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Description

This product provides a summary of employers’ use and views of the vocational education and training (VET) system and focuses on employer engagement and satisfaction with both accredited and unaccredited training.

Information was derived from the 2023 Survey of Employers’ Use and Views of the VET System, which is a biennial survey of Australian employers. The survey collects information on the various ways employers meet their skill needs. Through accredited training this may include hiring staff with vocational qualifications, employing apprentices and trainees, or providing staff with other nationally recognised training. Employers can also utilise or provide unaccredited and other forms of training. The survey was conducted between March and June 2023 and results relate to employers’ training experiences in the preceding 12 months.

© Commonwealth of Australia, 2023

For details and exceptions visit the NCVER Portal.

This document should be attributed as NCVER 2023, Employers' use and views of the VET system 2023, NCVER, Adelaide.

This work has been produced by NCVER on behalf of the Australian Government, and state and territory governments, with funding provided through the Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.

The views and opinions expressed in this document are those of NCVER and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Australian Government or state and territory governments.

Published by NCVER, ABN 87 007 967 311

Time series

The time series chart allows users to further interact with data from the Survey of Employers' Use and Views of the VET System and is available to support readers visually interpret trends across ten iterations of the survey for different training types and employer characteristics.

Data presented in this product are derived from Employers' use and views of the VET system 2023.

THIS PUBLICATION HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED.

For the most recent release please see the VET funding collection page.

Description

For tabulated data refer to Government funding of VET 2022: data tables.

For detail on reporting lines refer to Government funding of VET 2022: terms and definitions.

© Commonwealth of Australia, 2023

For details and exceptions visit the NCVER Portal.

This document should be attributed as NCVER 2023, Government funding of VET 2022, NCVER, Adelaide.

This work has been produced by NCVER on behalf of the Australian Government, and state and territory governments, with funding provided through the Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.

The views and opinions expressed in this document are those of NCVER and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Australian Government or state and territory governments.

Published by NCVER, ABN 87 007 967 311

THIS PUBLICATION HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED.

For the most recent release please see the Apprentices and trainees collection page.

Description

This publication provides a snapshot of apprenticeships and traineeships across Australia. It presents statistics on contract commencements, completions, cancellations and withdrawals as well as contracts currently in training. Unless stated otherwise, data are derived from the latest National Apprentice and Trainee Collection (no. 116, June 2023 estimates), which is compiled under the Australian Vocational Education and Training Management Information Statistical Standard (AVETMISS) for Apprentice and Trainee Collection Specifications, Release 7.0, October 2015.

Due to the delay in time between an event (commencement, completion, etc.) occurring and the reporting of that event to NCVER, NCVER estimates the most recent figures. The estimation method involves weighting recently processed numbers based on average reporting lags. As estimates are revised for up to seven quarters, figures for the last two years may differ from those published in earlier or in subsequent reports. The final counts are those submitted by jurisdictions. Further details on the methodology can be found in the Estimation of apprentice and trainee statistics technical paper.

Notes:

• The COVID-19 pandemic in Australia has created uncertain times for individuals, business and governments, which have affected apprentice and trainee numbers.  Care should be taken when comparing 2023 data with data from 2020 to 2022.

• In-training figures represent the number of apprenticeship and traineeship training contracts where the apprentice or trainee is actively training under the terms of their contract, and who have not completed, cancelled or withdrawn from their training, or had their training contract expired without meeting all of the prescribed requirements of their program. The figure reflects the number of active contracts at a given point in time (at the end of the quarter), and therefore in-training figures cannot be cumulated over time. For this reason, quarterly comparisons are equivalent to 12-months ending comparisons, as they both represent the changes as at 31 March from one year to the next.

10 year time series

The time series chart allows users to interact with apprentice and trainee data over a 10 year period and helps to visually interpret trends evident across various contract statuses.

DataBuilder

To access the most recently released DataBuilder for Apprentices and trainees quarterly please see the Apprentices and trainees collection page.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Note that the percentages presented in this product are reported to one decimal place. All other numbers, after aggregation, have been rounded to the nearest five. Rounding can lead to instances where the numbers in the body of a given table might not add to the rounded totals.

Unknown data have not been reported in any tables, whereas the total includes all contracts, including those with unknown status. Hence, some figures in the tables may not sum to the total.

