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Individual-based completion rates for apprentices

Low completion rates for apprentices and trainees have received considerable attention recently and it has been arg ... Show more
Low completion rates for apprentices and trainees have received considerable attention recently and it has been argued that NCVER seriously understates completion rates. In this paper, the author uses NCVER data on recommencements to estimate individual-based completion rates. It is estimated that around one-quarter of trade apprentices swap employers during their apprenticeship. Taking this into account, the author estimates completion rates for individuals, ranging from 39.2 per cent for the food trades to 64.2 per cent for electrotechnology and telecommunications trades workers. It is noted that employer churn is an issue, with the worst occupations being hairdressing and the food trades.
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Authors: Karmel, Tom

Corporate authors: National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER)

Date: 2011

Geographic subjects: Australia; Oceania

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: NCVER technical paper

Subjects: Apprenticeship; Participation; Statistics ... [+] Show more
The impact of COVID-19 on apprentices and trainees

The purpose of this paper is to speculate on the impact of [Coronavirus Disease 2019] COVID-19 on the number of app ... Show more
The purpose of this paper is to speculate on the impact of [Coronavirus Disease 2019] COVID-19 on the number of apprentices and trainees and the consequent supply of skills. In 2020 governments moved very quickly to introduce programs to underpin the system, at a time in which the labour market was in turmoil. Subsequent increases in the level of commencements support the notion that the policies were broadly successful in increasing commencements. However, the story is more complicated, and it is necessary to delve into occupational level data. In many occupations a serious decline in the first year was more than offset by increases in the next. In particular, commencement numbers were unseasonably high in the December quarter 2020, and seasonably high in the March quarter 2021. Commencements are a leading indicator of what is happening in apprenticeships and traineeships, but it is completions that indicate the level of skills formation and we investigate what is likely to occur over the next few years in this regard.
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Authors: Karmel, Tom

Date: 2021

Geographic subjects: Australia; Oceania

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Subjects: Apprenticeship; Traineeship; Participation ... [+] Show more
The impact of schools on young people's transition to university

This report uses Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) data to look at the impact of schools on a student ... Show more
This report uses Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) data to look at the impact of schools on a student's tertiary entrance rank (TER) and the probability of them going to university (controlling for TER). It shows that the characteristics of schools do matter: although young people's individual characteristics are the main drivers of success, school attributes are also responsible for almost 20 per cent of the variation in TER scores. The three most important school attributes for TER include sector (Catholic and independent/government); gender mix (single sex/co-educational) and the extent to which a school is 'academic'. The socioeconomic status of schools didn't emerge as a significant influence on TER. For the probability of going to university, after controlling for TER, the most significant school characteristics include the proportion on non-English speaking background students; the sector; and the socioeconomic make-up of the student body.
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Authors: Gemici, Sinan; Lim, Patrick; Karmel, Tom

Date: 2013

Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: LSAY research report

Subjects: Students; Youth; Secondary education ... [+] Show more
Educational outcomes of young Indigenous Australians

Improved educational outcomes are seen as a key lever for addressing the disadvantage faced by Indigenous Australia ... Show more
Improved educational outcomes are seen as a key lever for addressing the disadvantage faced by Indigenous Australians. Poor educational outcomes have been observed at all levels of education, from early childhood through to tertiary education. While the increase in school retention rates of Indigenous Australians in recent years is encouraging the more critical issues are whether there have been improvements in educational performance at earlier years for Indigenous students and the extent to which educational performance at say, Year 10, is flowing through to education outcomes such as Year 12 completion.
The data used in this project come from the Longitudinal Survey of Australian Youth (LSAY), including both the 2006 and 2009 student cohorts. The first wave of each LSAY is the [Programme for International Student Assessment] PISA survey. One of the advantages of PISA scores is that they allow overtime direct comparisons and between-cohort comparisons. The subsequent waves of LSAY allow [the authors] to follow the students throughout their compulsory education and beyond. The latest wave of LSAY was released in 2013 for the 2012 wave of both cohorts. The 2009 cohort has (mostly) left school in the last LSAY observation window. This makes it the first year when a full comparison between the 2006 and 2009 cohorts can happen. The data allow [the authors] to conduct a full set of comparisons between Indigenous students and non-Indigenous students in the two cohorts up to their choice of tertiary education.
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Authors: Mahuteau, Stephane; Karmel, Tom; Mavromaras, Kostas G.; Zhu, Rong

