Australian vocational education and training statistics: completion and attrition rates for apprentices and trainees 2020

This publication presents completion and attrition rates for apprentices and trainees using three different methodologies: (1) contract completion and attrition rates: based on the outcomes of contracts of training; (2) individual completion rates: based on contract completion rates and adjusted for recommencement factor; and (3) projected contract completion and attrition rates for the latest commencing apprentice and trainee cohorts: based on a 'life tables' methodology. Individual completion rates for apprentices and trainees commencing in 2016 were: 56.1 per cent for all occupations,...  [+] Show more

This publication presents completion and attrition rates for apprentices and trainees using three different methodologies: (1) contract completion and attrition rates: based on the outcomes of contracts of training; (2) individual completion rates: based on contract completion rates and adjusted for recommencement factor; and (3) projected contract completion and attrition rates for the latest commencing apprentice and trainee cohorts: based on a 'life tables' methodology.

Individual completion rates for apprentices and trainees commencing in 2016 were: 56.1 per cent for all occupations, down 1.5 percentage points from those commencing in 2015; 55.1 per cent for trade occupations, down 2.5 percentage points from those commencing in 2015; and 56.5 per cent for non-trade occupations, down 1.2 percentage points from those commencing in 2015.

An individual may complete their training under more than one contract if they change employers or take a break from their training. Contract completion rates for apprentices and trainees commencing in 2016 were: 48.3 per cent for all occupations, down 1.4 percentage points from those commencing in 2015; 42.5 per cent for trade occupations, down 2.3 percentage points from those commencing in 2015; and 53.8 per cent for non-trade occupations, down 1.1 percentage points from those commencing in 2015.

Excerpt from publisher's website.