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LSAY Briefing examines apprenticeships and traineeships A briefing paper published by ACER describes participation in apprenticeships and traineeships reported by a sample of people who were aged approximately 22 years-old in 2003. The paper reports on the characteristics of young people who become apprentices and trainees and examines the take up and completion of apprenticeships and traineeships. The report uses data from a nationally representative sample of young people who were in Year 9 at school in 1995 and whose education and occupational activities were traced each year thereafter. Overall, a little more than one in five members of the LSAY cohort that was in Year 9 in 1995 participated in an apprenticeship (12 per cent) or traineeship (10 per cent) by the end of 2003. Men outnumbered women in apprenticeships by about five to one, while about three out of five trainees were women. Young people of an English-speaking background were around four times likely as their peers from a non-English speaking background to participate in and apprenticeship or traineeship. More than three-quarters (77 per cent) of apprentices and trainees began their course within a year of leaving school. By 2004, 79 per cent of apprentices and 84 per cent of trainees in the LSAY sample had completed their initial post-school training, while one in six (16 per cent) apprentices and trainees had withdrawn from their course. Reasons for not continuing an apprenticeship or traineeship tended to be health and personal factors, financial matters and issues with the workplace. Future job prospects, the nature training and the difficulty of study were not key reasons for discontinuing an apprenticeship or traineeship. Ninety-six per cent of those who completed an apprenticeship and 89 per cent of those who did not were employed in 2004, compared to only 80 per cent of those who had not done any post-school study. In contrast, traineeship non-completers fared worse in the labour market than those who had done no post-school study. LSAY is a research program managed by the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. ACER provides advice and guidance to the LSAY Strategic Advisory Committee and publishes its reports. Apprenticeships and Traineeships: Participation, progress and completion was published as LSAY Briefing Number 19 and is available from http://research.acer.edu.au/lsay_briefs/19/ « Back to eNews
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A briefing paper published by ACER describes participation in apprenticeships and traineeships reported by a sample of people who were aged approximately 22 years-old in 2003.

The paper reports on the characteristics of young people who become apprentices and trainees and examines the take up and completion of apprenticeships and traineeships.

The report uses data from a nationally representative sample of young people who were in Year 9 at school in 1995 and whose education and occupational activities were traced each year thereafter.

Overall, a little more than one in five members of the LSAY cohort that was in Year 9 in 1995 participated in an apprenticeship (12 per cent) or traineeship (10 per cent) by the end of 2003. Men outnumbered women in apprenticeships by about five to one, while about three out of five trainees were women. Young people of an English-speaking background were around four times likely as their peers from a non-English speaking background to participate in and apprenticeship or traineeship.

More than three-quarters (77 per cent) of apprentices and trainees began their course within a year of leaving school. By 2004, 79 per cent of apprentices and 84 per cent of trainees in the LSAY sample had completed their initial post-school training, while one in six (16 per cent) apprentices and trainees had withdrawn from their course.

Reasons for not continuing an apprenticeship or traineeship tended to be health and personal factors, financial matters and issues with the workplace. Future job prospects, the nature training and the difficulty of study were not key reasons for discontinuing an apprenticeship or traineeship.

Ninety-six per cent of those who completed an apprenticeship and 89 per cent of those who did not were employed in 2004, compared to only 80 per cent of those who had not done any post-school study. In contrast, traineeship non-completers fared worse in the labour market than those who had done no post-school study.

LSAY is a research program managed by the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. ACER provides advice and guidance to the LSAY Strategic Advisory Committee and publishes its reports.

Apprenticeships and Traineeships: Participation, progress and completion was published as LSAY Briefing Number 19 and is available from http://research.acer.edu.au/lsay_briefs/19/

LSAY Briefing examines apprenticeships and traineeships