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Institutions
Most VET in Australia is provided in government-administered colleges. In some states and territories these are referred to as TAFE colleges or institutes. To a lesser extent, VET may also be provided by Institutes of Technology, some higher education institutions, schools and agricultural colleges, adult and community education authorities, private providers of education (such as business colleges) and employers. VET institutions offer a wide range of programs, ranging from recreation and leisure, through basic employment and educational preparation, to trades training, and para-professional and professional levels.
In 2001 there were 87 TAFE and other government institutes with 1,322 provider locations delivering VET training. A further 985 community education providers and 5,645 other providers delivering VET were at least partly publicly funded.
Staff
Table 10.16 shows the number of teachers working in VET institutions in 2000-01. Of all VET teachers, the majority (57%) were employed full-time. The majority of full-time VET teachers (68%) were male. In contrast, 74% of part-time VET teachers were female.
10.16 VET TEACHING STAFF - 2000-01(a)
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| Full-time staff | Part-time staff | All teaching staff |
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Males | 11.0 | 3.2 | 14.2 |
Females | 5.1 | 9.1 | 14.1 |
Persons | 16.1 | 12.3 | 28.4 |
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(a) Average over the financial year. |
Source: ABS data available on request, Labour Force Survey, May 2001. |
Students and courses
Table 10.17 shows participation in publicly funded VET programs. While there were more males than females in VET courses overall, from age 40 onwards more women than men undertook VET courses.
10.17 VET(a) CLIENTS(b), Vocational and preparatory courses(c) - 2001
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| Males | Females | Persons(d) |
Age group (years) | ’000 | ’000 | ’000 |
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Under 16 | 20.6 | 17.6 | 38.2 |
16 | 44.8 | 41.8 | 86.7 |
17 | 56.0 | 48.6 | 104.6 |
18 | 57.6 | 45.9 | 103.7 |
19 | 52.1 | 39.6 | 92.0 |
20-24 | 150.0 | 116.1 | 266.6 |
25-29 | 98.5 | 87.0 | 185.8 |
30-39 | 164.4 | 164.4 | 329.5 |
40-49 | 124.4 | 151.9 | 276.3 |
50-59 | 70.0 | 77.7 | 148.1 |
60-64 | 13.3 | 14.0 | 27.4 |
65 and over | 13.6 | 15.4 | 29.1 |
Not stated | 28.3 | 35.9 | 68.4 |
Total clients | 893.5 | 856.0 | 1,756.8 |
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(a) Includes all VET delivery by TAFE and other government providers, registered community providers, some VET delivered in schools, and publicly funded delivery by private providers. Fee-for-service VET delivery by private providers has been excluded.
(b) A client is any individual participating in a specific enrolment or training contract with a specific organisation.
(c) Courses leading to a vocational award.
(d) Includes sex not stated. |
Source: National Centre for Vocational Education Research, data available on request. |
VET programs are classified according to 12 fields of study on the basis of similar emphasis or subject matter orientation. As the new classification for education is being phased in on different timeframes for different education sectors, field of study data for the various sectors may not be comparable for 2001. Table 10.18 shows the number of course enrolments in each field of study in 2001. Since clients may be enrolled in more than one VET course the number of course enrolments is greater than the total number of clients - there were 2.1 million course enrolments in 2001 compared with 1.8 million clients.
Excluding multi-field education, the fields of study of Business, administration and economics; Services, hospitality and transportation; and Engineering and surveying accounted for 53% of the remaining 1,815,000 VET enrolments in 2001.
Males made up a clear majority of enrolments in the fields of study of Architecture and building (91%), Engineering and surveying (88%) and Land and marine resources and animal husbandry (76%). Similarly, females were in the majority in Business, administration and economics (66%), Health, community services (66%) and Arts, humanities and social sciences (61%) (table 10.18).
10.18 VET(a) COURSE ENROLMENTS, Vocational and preparatory courses(b) - 2001
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| Males | Females | Persons(c) |
Field of study | ’000 | ’000 | ’000 |
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Land and marine resources, animal husbandry | 90.6 | 28.8 | 119.6 |
Architecture, building | 99.2 | 9.7 | 109.0 |
Arts, humanities and social sciences | 60.4 | 94.6 | 155.5 |
Business, administration and economics | 139.9 | 279.0 | 420.7 |
Education | 26.4 | 37.7 | 64.2 |
Engineering and surveying | 217.6 | 30.3 | 248.1 |
Health, community services | 67.6 | 130.6 | 198.7 |
Law, legal studies | 8.5 | 6.6 | 15.2 |
Science | 104.5 | 87.2 | 192.3 |
Veterinary science, animal care | 1.1 | 5.2 | 6.2 |
Services, hospitality and transportation | 145.9 | 139.3 | 285.5 |
VET multi-field education | 142.2 | 161.4 | 304.2 |
Total enrolments(a) | 1,041.1 | 1,010.5 | 2,119.2 |
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(a) Includes all VET delivery by TAFE and other government providers, registered community providers, some VET delivered in schools, and publicly funded delivery by private providers. Fee-for-service VET delivery by private providers has been excluded.
(b) Courses leading to a vocational award.
(c) Includes sex not stated. |
Source: National Centre for Vocational Education Research, data available on request. |
Apprenticeships and traineeships
Some 39% of all apprentices and trainees in training at 31 December 2001 were in the broad occupational group Tradespersons and related workers. In this group, Construction and Automotive trades accounted for 23% and 18%, respectively, of the group total (table 10.19).
Some 86% of apprentices and trainees in the broad occupational group Trades and related workers were male. Within this group, however, over 91% of those in Hairdressing were females.
10.19 APPRENTICES AND TRAINEES(a), In training - 31 December 2001 |
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| | Males | Females | Persons | Total |
Major occupation group | ’000 | ’000 | ’000 | % |
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Managers and administrators | 2.9 | 3.0 | 5.9 | 1.8 |
Professionals | 2.6 | 2.4 | 5.0 | 1.5 |
Associate professionals | 7.5 | 6.8 | 14.3 | 4.3 |
Tradespersons and related workers | | | | |
| Mechanical and fabrication engineering | 15.4 | 0.3 | 15.8 | 4.8 |
| Automotive | 22.2 | 0.3 | 22.5 | 6.8 |
| Electrical and electronic | 14.7 | 0.2 | 14.9 | 4.5 |
| Construction | 29.3 | 0.3 | 29.6 | 9.0 |
| Food | 14.3 | 4.9 | 19.2 | 5.8 |
| Skilled agricultural and horticultural workers | 4.6 | 0.6 | 5.2 | 1.6 |
| Hairdressers | 0.9 | 9.3 | 10.2 | 3.1 |
| Tradespersons and related workers n.e.c. | 0.1 | - | 0.1 | - |
| Other | 8.3 | 1.1 | 9.4 | 2.9 |
| Total | 109.7 | 17.2 | 126.9 | 38.5 |
Advanced clerical and service workers | 0.6 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 0.9 |
Intermediate clerical, sales and service workers | 16.4 | 42.5 | 58.9 | 17.9 |
Intermediate production and transport workers | 35.3 | 4.0 | 39.3 | 11.9 |
Elementary clerical, sales and service workers | 20.4 | 27.2 | 47.6 | 14.4 |
Labourers and related workers | 20.9 | 7.9 | 28.8 | 8.7 |
Total | 216.3 | 113.3 | 329.6 | 100.0 |
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(a) Major groups are classified according to the Australian Standard Classification of Occupations (ASCO). |
Source: National Centre for Vocational Education Research, data available on request. |
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