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Download full textKarmel, Tom; Mlotkowski, Peter – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2010
The primary focus of this research is the impact of wages on the decision not to continue with an apprenticeship or traineeship. The approach taken is to model three wages relevant to apprentices and trainees: the wage during training; the expected wage in alternative employment; and, the expected wage on completion. The results of these models…
Descriptors: Wages, Apprenticeships, Trainees, Vocational Education
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2010
This publication presents experimental estimates of completion and attrition rates for the latest commencing apprentice and trainee cohorts. Such up-to-date estimates are possible by applying a "life tables" methodology to simple cross tabulations of commencements, completions and cancellations/withdrawals. The resultant cross-sectional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Trainees, Apprenticeships
Carnevale, Anthony P.; Jayasundera, Tamara; Hanson, Andrew R. – Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2012
For recent high school graduates, life is tough. In the past year, one in four young high school graduates was unemployed and over half were underemployed. In the past decade, recent high school graduates' wages have fallen by 12 percent to just $19,400 annually in 2011, below the poverty threshold for a family of four. The downward plight of high…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Employment, Education Work Relationship, Job Training
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2010
This annual publication provides a summary of training activity in apprenticeships and traineeships in Australia, including information on training rates, completion rates, attrition rates, training within the trades and duration of training. The figures in this publication are derived from the National Apprentice and Trainee Collection no.63…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Trainees, Apprenticeships
Dumbrell, Tom – 1998
Australia's retailing sector is the largest single industry of employment, with more than 1.2 million workers. It is characterized by high levels of part-time and casual employment; a young work force, including many young people still in full-time education; and employment widely distributed geographically. Over the past 10 years, employment has…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Distributive Education, Education Work Relationship, Employment Patterns
Dumbrell, Tom – 1998
Australia's personal and other services industry is the sixth smallest of the 17 industry divisions in numbers employed. The industry, a collection of quite diverse businesses and services in the public and private sectors, has three subdivisions: personal services, other services, and private households employing staff. The employment level has…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Clergy, Clerical Workers, Cosmetology
