as part of their Senior Secondary Certificate of Education (SSCE) has declined by 6.7% to 230 700, according to new data released today.
As the data on total VET activity has matured since the first reliable collection in 2015, we are now seeing a discernible shift in the type and quantum of nationally recognised VET undertaken by students over the last four years, with less domestic students and more international students engaging in nationally recognised programs
Fewer young people are working in their career job at age 24 than ten years ago, with significantly higher rates of young people uncertain whether the job they have is the one they would like as a career, according to a new analysis.
Completion rates for apprentices and trainees who commenced training in 2014 have decreased to 56.7% (down from 59.9% for those commencing in 2013) according to new data released today.
There were 1.1 million students enrolled in the government-funded VET system in 2018, down 1.9% when compared with 2017
A new analysis reveals five main pathways taken by young Australians as they transition from school to further study and work, according to a report released today by NCVER.
The discussion paper for the 28th National Vocational Education and Training Research Conference ‘No Frills’ has been released today and explores the theme ‘The student journey: skilling for life’.
The latest release of national apprentice and trainee data show there were 33 760 trade and non-trade commencements in the December 2018 quarter, down 4.2% compared with the same quarter in 2017
The 2019 National Student Outcomes Survey, Australia’s largest survey of VET students, is set to commence tomorrow.