Date: 2015

Geographic subjects: Australia; Oceania

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Subjects: Indigenous people; Youth; Outcomes ... [+] Show more
2016 National Aged Care Workforce Census and Survey: the aged care workforce, 2016

This is a report on the findings of the 2016 National Aged Care Workforce Census and Survey (NACWCS) conducted by t ... Show more
This is a report on the findings of the 2016 National Aged Care Workforce Census and Survey (NACWCS) conducted by the National Institute of Labour Studies, on behalf of the Department of Health. It is the fourth report in the series (previous reports were in 2003, 2007, and 2012 [report indexed in VOCEDplus at TD/TNC 111.1075]. The 2016 report contains information about the size and composition of the workforce, training and education, the characteristics of aged care workers and the organisations in which they work, experiences of working in the sector, and factors related to staff recruitment and retention.
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Authors: Mavromaras, Kostas G.; Knight, Genevieve; Isherwood, Linda; Crettenden, Angela ... [+] Show more

Date: 2017

Geographic subjects: Australia; Oceania

Resource type: Industry information

Subjects: Industry; Labour market; Demographics ... [+] Show more
Best of 2023: highlights from Season 8

In 2023, the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) invited expert vocational voices from the vo ... Show more
In 2023, the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) invited expert vocational voices from the vocational education and training (VET) sector to share their views, stories, experiences and insights on a range of hot topics. This podcast is a roundup of the most interesting snippets and research findings from across the five podcast episodes NCVER released during the year. Full of short and sharp insights from each of the guest speakers, it covers off some of the best bits of Season 8.
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Authors: Davis, Steve; Walker, Simon; Payne, Joanne; Scott-Young, Christina ... [+] Show more Christina; Michelle; Charmaine; [-] Show less

Date: 2023

Geographic subjects: Australia; New Zealand; Oceania

Resource type: Webinar or podcast

Series name: Vocational voices

Subjects: Vocational education and training; Providers of education and training; Teaching and learning ... [+] Show more
Vocational education and training and young people: last but not least

The vocational education and training (VET) sector is poorly understood, particularly in relation to the important ... Show more
The vocational education and training (VET) sector is poorly understood, particularly in relation to the important role it plays in the education of young people. While apprenticeships are seen as a desirable pathway between school and work, and technical and further education (TAFE) is acknowledged as an alternative to university, the actual magnitude of its role is not appreciated. The main reason, in the view of the author, is that it does not fit neatly in a linear world; the ‘complete Year 12 and go to university’ is easy to understand, but for many young people pathways involving VET are a lot less straightforward. The purpose of this paper is to remedy this perception by spelling out the extent of participation in VET and the various pathways that this participation covers. The paper also looks at what is studied and the outcomes, in terms of completion rates, employment and further study, and satisfaction. What emerges is that participation is extremely high for young people, and there are many positive outcomes. But completion rates are variable, and relatively few young people emerge with a middle-level, or higher, qualification. Show less

Authors: Karmel, Tom

Date: 2007

Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Subjects: Vocational education and training; Youth; Apprenticeship ... [+] Show more
How are new overseas graduates faring in the labour market?

