2010 DECEMBER QUARTER APPRENTICES & TRAINEES Australian vocational education & training statistics Australian vocational education and training statistics Apprentices and trainees December quarter 2010 Highlights There were 440 700 apprentices and trainees in-training as at 31 December 2010, an increase of 6.3% from the previous year. In the 12 months to 31 December 2010, compared with the previous year:  commencements increased by 15.7%, to 314 000  completions increased by 5.4%, to 168 400  cancellations and withdrawals increased by 6.7%, to 130 900. For seasonally adjusted data, comparing the December quarter 2010 with the September quarter 2010:  commencements in trades occupations increased by 0.8%  commencements in non-trades occupations increased by 2.0%  completions increased by 0.9%  cancellations and withdrawals increased by 0.3%  in-training numbers increased by 0.7%. © Commonwealth of Australia, 2011 This work has been produced by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) on behalf of the Australian Government and state and territory governments, with funding provided through the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. Apart from any use permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part of this publication may be reproduced by any process without written permission. Requests should be made to NCVER. The views and opinions expressed in this document are those of NCVER and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Australian Government or state and territory governments. ISSN 1440-0359 TD/TNC 103.32 Cataloguing title: Australian vocational education and training statistics: Apprentices and trainees 2010—December quarter Comments and suggestions regarding this publication are welcomed and should be forwarded to NCVER. Published by NCVER ABN 87 007 967 311 Level 11, 33 King William Street, Adelaide SA 5000 PO Box 8288, Station Arcade, Adelaide SA 5000, Australia Phone: (08) 8230 8400 Fax: (08) 8212 3436 Web: <http://www.ncver.edu.au> Email: <[email protected]> 2 Australian vocational education and training statistics 11 Contents Apprentice and trainee directions 4 Introduction 4 Overall trends 4 Seasonally adjusted data 4 Tables 6 Terms 18 Technical notes 19 Data source 19 Estimation procedure 19 Seasonal adjustments 19 Notes on figures and tables 20 Tables Quarterly training activity 6 1 In-training by state/territory and selected training characteristics, as at 31 December 2010 (’000) 6 2 In-training by state/territory as at the end of each quarter, 2005–10 (’000) 6 3 Commencements by state/territory and selected training characteristics, December quarter 2010 (’000) 7 4 Commencements in each quarter by state/territory, 2005–10 (’000) 7 5 Completions by state/territory and selected training characteristics, December quarter 2010 (’000) 8 6 Completions in each quarter by state/territory, 2005–10 (’000) 8 7 Cancellations and withdrawals by state/territory and selected training characteristics, December quarter 2010 (’000) 9 8 Cancellations and withdrawals in each quarter by state/territory, 2005–10 (’000) 9 9 In-training as at the end of each quarter by selected training characteristics, Australia, 2005–10 (’000) 10 10 Commencements in each quarter by selected training characteristics, Australia, 2005–10 (’000) 10 11 Completions in each quarter by selected training characteristics, Australia, 2005–10 (’000) 12 12 Cancellations and withdrawals in each quarter by selected training characteristics, Australia, 2005–10 (’000) 12 13 In-training in top 20 training packages by state/territory, as at 31 December 2010 (’000) 14 14 Commencements in top 20 training packages by state/territory, December quarter 2010 (’000) 14 Training activity: 