As the vocations approved to be under an apprenticeship or traineeship training contract are not consistent across all jurisdictions, NCVER has adopted a Trade/Non-trade categorisation for the purpose of the National Apprentices and Trainees Collection with 'Trades' classified as all occupations listed under ANZSCO major group '3-Technicians and Trades Workers' and 'Non-trades' classified as all other major occupations groups 1-2 and 4-8 (Occupations are classified using the ANZSCO - Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations, 2022 Australian Update). ANZSCO has been back-cast by NCVER to 1994 for reporting purposes. For further information on the methodology, see https://www.ncver.edu.au/research-and-statistics/publications/all-publications/anzsco-imputation-in-the-national-apprentice-and-trainee-collection.

In September 2016, NCVER implemented a number of collection and system changes and as such some activity may differ to that reported in previous publications. These changes included implementation of release 7.0 of the AVETMIS Standard for apprentices and trainees, and migration of the historical data collections to a new database.

For the latest detailed information please refer to the DataBuilder accessible from the Apprentices and trainees collection page. The DataBuilder allows users to quickly create customised tables using the latest Apprentice and trainee data, filter by a selection of variables and compare training activity over time. Users can view quarterly and annual data for commencements, completions, cancellations/ withdrawals and in-training.

This infographic is drawn from Australian vocational education and training statistics: apprentices and trainees 2023 — March quarter, NCVER, Adelaide.

SOURCE: National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), National Apprentice and Trainee collection no. 116, June 2023 estimates, Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), Labour force, Australia, detailed, Feb 2023 (as at June 2023), cat. no. 6291.0.55.001.

© Commonwealth of Australia, 2023

For details and exceptions visit the NCVER Portal.

This work has been produced by NCVER on behalf of the Australian Government, and state and territory governments, with funding provided through the Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.

The views and opinions expressed in this document are those of NCVER and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Australian Government or state and territory governments.

Published by NCVER, ABN 87 007 967 311

This publication provides a summary of data relating to students, programs, subjects, and training providers in Australia’s government-funded vocational education and training (VET) system. Government-funded is defined as Commonwealth and/or state or territory government-funded training delivered by contracted training organisations.

Data for the Government-funded students and courses series are received by NCVER in four cumulative submissions:

• January to March, submitted in May
• January to June, submitted in August
• January to September, submitted in November
• January to December, submitted in March.

This allows additional data to be reported and corrections made to previously submitted data.

The data in this publication cover the period of 1 January to 31 March 2023. For comparative purposes it examines data for the same period of the previous year.

© Commonwealth of Australia, 2023

For details and exceptions visit the NCVER Portal.

This document should be attributed as NCVER 2023, Government-funded students and courses - January to March 2023, NCVER, Adelaide.

This work has been produced by NCVER on behalf of the Australian Government, and state and territory governments, with funding provided through the Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.

The views and opinions expressed in this document are those of NCVER and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Australian Government or state and territory governments.

TD/TNC  153.01

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DataBuilder

THIS PUBLICATION HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED.

For the most recent release please see the Apprentices and trainees collection page.

Description

This publication presents completion and attrition rates for apprentices and trainees using three methodologies:

• observed actual contract completion and attrition rates, derived by tracking the outcomes of contracts of training over time
• individual completion rates, that take account of individuals recommencing, or ceasing one contract and starting another in the same or superseded qualification, with a different employer, and
• projected contract completion and attrition rates for the latest commencing apprentice and trainee cohorts: based on a 'life tables' methodology.

© Commonwealth of Australia, 2023

For details and exceptions visit the NCVER Portal.

This document should be attributed as NCVER 2023, Completion and attrition rates for apprentices and trainees 2022, NCVER, Adelaide.

This work has been produced by NCVER on behalf of the Australian Government, and state and territory governments, with funding provided through the Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.

The views and opinions expressed in this document are those of NCVER and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Australian Government or state and territory governments.

Published by NCVER, ABN 87 007 967 311

THIS PUBLICATION HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED.

For the most recent release please see the VET qualification completion rates collection page.

Description

This publication provides information on observed actual and projected completion rates for qualifications at certificate I level and above using the latest collection of total VET activity data.

Observed actual completion rates (i.e., the proportion of qualifications commenced in a single year that are eventually completed) are presented for nationally recognised VET qualifications that commenced in 2017 and 2018. Completion rates are projected for qualifications that commenced more recently.

© Commonwealth of Australia, 2023

For details and exceptions visit the NCVER Portal.

This document should be attributed as NCVER 2023, VET qualification completion rates 2022, NCVER, Adelaide.

This work has been produced by NCVER on behalf of the Australian Government, and state and territory governments, with funding provided through the Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.

The views and opinions expressed in this document are those of NCVER and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Australian Government or state and territory governments.

Published by NCVER, ABN 87 007 967 311

THIS PUBLICATION HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED.