Based on data from the Graduate Destination Survey, we look [at] how the outcomes of graduating overseas students c ... Show more
Based on data from the Graduate Destination Survey, we look [at] how the outcomes of graduating overseas students compare with those of Australian students, and how these outcomes have changed over time. The recent experience is that the proportion of overseas graduates in full-time employment is about 30 per cent of the proportion of Australian graduates in full-time employment. Furthermore the employment of overseas graduates is split reasonably evenly between those with jobs in Australia and those with jobs in their home countries. All up we are talking about 15 per cent of overseas graduates obtaining a full-time job four months after graduation. This suggests that the overseas graduates are struggling in the labour market. Associated with this very low proportion of overseas graduates in full-time employment we have seen very large percentages going on to full-time study, at over four times the rate of their Australian counterparts in management and commerce, for example.
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Authors: Karmel, Tom; Carroll, David; Fitzpatrick, Darcy

Date: 2017

Geographic subjects: Australia; Oceania

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: NILS working paper series

Subjects: Higher education; Outcomes; Students ... [+] Show more
Have school vocational education and training programs been successful?

The issue addressed in the research study reported here is whether school vocational education and training (VET) p ... Show more
The issue addressed in the research study reported here is whether school vocational education and training (VET) programs have been successful. The study focused on two aspects: Year 12 retention (and its vocational equivalent) and post-school pathways. The data set for the analysis is young people who were in Year 9 in 1998, surveyed for the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY). These data are ideal for this purpose because of their richness in capturing demographic, attitudinal and student outcomes information. The analysis is extended by linking these data with unpublished NCVER National VET Provider Collection data (2000-2003), enabling a more thorough examination of school and post-school VET activity and offering a comparison between VET in Schools courses and VET courses undertaken post-school. This report first provides some context and looks at the characteristics of those students most likely to participate in school VET programs in Year 11. It then looks at the impact of VET on student retention to Year 12 (or its vocational equivalent). The next section examines whether participation in school VET programs plays a role in successful post-school outcomes, defined as engagement with learning or employment one year out from Year 12, or within the same time frame for those who leave school before Year 12. Then there is an assessment of whether school VET programs establish post-school VET pathways, in particular, whether there is a relationship between the VET courses studied at school and those studied subsequently. Outcomes were looked at in terms of retention to Year 12 and post-school engagement with learning and employment. It was found that VET at school is undoubtedly a clear pathway for some students. In particular, a reasonable number of boys continue in the same field with their post-school vocational studies. However, the fields of education offered at school do not line up particularly well with those offered outside school that are more likely to reflect labour market demands, and girls tend to shy away from the VET subjects they studied at school. In comparing VET offerings inside and outside school, one note of discord is that the school VET subjects are at a lower level, even for the same age groups. Show less

Authors: Anlezark, Alison; Karmel, Tom; Ong, Koon

Corporate authors: National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER)

Date: 2006

Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Subjects: Pathways; Vocational education and training; Outcomes ... [+] Show more
Skills deepening or credentialism?: education qualifications and occupational outcomes, 1996-2011

[This article looks] at the changes to the 'quality' of jobs obtained by persons with particular qualifications ove ... Show more
[This article looks] at the changes to the 'quality' of jobs obtained by persons with particular qualifications over the period 1996 to 2011, where quality is based on an index which ranks 400 or so occupations by the level of qualifications in the occupation, average income of those who are full-time employed or occupational status. The occupational structure has changed in a way to favour the 'better jobs', but this has been swamped by the expansion in educational qualifications with the result that the average quality of the job obtained by a person with a particular qualification is lower in 2011 than in 1996. The census data allow a detailed characterisation of qualifications with four levels - higher degrees, degrees, diplomas and certificates III/IV - and nine fields of study. The groups most affected by the decline in the quality of jobs obtained are those with a higher degree (particularly business and administration) and diploma (particularly education and health).
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Authors: Karmel, Tom

Conference name: Conference in Memory of Paul Miller

Date: 2015

Geographic subjects: Australia; Oceania

Resource type: Article

Journal title: Australian journal of labour economics

Subjects: Skills and knowledge; Qualifications; Employment ... [+] Show more