Giving would-be apprentices a taste of what to expect through pre-apprenticeship training does not necessarily lead to increased completion rates or course satisfaction.
Released by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), Pre-apprenticeships and their impact on apprenticeship completion and satisfaction finds that these courses see only a modest increase in satisfaction with job related aspects of apprenticeships – nothing that suggests that pre-apprenticeships solve many of the issues relating to poor completion rates.
Dr Tom Karmel, Managing Director, NCVER said that no doubt some find a pre-apprenticeship valuable for their apprenticeship, but the study provides little evidence of much of an effect on overall completion rates.
“We found that pre-apprenticeships helped a bit in construction, food and electro-technology, but appear to lower completion rates in hairdressing and automotive and engineering. This suggests that getting the design of these programs right is a challenge!”
Copies of Pre-apprenticeships and their impact on apprenticeship completion and satisfaction are available from www.ncver.edu.au/publications/2353.html
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