12-month ending series 15 15 Commencements by selected training characteristics, 12 months ending 31 December, Australia, 2005–10 (’000) 15 16 Completions by selected training characteristics, 12 months ending 31 December, Australia, 2005–10 (’000) 15 17 Commencements by occupation and state/territory, 12 months ending 31 December 2010 (’000) 16 18 Commencements by industry skills councils, 12 months ending 31 December 2010, Australia (’000) 17 Seasonally adjusted commencements 17 19 Seasonally adjusted commencements in each quarter, by state/territory, 2005–10 (’000) 17 Figures 1 In-training, seasonally adjusted, 2000–10 (’000) 5 2 Commencements, completions and cancellations/withdrawals, seasonally adjusted, 2000–10 (’000) 5 3 Trades and non-trades commencements, seasonally adjusted, 2000–10 (’000) 5 Apprentices and trainees, December quarter 2010 3 11 Apprentice and trainee directions Introduction Completions This publication presents estimates of apprentice and trainee The number of completions in the 12 months ending activity in Australia for the December quarter 2010. The figures 31 December 2010 was 168 400, an increase of 5.4% from in this publication are derived from the National Apprentice and one year earlier. Trainee Collection no.67 (March 2011 estimates). Cancellations and withdrawals The most recent figures in this publication are estimated The number of cancellations and withdrawals in the (those for training activity from the June quarter 2009 to the 12 months ending 31 December 2010 was 130 900, an December quarter 2010). Estimates take into account increase of 6.7% from one year earlier. reporting lags that occur at the time of data collection. Consequently, the figures in this publication may differ from Seasonally adjusted data those published in earlier or later reports. In-training Estimated data are presented in this publication on a seasonally adjusted, quarterly and 12-month ending series The number of apprentices and trainees in-training has basis. The 12-month ending series is particularly useful in increased in every quarter since June 2009. Between 30 showing longer-term data trends, but is less useful in September 2010 and 31 December 2010, the number in- identifying turning points. training increased by 0.7%. The seasonally adjusted data involve the use of a Commencements mathematical model to smooth out fluctuations due to seasonal influences. Seasonally adjusted data are useful to The number of trades commencements has increased in illustrate trends from one quarter to the next, but cannot be every quarter since March 2009. Between the September further disaggregated. quarter 2010 and the December quarter 2010, trades commencements increased by 0.8%. Further details on the estimation methodology and seasonally adjusted data tables can be found at The number of non-trades commencements has increased in <http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/2362.html>. every quarter since March 2009. Between the September quarter 2010 and the December quarter 2010, non-trades Overall trends commencements increased by 2.0%. In-training Completions The number of apprentices and trainees in-training as at The number of completions has increased in every quarter 31 December 2010 was 440 700, an increase of 6.3% from since March 2009. Between the September quarter 2010 and one year earlier. the December quarter 2010, completions increased by 0.9%. For the 12 months ending 31 December 2010 Cancellations and withdrawals Commencements The number of cancellations and withdrawals has increased The number of commencements in the 12 months ending in every quarter since September 2009. Between the 31 December 2010 was 314 000, an increase of 15.7% from September quarter 