Apprentice and trainee outcomes 2021

This publication provides a summary of the outcomes of apprentices and trainees aged 18 years or over who completed an apprenticeship or traineeship during 2020. The figures are derived from the 2021 National Student Outcomes Survey. Information is presented on apprentices' and trainees' reasons for training, their employment outcomes, further study outcomes and satisfaction with the apprenticeship or traineeship. An apprentice or trainee is a person who undertakes a contract of training with an employer and a training provider. The main reason for undertaking an apprenticeship or...  [+] Show more

This publication provides a summary of the outcomes of apprentices and trainees aged 18 years or over who completed an apprenticeship or traineeship during 2020. The figures are derived from the 2021 National Student Outcomes Survey. Information is presented on apprentices' and trainees' reasons for training, their employment outcomes, further study outcomes and satisfaction with the apprenticeship or traineeship. An apprentice or trainee is a person who undertakes a contract of training with an employer and a training provider.

The main reason for undertaking an apprenticeship or traineeship for those in a trade occupation was because they wanted to work in that type of job (41.5 per cent), up 4.0 percentage points from 2019 and for those in a non-trade occupation was because they wanted to work in that type of job (26.1 per cent), up 6.3 percentage points from 2019. Other key findings include: 94.0 per cent of trade completers were employed after training, up 2.5 percentage points from 2019; 88.4 per cent of non-trade completers were employed after training, up 3.5 percentage points from 2019; 93.0 per cent of trade completers and 91.3 per cent of non-trade completers were satisfied with the skills learnt on the job; and 86.7 per cent of trade completers and 91.0 per cent of non-trade completers were satisfied with their off-the-job training overall.

Impacts of the [Coronavirus Disease 2019] COVID-19 pandemic for training undertaken in 2020 include: 20.2 per cent of trade completers had their on the job training delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic; 30.1 per cent of trade completers had some of their off-the-job training move online; 23.1 per cent of non-trade completers had their on the job training delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic; and 39.2 per cent of non-trade completers had some of their off-the-job training move online.

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