Australia’s first major vocational education and training (VET) graduate survey to include both Commonwealth and state funded students, and those who pay their own way reveals 77.6% of VET graduates are employed after training, with those employed full-time earning a median annual income of $56 000 per year.
Published by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), Total VET graduate outcomes 2016 provides information on employment outcomes, satisfaction with training and further study patterns for almost 44,000 graduates who completed a qualification in 2015.
“The National Student Outcomes Survey has expanded this year and now provides a more comprehensive picture of national training outcomes. This is the first time we have information that reflects the outcomes of all VET graduates”, said Dr Mette Creaser, NCVER, National Manager of Statistics and Analytics.
The new data show that 45.3% of those that weren’t employed before training are employed after, and 82.2% of graduates who undertook their training as part of an apprenticeship or traineeship were employed after training.
When it comes to the training itself, 86.1% are satisfied with the overall quality of training; 88.0% would recommend their training provider; and 90.6% would recommend their training. The majority of VET graduates (83.2%) fully or partly achieved their main reason for training.
The National Student Outcomes Survey is an annual survey conducted in the first half of each year on behalf of the Australian, state and territory governments.
Funding is provided by the Australian Government Department of Education and Training.
Total VET graduate outcomes 2016 is available from: https://www.ncver.edu.au/data/collection/student-outcomes/total-vet-graduate-outcomes
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