2010 and the December quarter 2010, one year earlier. cancellations and withdrawals increased by 0.3%. Of this:  trades commencements increased by 21.9% For more information on seasonally adjusted data, see the  non-trades commencements increased by 13.1%. technical notes on page 19. State and territory commencements in the 12 months to Additional seasonally adjusted data tables are available at 31 December 2010, compared with the previous year, <http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/2362.html>. showed:  New South Wales (+14.0%)  Western Australia (+19.1%)  Victoria (+17.8%)  Tasmania (+20.0%) For more information on concepts and definitions used in this publication, see  Queensland (+15.2%)  Northern Territory (+3.6%) Terms listed on page 18.  South Australia (+16.9%)  Australian Capital Territory (-1.6%) 4 Australian vocational education and training statistics 11 Figure 1 In-training, seasonally adjusted1, 2000–10 (’000) 500.0 450.0 400.0 350.0 0) 300.0 0 0 er (' 250.0 b m u 200.0 N 150.0 100.0 50.0 0.0 Dec 2000 Dec 2001 Dec 2002 Dec 2003 Dec 2004 Dec 2005 Dec 2006 Dec 2007 Dec 2008 Dec 2009 Dec 2010 In-training For notes on figures and tables, see page 20. Figure 2 Commencements, completions and cancellations/withdrawals2, seasonally adjusted1, 2000–10 (’000) 90.0 80.0 70.0 60.0 00) 50.0 0 er (' 40.0 b m Nu 30.0 20.0 10.0 0.0 Dec 2000 Dec 2001 Dec 2002 Dec 2003 Dec 2004 Dec 2005 Dec 2006 Dec 2007 Dec 2008 Dec 2009 Dec 2010 Commencements Completions Cancellations/withdrawals For notes on figures and tables, see page 20. Figure 3 Trades and non-trades3,4 commencements, seasonally adjusted1, 2000–10 (’000) 60.0 50.0 40.0 0) 0 0 er (' 30.0 b m u N 20.0 10.0 0.0 Dec 2000 Dec 2001 Dec 2002 Dec 2003 Dec 2004 Dec 2005 Dec 2006 Dec 2007 Dec 2008 Dec 2009 Dec 2010 Trade Non-trade For notes on figures and tables, see page 20. Apprentices and trainees, December quarter 2010 5 11 Tables Quarterly training activity Table 1 In-training by state/territory and selected training characteristics, as at 31 December 2010 (’000) NSW Vic Qld SA WA Tas NT ACT Australia Age 19 years and under 34.4 32.2 29.9 8.8 13.3 3.4 1.1 2.0 125.0 20 to 24 years 38.3 33.0 21.1 8.2 9.3 2.9 1.0 2.5 116.4 25 to 44 years 48.9 31.8 28.6 10.4 11.1 3.9 1.6 2.1 138.2 45 years and over 24.8 13.8 11.4 4.3 4.1 1.5 0.5 0.7 61.0 Sex Male 92.2 73.1 60.0 21.2 27.5 7.4 2.7 4.5 288.7 Female 54.2 37.6 31.0 10.4 10.2 4.2 1.4 2.9 151.9 Occupation Managers and professionals 3.7 4.9 6.2 2.3 1.0 0.7 0.1 0.5 19.3 (ANZSCO) group Technicians and trades workers 59.8 53.2 45.1 13.8 21.6 5.4 2.2 3.2 204.3 Community and personal service workers 18.8 13.0 7.0 1.8 3.9 1.2 0.6 1.5 47.7 Clerical and administrative workers 28.2 14.0 14.0 5.6 3.1 1.6 0.5 0.9 67.8 Sales workers 15.0 13.1 8.5 4.0 2.1 1.2 0.3 0.6 44.8 Machinery operators and drivers 12.4 5.5 6.0 2.7 3.3 0.6 0.3 0.2 31.1 Labourers 8.4 7.2 4.3 1.5 2.8 0.8 0.2 0.3 25.5 AQF qualification Certificate I or II 8.9 6.5 6.2 2.9 3.0 1.0 0.4 0.5 29.6 level Certificate III 101.7 84.0 63.9 21.8 28.8 8.3 3.2 5.2 317.0 Certificate IV 33.3 15.4 15.8 5.4 4.7 1.4 0.4 1.2 77.6 Diploma/advanced diploma 2.4 4.8 5.1 1.6 1.2 0.9 0.1 0.4 16.5 Full-time status Full-time 114.7 81.1 66.5 24.2 33.5 9.0 3.5 5.3 337.6 Part-time 31.7 29.6 24.5 7.5 4.3 2.6 0.7 2.1 103.0 Total5 146.4 110.7 91.0 31.7 37.8 11.6 4.2 7.3 440.7 For notes on figures and tables, see page 20. Table 2 In-training by state/territory as at the end of each quarter, 2005–10 (’000) Quarter NSW Vic Qld SA WA Tas NT ACT Australia 31 December 2005 120.1 111.8 74.9 33.1 29.5 12.4 3.0 5.9 390.8 31 March 2006 125.4 113.6 81.0 33.9 31.5 12.9 3.2 6.6 408.1 30 June 2006 123.0 110.9 82.3 33.5 32.1 12.6 3.2 6.7 404.4 30 September 2006 124.3 110.1 84.2 