This report examines the experiences of RTOs that transitioned to online delivery in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and their future plans.
This publication offers insights for educators, organisations and institutions to consider when designing and implementing training that is fully or partially online.
This report explores approaches to attracting industry experts to become, and remain, VET practitioners.
Note: This publication has been superseded. The biennial Employers’ use and views of the VET system 2021 reports on employer engagement and satisfaction with training and on the various ways employers meet their skill needs.
This report is an interim publication for a project that outlines what is known about the quality of teaching, learning and assessment practices in Australian VET and how it might be better measured. It is based on a review of relevant literature and is a precursor to consultations with RTOs that are currently occurring in the next stage of the project.
Validation of assessment tools, processes and outcomes is an important element of the quality of assessment in vocational education and training (VET). This research explores how registered training organisations (RTOs) conduct independent validation of assessment (IVA) and what industry involvement they have in these processes.
Student equity in VET: participation, achievement, and outcomes highlights how different equity groups fare in their VET journey.
New analysis of short-course training in VET reveals for the first time the size, extent, and characteristics of this form of training.
The report explores the development processes associated with VET qualifications in selected countries and compares them with the current process in Australia, with the aim of identifying any areas where efficiencies can be made.
This research investigates the contribution that community education providers make to foundation skills training in regional Australia, the models of delivery that seemed to work best, and whether training helped build the social and human capital of the individual and broader community.
This guide offers advice to providers and policy-makers on the incorporation of digital skills into VET delivery.
This guide focuses on the implications for VET educators of the increasing need to include digital skills in VET delivery.
This report provides estimates of the size and nature of the Australian vocational education and training workforce. Data was collected through the 2019 National VET Workforce survey from registered training organisations (RTOs). The report presents estimates of the number of individuals working in RTOs with a particular focus on trainers and assessors. Information was also collected about volunteers who play an important role in some RTOs.
This research builds on previous NCVER work to better understand the value that small VET providers contribute to the Australian VET system.
This infographic provides a visual representation of the findings from the report ‘The role and function of small VET providers’.
This report examines the extent of unaccredited training in Australia and explores why employers use it, how satisfied they are with it, and the benefits they see in using it.
This analysis looks at the relationship between emerging technologies and required skills, and offers key findings for the VET sector to consider in planning training packages for the future.
This summary shows how the tool - Comparing high-use training package qualifications - can be used to examine enrolment trends, delivery, assessment, demographics and graduate outcomes of two early childhood education and care qualifications.
This summary shows how the tool - Comparing high-use training package qualifications - can be used to examine providers that primarily specialise in delivering the Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care and the Certificate IV in Training and Assessment.
This innovative new tool – a hybrid of a research report and data slicer – allows users to explore data on the top 20 VET training package qualifications with the aid of insightful research commentary.