Lee Ridoutt, Kevin Hummel, Ralph Dutneal and Chris Selby Smith identify the relationship between requirements of particular jobs and, in the opinion of employers, formal qualifications. A large number of competencies were identified by employers as required for jobs to be performed well. Generally, this was significantly in excess of those needed to obtain a...

In this statistical compendium Toni Cavallaro, Paul Foley, John Saunders and Kaye Bowman examine vocational education and training students with a disability as a group, focusing on their participation levels, achievements and outcomes from VET, and identifies gaps and/or issues with the existing data. They then look at people with different types of disabilities and...

Movement in Australia's tertiary sector - between and within higher education and vocational education and training - is a key feature of Australia's post-compulsory education system. Roger Harris, Robert Sumner and Linda Rainey investigate the extent and nature of student traffic between the two sectors, nationally and in South Australia from 1997 to 2002. Movement...

While the majority of employers recognise workforce skill levels are fundamental to the success of the business, their understanding and support of the national vocational education and training sector varies markedly, Giselle Mawer and Elaine Jackson report. Employers and employees tend to prefer informal, on-the-job training because the returns to the enterprise are more immediate...

Australia's innovation capacity is, in part, reliant on its teaching workforce. In this pilot study Phillip Toner examines how vocational education and training teachers, in particular TAFE teachers, maintain the currency of their skills and knowledge base. He also explores their role in the development and diffusion of innovative practices and new technologies in the...