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G BookmarksReport on employers' views of the VET system
The National Centre for Vocational Education Research has released a publication on employers' use and views of the vocational education and training system.
The findings relate to the various ways in which Australian employers use the VET system and unaccredited training to meet their skill needs and their satisfaction with these methods of training. The publication also looks at the amount of training employers expect to use over the next three years.
Highlights of the survey include:
- 56.7% of employers used the VET system in the last 12 months as a result of:
- having jobs requiring vocational qualifications (34.2% of employers)
- having at least one apprentice or trainee (30.6% of employers)
- having staff undertaking other nationally recognised training (not as part of an apprenticeship or traineeship) (26.1% of employers).
- Employers' satisfaction with the VET system as a way of meeting their skill needs is high, at:
- 83.4% for employers with jobs requiring vocational qualifications
- 83.2% for employers with apprentices and trainees
- 85.8% for employers using other nationally recognised training (not as part of an apprenticeship or traineeship).
- Employers' use of training has increased. Between 2007 and 2009:
- use of the VET system increased by 2.7 percentage points to 56.7%
- the percentage of employers with jobs requiring vocational qualifications remained stable
- the percentage of employers with apprentices and trainees increased by 1.5 percentage points to 30.6%
- use of nationally recognised training (not as part of an apprenticeship or traineeship) increased by 4.0 percentage points to 26.1%
- use of unaccredited training increased by 3.7 percentage points to 52.7%.
For more information on the survey and its results visit www.ncver.edu.au/publications/2188.html
This page was generated on 29 January, 2010
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