Australian vocational education and training statistics: apprentices and trainees 2010: annual

This annual publication provides a summary of training activity in apprenticeships and traineeships in Australia, from the period 2000 to 2010. It includes information on training rates, attrition rates, completion rates and duration of training. Highlights for 2010 include: 3.8 per cent of Australian workers were employed as an apprentice or trainee as at December 2010, compared with 3.1 per cent in 2000; within the trades, 12.1 per cent of workers were employed as an apprentice or trainee as at December 2010, compared with 9.5 per cent in 2000; overall commencements increased from 2009...  [+] Show more

This annual publication provides a summary of training activity in apprenticeships and traineeships in Australia, from the period 2000 to 2010. It includes information on training rates, attrition rates, completion rates and duration of training. Highlights for 2010 include: 3.8 per cent of Australian workers were employed as an apprentice or trainee as at December 2010, compared with 3.1 per cent in 2000; within the trades, 12.1 per cent of workers were employed as an apprentice or trainee as at December 2010, compared with 9.5 per cent in 2000; overall commencements increased from 2009 to 2010 by 15.7 per cent, with trade commencements up 21.9 per cent; the completion rate for contracts of training commenced in 2005 was 46.2 per cent for trade apprentices and trainees and 52.2 per cent for non-trade apprentices and trainees; attrition rates from contracts within the first 12 months for apprentices and trainees have remained steady between 2003 and 2009, ranging from 30.5 per cent to 32.9 per cent; and 30.1 per cent of trade apprentices and trainees completing at certificate III and above in 2010 finished their training in two years or less, compared with 20.8 per cent in 2000.