Tom Karmel

Managing Director of NCVER
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National Centre for Vocational Education Research

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Attrition in the trades

This report investigates attrition in the trades by comparing the rate at which tradespeople leave their occupation with that of professionals

Which paths work for young people?

This paper documents the transition of young people from high school to professional work, via tertiary study or vocational training and apprenticeships

The impact of wages and the likelihood of employment on the probability of completing an apprenticeship or traineeship

Updating an earlier paper on the subject, this paper looks at whether the probability of getting a job either in alternative employment or at the completion of an apprenticeship or traineeship, in addition to wages, impacts on completion rates

The shifting demographics and lifelong learning

Suggesting that there are four implications of an ageing population, this paper was presented at the International Symposium on Lifelong Learning for Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Development in January 2011

Pre-apprenticeships and their impact on apprenticeship completion and satisfaction

Giving would-be apprentices a taste of what to expect through pre-apprenticeship training does not necessarily lead to increased completion rates or course satisfaction

An investigation of TAFE efficiency

Governments are interested in the relative efficiency of institutions, and in addition, information on efficiency can be used by individual institutions to benchmark themselves against their peers

The impact of wages on the probability of completing an apprenticeship or traineeship

Making use of the NCVER Apprentice and Trainee Destination Survey, this paper focuses on wages and the impact they have on the decision not to continue with an apprenticeship or traineeship

Skilling and reskilling for our (greener) future


How reasons for not completing apprenticeships and traineeships change with duration

This paper finds that poor working conditions or non-sympathetic bosses or workmates have an immediate effect for many trainees

The effectiveness of the traineeship model

The traineeship model is currently targeted at a broader group of people compared with the original target group of young unemployed persons as envisaged by the Kirby Enquiry

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Summer 2012 issue of Quarterly Access released
13 January 2012

The Summer 2012 issue of Quarterly Access examines the recent East Asia Summit, bilateral alliances in the Asia Pacific, the future of Timor-Leste, women's participation in peace processes and more.

Read QA online: http://www.aiia.asn.au/qa/qa-vol4-issue1

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