This research shows that pre-apprenticeships are effective in increasing the probability of apprenticeship completions.
This product provides a short overview of the automotive industry and the VET sector as it pertains to electric vehicles (EV) using NCVER and external information.
This research reports on how Australian employers with businesses have been affected by the pandemic and their future workforce training plans.
This report investigates skill underutilisation in Australian workers by examining patterns of over-skilling and over-qualification and the pathways of people into jobs where they are over-skilled.
This report identifies the strengths, limitations and effectiveness of employment-based training models and provides international and Australian examples.
The impact of COVID-19 on industry innovation, skills and need for training - insights from businesses in manufacturing, healthcare and hospitality and tourism.
This research summary brings together findings using primarily international country comparisons on industry's role in VET over the last decade.
This report examines the current digital skills demand and supply situation in Australia via two sector case studies and a broader survey of HR, skills and training decision-makers across a wide array of industries.
The 'No Frills' 2018 discussion paper explores the future skills we will need to both operate and succeed in an increasingly interconnected world.
This report provides forecasts of job openings by occupation and industry in Australia from 2017 to 2024. Two scenarios of the Australian economy are simulated.
With their deep connections to industry, employers and the world of work, Australian apprenticeships have the potential to address skills challenges posed by Industry 4.0.
Approximately 70% of all employees in Australia participated in formal or non-formal education and training in 2011—12, and a significant majority of them received employer support for it.
Employer perspectives of workforce training, across three industries (red meat processing, road freight transport, and international freight forwarding) in both urban and regional areas.
Could we be the last generation of people to have traditional workplace arrangements, in permanent, ongoing full-time roles with one employer at a time? This paper explores the drivers changing the world of work, the skills we’re predicted to need in the future and what this means for training.
This summary looks at the similarities and differences between work-based learning and work-integrated learning and discusses how education providers, practitioners and lecturers can better engage with employers.
Apprenticeships have a particularly long and enduring history in Germany and Australia, this paper looks at the motivation of firms in both countries to become involved in apprenticeship training.
It is important to understand the critical role effective mental health and wellbeing support arrangements play in helping young Australian apprentices make the transition from school to work.
This good practice guide is designed to help employers think about and provide work-based social support structures for young apprentices.
Using the framework developed by NCVER, this case study evaluation reveals the extent to which NCVER's publications are influencing policy and practice in the vocational education and training sector.
This research synthesis examines the general decline of the manufacturing industry, and the education and training needs of workers affected by impending car plant closures in Australia by comparing two case studies and using findings from other NCVER reports.