Higher proportions of apprentices and trainees are completing their training, according to data in Completion and attrition rates for apprentices and trainees 2013.
Published by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), the contract completion rate for trade apprentices and trainees who started training in 2009 is 47%, compared with 46% for those who started their training in 2008.
Contract completion rates for non-trade apprentices and trainees who commenced their training in 2009 also grew to 56.1%, up from 55.4% for those who commenced training in 2008.
“We know from other NCVER work that the most commonly cited reason for not completing an apprenticeship is employment-related, such as not liking the work or not getting along with employers or colleagues”, said Mr Rod Camm, Managing Director, NCVER.
“With declining numbers of apprentices and trainees starting training, initiatives that help people stick with their apprenticeship or traineeship, such as support strategies for apprentices in the early stages of their training, may need greater consideration”.
Individual completion rates, which take into account the movement of apprentices and trainees between employers, have also increased; up to 57.5% for trade apprentices and trainees who started in 2009, compared with 56.8% for those who commenced in 2008. The individual completion rate for non-trade apprentices and trainees from the 2009 intake rose to 57.9% when compared with the rate (57.2%) for those who started in 2008.
NCVER also released today the Apprentices and trainees 2013 - annual—a yearly summary of apprenticeship and traineeship activity. Overall, commencements declined 25.9% to 244 700 in 2013 when compared with 2012, with non-trade commencements down 37.5%.
Copies of Completion and attrition rates for apprentices and trainees 2013 are available from www.ncver.edu.au/publications/2734.html
Copies of Apprentices and trainees 2013 - annual are available from www.ncver.edu.au/publications/2733.html
Copies of Understanding the non-completion of apprentices is available from www.ncver.edu.au/publications/2706.html
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