Vocational education and training
Alternative labels
Education and training
Vocational skill development
Submission
Committee for Economic Development of Australia's submission to the Employment White Paper
CEDA’s submission to the Employment White Paper focuses on policy reforms to deliver a more dynamic labour market – breaking down barriers to workers moving across jobs and to more people participating fully in work.
Report
Attracting industry experts to become VET practitioners: a journey, not a destination
There is general consensus that the Australian VET sector faces a number of workforce issues, including the ageing of VET teachers, the high level of casualisation, industry currency and the need to increase the capacity of trainers. Through interviews and surveys with registered training organisations and current VET practitioners, this research sought to better understand...
Report
Skills utilisation in the workplace: the other side of the coin
This report investigates skill underutilisation in Australian workers by examining patterns of over-skilling and over-qualification and the pathways of people into jobs where they are over-skilled. It also examines what businesses are doing, if anything, to maximise skill usage.
Report
40 years of NCVER 1981-2021
The National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) celebrates 40 years of operation on 2 November 2021. To commemorate this major milestone, this publication briefly outlines its history, including a chronology of key NCVER events over the past forty years.
Evaluation
Indigenous Employment Program Evaluation
This evaluation reports on the Indigenous Employment Program (IEP), drawing on the historical context of each sub-program to provide insight into design, implementation and impact. The sub-programs were evaluated against the following objectives: the appropriateness of program design and implementation the extent to which expected outcomes of each program have been achieved (effectiveness) how efficiently...