Report on Government Services 2019
Part B, Chapter 5
5 Vocational education and training
This chapter reports performance information for vocational education and training (VET) services.
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- Key Facts
- Indicator Framework
- Indicator Results
- Indigenous Data
The Australian, State and Territory governments’ recurrent expenditure (including user cost of capital) on VET totalled $6.1 billion in 2017 — a real increase of 2.2 per cent from 2016.
Nationally in 2017:
- an estimated 4.2 million students participated in total VET, and around 1.2 million students participated in government‑funded VET
- there were 4193 VET providers, of which 1874 delivered government-funded VET at 38 261 locations in Australia
- around 757 800 qualifications were completed by total VET students aged 15—64 years — equivalent to 46.9 qualifications per 1000 people. Around 361 900 qualifications were completed by government-funded VET students aged 15—64 years — equivalent to 22.4 qualifications per 1000 people.
Nationally in 2018:
- 87.4 per cent of all government-funded 2017 VET graduates were satisfied with the overall quality of their training
- 59.6 per cent of 20—64 year old total VET graduates from 2017 improved their employment status after training — an increase from 57.5 per cent in 2017.
The VET system aims to deliver a productive and highly skilled workforce through enabling all working age Australians to develop and use the skills required to effectively participate in the labour market and contribute to Australia’s economic future. To achieve this, the Australian, State and Territory governments aim to create a national training system that:
- is accessible to all working age Australians
- meets the needs of students, employers and industries
- is high quality.
Governments aim for a national training system that meets these objectives in an equitable and efficient manner.
The performance indicator framework provides information on equity, efficiency and effectiveness, and distinguishes the outputs and outcomes of VET services. The performance indicator framework shows which data are complete and comparable in the 2019 Report.
An overview of the VET performance indicator results are presented. Information to assist the interpretation of these data can be found in the indicator interpretation boxes in the VET chapter and attachment tables.
Effectiveness — Appropriateness indicators
Students who achieve main reason for training
Proportion of government-funded VET graduates who reported that the training helped or partly helped them achieve their main reason for training, 2018
NSW | Vic | Qld | WA | SA | Tas | ACT | NT | Aust | |
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% | 83.9 ± 0.3 | 83.1 ± 0.5 | 80.8 ± 0.5 | 82.1 ± 0.7 | 82.8 ± 1.3 | 84.2 ± 1.1 | 85.3 ± 1.4 | 88.9 ± 1.6 | 82.9 ± 0.2 |
Employer satisfaction with VET
Proportion of employers who engaged in an aspect of VET, and who are satisfied with all forms of VET training engaged with, 2017
NSW | Vic | Qld | WA | SA | Tas | ACT | NT | Aust | |
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% | 72.8 ± 3.4 | 69.5 ± 4.1 | 69.7 ± 4.5 | 74.8 ± 4.8 | 69.2 ± 4.8 | 74.0 ± 4.9 | 74.1 ± 5.1 | 69.5 ± 5.0 | 71.4 ± 1.9 |
Source: Attachment table 5A.16
Effectiveness — Quality indicators
Student satisfaction with quality of training
Proportion of government-funded VET graduates who were satisfied with the overall quality of training, 2018
NSW | Vic | Qld | WA | SA | Tas | ACT | NT | Aust | |
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% | 89.2 ± 0.3 | 85.2 ± 0.4 | 87.5 ± 0.4 | 87.8 ± 0.6 | 85.6 ± 1.1 | 88.3 ± 1.0 | 85.5 ± 1.4 | 89.7 ± 1.7 | 87.4 ± 0.2 |
Efficiency — Inputs per output unit indicators
Government recurrent expenditure per annual hour
Government recurrent expenditure (including user cost of capital) per government-funded annual hour, 2017
NSW | Vic | Qld | WA | SA | Tas | ACT | NT | Aust | |
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$ | 17.97 | 15.09 | 17.17 | 17.58 | 21.29 | 19.91 | 24.80 | 23.31 | 17.19 |
Outcome indicators
Student employment and further study outcomes
Most recent data for these measures are comparable and complete, subject to caveatsProportion of total VET graduates aged 20–64 years employed and/or in further study after training, 2018
NSW | Vic | Qld | WA | SA | Tas | ACT | NT | Aust | |
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% | 85.7 ± 0.3 | 84.5 ± 0.3 | 85.8 ± 0.3 | 86.3 ± 0.5 | 86.3 ± 0.7 | 89.3 ± 0.8 | 90.5 ± 1.0 | 91.2 ± 1.2 | 85.7 ± 0.2 |
Proportion of total VET graduates aged 20–64 years who improved their employment status after training, 2018
NSW | Vic | Qld | WA | SA | Tas | ACT | NT | Aust | |
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% | 59.5 ± 0.4 | 58.8 ± 0.5 | 60.5 ± 0.5 | 57.6 ± 0.8 | 60.9 ± 1.1 | 60.1 ± 1.3 | 61.8 ± 1.7 | 65.9 ± 2.1 | 59.6 ± 0.2 |
Student completions and qualifications
Total VET AQF qualifications completed per 1000 people aged 15–64 years, 2017
NSW | Vic | Qld | WA | SA | Tas | ACT | NT | Aust | |
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no. | 41.5 | 45.9 | 64.5 | 50.1 | 24.4 | 31.6 | 42.8 | 35.0 | 46.9 |
Students who improved education status
Proportion of total VET AQF qualifications completed by 20–64 year olds which were at a higher education level than their previous highest education level, 2017
NSW | Vic | Qld | WA | SA | Tas | ACT | NT | Aust | |
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% | 41.9 | 56.4 | 51.2 | 40.7 | 51.9 | 49.3 | 37.4 | 47.4 | 48.4 |
Notes
These data and caveats for these data are available in chapter 5 and attachment 5A.
Some percentages reported in this table include 95 per cent confidence intervals (for example, 80 per cent ± 2.7 per cent).
Performance indicator data for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in this chapter are available in the attachment tables listed below. Contextual data and further supporting information can be found in the chapter.
Table number | Table title |
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Table 5A.13 | Whether training helped graduates achieve their main reason for training, all government-funded graduates (per cent) |
Table 5A.14 | Proportion of all government-funded graduates satisfied with the quality of their training, by satisfaction outcome (per cent) |
Table 5A.17 | Proportion of 20-64 year old total VET graduates employed and/or in further study after training, by target group (per cent) |
Table 5A.18 | Proportion of 20-64 year old government-funded graduates employed and/or in further study after training, by target group (per cent) |
Table 5A.19 | Proportion of total VET graduates aged 20–64 years who improved their employment status after training, by target group (per cent) |
Table 5A.20 | Proportion of government-funded graduates aged 20-64 years who improved their employment status after training, by target group (per cent) |
Table 5A.23 | Total VET AQF qualifications completed per 1000 people aged 15-64 years, by target group |
Table 5A.24 | Government-funded VET AQF qualification completed per 1000 people aged 15–64 years, by target group |
Table 5A.25 | Total VET AQF qualifications completed per 1000 people aged 15–64 years, by AQF level |
Table 5A.26 | Government-funded VET AQF qualifications completed per 1000 people aged 15–64 years, by AQF level |
Table 5A.27 | Total VET AQF qualification completions by 20–64 year olds with improved education status after training, by target group |
Table 5A.28 | Government-funded VET AQF qualification completions by 20–64 year olds with improved education status after training, by target group |