33.0 32.2 12.5 3.2 6.6 406.1 31 December 2006 124.0 105.1 81.0 32.7 31.7 12.3 3.0 6.2 395.9 31 March 2007 129.3 107.6 87.8 32.4 33.9 12.8 3.3 6.8 413.9 30 June 2007 128.6 107.4 89.7 31.5 34.3 12.8 3.3 6.7 414.2 30 September 2007 130.7 106.9 91.4 31.7 34.7 13.0 3.3 6.7 418.4 31 December 2007 130.4 100.9 87.2 30.2 34.0 12.7 3.2 6.2 404.8 31 March 2008 136.8 105.6 93.3 31.5 36.2 13.3 3.6 6.9 427.1 30 June 2008 139.4 107.2 95.3 32.1 36.7 13.4 3.7 6.8 434.5 30 September 2008 140.7 107.4 94.4 32.2 36.9 13.1 3.8 6.7 435.1 31 December 2008 137.4 102.5 87.7 31.2 35.8 12.2 3.5 5.9 416.3 31 March 2009 140.9 105.0 90.8 31.8 37.3 12.4 3.8 6.7 428.7 30 June 2009 139.5 105.3 89.9 32.1 36.8 12.2 3.9 6.7 426.4 30 September 2009 139.5 105.8 90.3 32.0 36.4 12.0 4.0 7.0 426.9 31 December 2009 138.5 102.1 86.2 30.7 35.4 11.3 3.8 6.5 414.5 31 March 2010 144.8 107.1 91.9 32.6 37.2 12.0 4.2 7.2 437.1 30 June 2010 145.2 109.2 93.2 32.9 37.6 12.1 4.3 7.3 441.9 30 September 2010 147.3 112.9 94.8 32.7 37.6 12.2 4.4 7.5 449.5 31 December 2010 146.4 110.7 91.0 31.7 37.8 11.6 4.2 7.3 440.7 For notes on figures and tables, see page 20. 6 Australian vocational education and training statistics 11 Table 3 Commencements by state/territory and selected training characteristics, December quarter 2010 (’000) NSW Vic Qld SA WA Tas NT ACT Australia Age 19 years and under 6.5 8.0 5.3 1.6 2.6 0.6 0.2 0.3 25.1 20 to 24 years 3.7 3.4 2.1 0.9 1.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 11.9 25 to 44 years 7.8 5.7 4.4 1.8 2.1 0.7 0.2 0.2 23.0 45 years and over 4.3 2.6 2.0 0.8 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.1 11.0 Sex Male 12.6 10.9 7.4 3.0 4.3 1.1 0.3 0.4 40.0 Female 9.6 8.9 6.5 2.0 2.5 0.8 0.2 0.4 31.0 Occupation Managers and professionals 1.1 1.7 1.4 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 5.2 (ANZSCO) group Technicians and trades workers 5.8 5.0 4.2 1.5 2.5 0.6 0.2 0.2 20.0 Community and personal service workers 3.0 3.1 1.8 0.3 0.9 0.3 0.1 0.3 9.8 Clerical and administrative workers 4.9 3.6 2.8 1.1 1.0 0.3 0.1 0.1 13.9 Sales workers 2.9 3.9 2.0 0.7 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.1 10.6 Machinery operators and drivers 2.8 0.8 0.8 0.4 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 5.6 Labourers 1.8 1.7 0.8 0.4 0.8 0.2 0.0 0.0 5.9 AQF qualification Certificate I or II 2.0 2.2 1.7 0.6 1.0 0.3 0.1 0.1 7.8 level Certificate III 14.5 12.9 8.3 3.1 4.6 1.2 0.4 0.6 45.5 Certificate IV 4.8 3.0 2.7 0.8 1.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 12.8 Diploma/advanced diploma 0.9 1.8 1.3 0.6 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 4.9 Full-time status Full-time 16.9 11.9 8.9 3.7 5.3 1.4 0.4 0.5 49.0 Part-time 5.3 8.0 5.0 1.3 1.4 0.5 0.1 0.4 22.0 Existing worker Existing worker 7.9 6.1 5.3 2.5 1.9 0.8 0.2 0.3 24.9 Newly commencing worker 14.4 13.7 8.6 2.6 4.9 1.1 0.3 0.6 46.1 Total5 22.2 19.8 13.9 5.1 6.7 1.9 0.5 0.9 71.0 For notes on figures and tables, see page 20. Table 4 Commencements in each quarter by state/territory, 2005–10 (’000) Quarter NSW Vic Qld SA WA Tas NT ACT Australia December 2005 16.3 18.0 10.6 4.3 4.4 1.5 0.4 0.9 56.6 March 2006 25.9 22.8 18.4 6.6 6.9 2.4 0.8 1.8 85.7 June 2006 15.6 18.2 13.5 4.4 5.2 1.7 0.5 1.3 60.4 September 2006 17.4 17.9 13.5 4.7 4.9 1.8 0.6 1.2 61.9 December 2006 17.6 16.0 12.1 4.6 4.9 1.8 0.4 1.1 58.5 March 2007 27.1 21.7 19.7 6.5 7.4 2.4 0.8 1.7 87.4 June 2007 17.1 17.6 15.6 4.8 5.2 1.9 0.5 1.0 63.7 September 2007 19.6 17.7 15.1 5.3 5.4 1.9 0.6 1.2 66.8 December 2007 18.3 14.7 12.5 4.1 5.1 1.8 0.5 0.9 57.9 March 2008 28.8 22.4 19.8 7.0 7.8 2.7 0.9 1.8 91.1 June 2008 22.3 18.6 17.2 5.4 6.0 2.1 0.7 1.1 73.3 September 2008 20.8 18.1 13.5 5.0 5.7 1.8 0.6 1.0 66.6 December 2008 18.1 16.0 10.6 4.6 5.4 1.7 