Edition 76, March 2010

Report on the effectiveness of the traineeship model

Report on effectiveness of the traineeA report assessing the effectiveness of the traineeship model for young people has been released by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research.

The findings suggest that traineeships are an important pathway for female early school leavers, but are poorly targeted if the target group is disadvantaged young people.

The paper builds on work commissioned by the Victorian Interdepartmental Policy Unit on Youth Transitions into the effectiveness of traineeships for the youth cohort.

The paper finds that employment outcomes from traineeships are good, particularly for young early school leavers, but there is little evidence that traineeships have had a significant impact on skills acquisition.

Overall, the report concludes that the traineeship model is a good one, as the mixture of formal education and experience in the workplace is educationally very attractive. 

The suggestions in the paper to improve the model relate to better targeting of government support, in particular government support be targeted towards disadvantaged job seekers, such as early school leavers.

For more information visit www.ncver.edu.au/publications/2212.html

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