Careers Advisers Seminar

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Careers Advisers Seminar
Apprenticeships and Traineeships Alan
Montague RMIT University Manager Apprenticeships
and Traineeships Phone [phone]Email
alan.montague_at_rmit.edu.au
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The Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF)
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Highest level of educational attainment by labour
force status, May 2001 Aged 15-64 (Higher
Education at the Cross Roads http//www.dest.gov.a
u/crossroads/ Accessed 19 August 2002)
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WHAT ARE APPRENTICESHIPS TRAINEESHIPS?

• New Apprenticeship means apprenticeship or
  traineeship
• Can cover full or part-time work (with a few
  exceptions)
• Combine paid work with training under a
  government approved Training Contract
• Training program lead to nationally recognised
  qualification
• Traineeship usually last 2 years
• Apprenticeship usually last 3 4 years

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FACTS

• Only half of all new apprenticeships are in the
  skilled trades (although the number of skilled
  trades apprenticeships has grown since 1995)
• Employment for apprenticeships, compared with
  university and other TAFE graduates is
• 93 - apprentices employed 3 months after
  completion
• 73 - graduating TAFE students employed by the
  following May
• 67 - graduating university students employed by
  the following April
• (National Centre for Vocational Education
  Research 2001, Australian apprenticeships Facts,
  fiction and future, NCVER, Adelaide.
  http//www.acer.edu.au/ accessed 14 August, 2002)

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TAFE Training

• Employment rates are particularly good for young
  apprentices if they undertook their off-the-job
  training at a TAFE institute.
• TAFE Apprenticeships employment rates in 2000
  were
• 97 -15 - 19
• 96 - 20 - 24

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TAFE AGAIN

• TAFE traineeship completors employment rates are
• 90 - 15-19
• 87 - 20-24
• (Robinson, C. How effective are apprenticeship
  and traineeship pathways in Understanding Youth
  Pathways Research Conference 2001 proceedings
  http//www.acer.edu.au/ p. 45 accessed 14 August,
  2002).

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FACTS AND FIGURES

• Employment status varies markedly by level of
  education.
• The unemployment rate May, 1999
• 10.8 - not completed the highest level of
  secondary school
• 7.7 - completed secondary school
• 4.6 - skilled vocational qualification
• 3.1 - bachelor degree graduates.
• (NCVER 2002 Issues affecting skill demand and
  supply in Australias education and training
  sector. www.ncver.edu.au)

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University Graduate average starting salaries
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FACTS

• 45 of apprentices have year 10 and 11
• 11 of all apprentices have tertiary
  qualifications
• Cert. III and IV graduate apprentices average
  43,000 post apprenticeship salary
• Traditional tradespersons are twice as likely to
  be self-employed and have the highest rates of
  full-time employment of any group in the labour
  market, university graduates included 
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• (National Centre for Vocational Education
  Research 2001, Australian apprenticeships Facts,
  fiction and future, NCVER, Adelaide.
  http//www.acer.edu.au/ accessed 14 August, 2002)

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SUSTAINED EMPLOYMENT

• University qualification at the degree level or
  higher leads to the highest employment rates and
  earnings levels in the labour market.
• The next best employment outcomes are achieved by
  those who have an apprenticeship or other skilled
  vocational qualification (at the Certificate III
  or IV level).
• For the Certificate III or IV level group the
  probability of having a job is over 83 their
  average full-time earnings exceed 43,000 per
  year.
• (National Centre for Vocational Education
  Research 2001, Australian apprenticeships Facts,
  fiction and future, NCVER, Adelaide.
  http//www.acer.edu.au/ accessed 14 August, 2002)

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FACTS

• The number of young people is increasing overall
  however for those aged less than 24 the
  proportional increase is a little over 2 since
  September 2000.
• As of June 2002 the proportion is
• lt 19 - 30.6
• 20 - 24 - 27.3
• 25 - 39 - 23.7
• 40 gt - 17.7
•   Females 34.6 Males 64.8
• Part-time 23.1
• Australian Apprentice and Trainee Statistics June
  Qtr 2002).

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RMIT Apprenticeships

• Aerospace
• Air Conditioning Refrigeration
• Cabinet Making
• Dental Technology
• Electrical/Electronics
• Mechanical (Fitting Machining)
• Plumbing
• Printing
• Textile, Clothing Footwear

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RMIT Traineeships

• Business Admin.
• Civil Construction
• Dental Assisting
• Dry Cleaning
• Financial Services
• Frontline Management (FMI)
• IT Business/IT Tech. Support

• Multimedia
• Nursing
• Optical
• Personal Care
• Printing
• Real Estate
• Textile, Clothing Footwear

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Other RMIT Offerings

• Open Day Sunday 10 August 2003
• Office for Prospective Students
• Ph. 03 9925 2260
• Campus Tours aimed at year 10 during 2003
• VCE or VCAL _at_ RMIT
• New Career Connections
• www.careerconnections.com.au
• Key Prevocational Programs at RMIT
• Printing
• A/C Refrigeration
• Electrical/Electronics
• Plumbing