Australian vocational education and training statistics: apprentices and trainees 2011 - March quarter
22 August, 2011
22 August 2011 |
The National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) has released the Australian apprentice and trainee statistics for the March quarter 2011.
In total, there were 458,900 apprentices and trainees in-training as at the end of March 2011, an increase of 5.3% from the previous year.
Comparing apprentice and trainee activity in the year to 31 March 2011 with the year to 31 March 2010:
- the number of people commencing in trades occupations increased by 9.2%
- the number of people commencing in non-trades occupations increased by 12.4%
- the number of people completing increased by 4.8%.