For the most recent release please see the Total VET students and courses collection page.

Description

DataBuilder

To access the most recently released DataBuilder for Total VET students and courses please see the Total VET students and courses collection page.

The DataBuilder provides extensive data on students and full year training equivalents, program and subject enrolments, and program completions delivered by Australian training providers. Users can build their own tables, make selections and export their results.

THIS PUBLICATION HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED.

For the most recent release please see the Apprentices and trainees collection page.

Description

10 year time series

The time series chart allows users to interact with apprentice and trainee data over a 10 year period and helps to visually interpret trends evident across various contract statuses.

DataBuilder

To access the most recently released DataBuilder for Apprentices and trainees quarterly please see the Apprentices and trainees collection page.

The DataBuilder tool allows users to quickly create customised tables using the latest Apprentice and trainee data, filter by a selection of variables and compare training activity over time. Users can view quarterly, year-to-date and rolling 12-month data for commencements, completions, cancellations/withdrawals and in-training.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Note that the percentages presented in this product are reported to one decimal place. All other numbers, after aggregation, have been rounded to the nearest five. Rounding can lead to instances where the numbers in the body of a given table might not add to the rounded totals.

Unknown data have not been reported in any tables, whereas the total includes all contracts, including those with unknown status. Hence, some figures in the tables may not sum to the total.

As the vocations approved to be under an apprenticeship or traineeship training contract are not consistent across all jurisdictions, NCVER has adopted a Trade/Non-trade categorisation for the purpose of the National Apprentices and Trainees Collection with 'Trades' classified as all occupations listed under ANZSCO major group '3-Technicians and Trades Workers' and 'Non-trades' classified as all other major occupations groups 1-2 and 4-8 (Occupations are classified using the ANZSCO - Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations, 2021 Australian Update). ANZSCO has been back-cast by NCVER to 1994 for reporting purposes. For further information on the methodology, see <https://www.ncver.edu.au/research-and-statistics/publications/all-publications/anzsco-imputation-in-the-national-apprentice-and-trainee-collection>.

In September 2016, NCVER implemented a number of collection and system changes and as such some activity may differ to that reported in previous publications. These changes included implementation of release 7.0 of the AVETMIS Standard for apprentices and trainees, and migration of the historical data collections to a new database.

For the latest detailed information please refer to the DataBuilder accessible from the Apprentices and trainees collection page. The DataBuilder allows users to quickly create customised tables using the latest Apprentice and trainee data, filter by a selection of variables and compare training activity over time. Users can view quarterly and annual data for commencements, completions, cancellations/ withdrawals and in-training.

This infographic is drawn from Australian vocational education and training statistics: apprentices and trainees 2022 —  December quarter, NCVER, Adelaide.

SOURCE: National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), National Apprentice and Trainee collection no. 115, March 2023 estimates, Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), Labour force, Australia, detailed, Nov 2022 (as at March 2023), cat. no. 6291.0.55.001.

© Commonwealth of Australia, 2023

For details and exceptions visit the NCVER Portal.

This work has been produced by NCVER on behalf of the Australian Government, and state and territory governments, with funding provided through the Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.

The views and opinions expressed in this document are those of NCVER and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Australian Government or state and territory governments.

Published by NCVER, ABN 87 007 967 311

THIS PUBLICATION HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED.

For the most recent release please see the VET in Schools collection page.

Description

This publication presents information on VET in Schools, the vocational education and training (VET) undertaken by school students as part of their senior secondary certificate of education (SSCE). Students can undertake VET through a school-based apprenticeship or traineeship pathway, or other pathway (the latter is referred to as ‘other VET in Schools students’).

Data are presented by the state or territory of the senior secondary assessment authority.

The information contained in this publication is, unless stated otherwise, derived from the National VET in Schools Collection, which is compiled under the Australian Vocational Education and Training Management Information Statistical Standard (AVETMISS), Release 8.0.

© Commonwealth of Australia, 2023

For details and exceptions visit the NCVER Portal.

This document should be attributed as NCVER 2023, VET in Schools 2022, NCVER, Adelaide.

This work has been produced by NCVER on behalf of the Australian Government, and state and territory governments, with funding provided through the Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.

The views and opinions expressed in this document are those of NCVER and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Australian Government or state and territory governments.

Published by NCVER, ABN 87 007 967 311

DataBuilder

To access the most recently released DataBuilder for VET in Schools please see the VET in Schools collection page.

The DataBuilder allows users to quickly create customised tables using the latest VET in Schools data, filter by a selection of variables and compare training activity over time. There are four separate datasets available: students, program enrolments, program completions and subject enrolments.