0.4 0.8 57.7 March 2009 27.1 20.6 16.9 6.0 7.0 2.2 0.8 1.8 82.3 June 2009 18.4 17.2 12.9 5.2 5.3 1.7 0.6 1.1 62.5 September 2009 19.6 17.9 13.6 4.8 5.3 1.7 0.7 1.2 64.9 December 2009 20.2 16.8 12.4 4.2 5.4 1.4 0.6 0.9 61.8 March 2010 29.9 23.8 19.1 7.7 8.1 2.6 0.9 1.7 93.8 June 2010 21.7 19.9 15.5 5.5 6.3 1.9 0.6 1.1 72.5 September 2010 23.4 21.9 15.9 5.3 6.3 2.1 0.7 1.2 76.7 December 2010 22.2 19.8 13.9 5.1 6.7 1.9 0.5 0.9 71.0 For notes on figures and tables, see page 20. Apprentices and trainees, December quarter 2010 7 11 Table 5 Completions by state/territory and selected training characteristics, December quarter 2010 (’000) NSW Vic Qld SA WA Tas NT ACT Australia Age 19 years and under 2.0 4.3 3.5 0.8 1.0 0.3 0.1 0.1 12.2 20 to 24 years 4.0 3.6 3.0 1.2 1.4 0.6 0.1 0.2 13.9 25 to 44 years 4.4 3.6 3.3 1.2 1.3 0.5 0.2 0.2 14.6 45 years and over 2.4 2.0 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.0 7.2 Sex Male 7.3 6.8 6.3 1.9 2.6 0.9 0.2 0.3 26.3 Female 5.5 6.7 4.9 1.7 1.7 0.6 0.2 0.2 21.5 Occupation Managers and professionals 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 1.8 (ANZSCO) group Technicians and trades workers 3.7 3.0 3.9 0.9 1.7 0.6 0.1 0.2 14.2 Community and personal service workers 2.0 3.1 1.6 0.3 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.1 8.1 Clerical and administrative workers 2.8 2.4 2.0 0.9 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.1 9.1 Sales workers 1.7 3.0 1.5 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 7.5 Machinery operators and drivers 1.3 0.7 0.8 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 3.5 Labourers 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 3.7 AQF qualification Certificate I or II 1.7 1.8 1.7 0.6 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.1 6.9 level Certificate III 8.4 9.1 7.6 2.4 2.9 1.0 0.3 0.3 32.1 Certificate IV 2.6 2.2 1.7 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.1 7.8 Diploma/advanced diploma 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 - 0.1 1.0 Actual duration Two years or less 9.6 11.0 8.2 2.7 2.8 1.0 0.3 0.4 36.1 of training More than two years 3.2 2.5 3.0 0.9 1.4 0.6 0.1 0.1 11.7 Full-time status Full-time 9.7 7.0 7.4 2.8 3.5 1.2 0.3 0.3 32.2 Part-time 3.1 6.5 3.8 0.8 0.7 0.4 0.1 0.2 15.6 Total5 12.8 13.5 11.2 3.6 4.2 1.6 0.4 0.5 47.8 A dash (-) represents a true zero figure, with no contracts reported in these categories. For notes on figures and tables, see page 20. Table 6 Completions in each quarter by state/territory, 2005–10 (’000) Quarter NSW Vic Qld SA WA Tas NT ACT Australia December 2005 8.4 12.2 8.4 2.2 3.0 1.2 0.3 0.8 36.6 March 2006 12.0 10.5 7.0 3.1 3.0 1.1 0.4 0.6 37.6 June 2006 9.4 10.7 6.6 2.3 2.6 1.2 0.2 0.5 33.6 September 2006 8.5 10.0 6.4 2.4 2.6 1.2 0.3 0.6 32.0 December 2006 9.6 12.1 9.4 2.5 3.0 1.2 0.3 0.8 38.9 March 2007 13.0 10.4 7.0 4.2 2.8 1.1 0.3 0.6 39.2 June 2007 9.4 9.6 7.7 3.1 2.3 1.1 0.2 0.5 33.8 September 2007 9.4 9.9 7.0 2.6 2.7 1.1 0.3 0.6 33.5 December 2007 9.6 12.1 9.9 3.2 3.2 1.4 0.3 0.8 40.5 March 2008 13.4 9.7 7.4 3.2 3.1 1.3 0.2 0.5 38.8 June 2008 10.7 9.3 8.6 2.5 2.7 1.3 0.2 0.5 35.9 September 2008 10.5 9.5 7.9 2.5 3.0 1.3 0.2 0.6 35.5 December 2008 11.9 12.1 10.4 3.2 3.8 1.7 0.4 0.9 44.5 March 2009 14.3 10.0 7.9 3.0 3.3 1.3 0.2 0.5 40.5 June 2009 10.8 9.5 8.3 2.6 3.5 1.2 0.2 0.6 36.7 September 2009 11.2 10.1 7.9 2.7 3.6 1.2 0.3 0.5 37.4 December 2009 12.3 12.6 10.3 3.1 4.2 1.4 0.4 0.8 45.1 March 2010 14.5 10.9 7.7 3.1 4.1 1.2 0.3 0.5 42.3 June 2010 11.7 10.0 8.2 3.0 3.6 1.1 0.3 0.5 38.5 September 2010 11.7 10.4 8.8 2.9 4.0 1.3 0.3 0.4 39.8 December 2010 12.8 13.5 11.2 3.6 4.2 1.6 0.4 0.5 47.8 For notes on figures and tables, see page 20. 8 Australian vocational education and training statistics 11