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Pre-Apprenticeships and Their Impact on Apprenticeship Completion and Satisfaction. Occasional Paper
Download full textKarmel, Tom; Oliver, Damian – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2011
Pre-apprenticeship programs have generated interest recently from government, employers and other stakeholders in the training system as one means of improving apprenticeship completion rates and thereby ameliorating skill shortages. However, there has not yet been any research which establishes that pre-apprenticeship programs actually increase…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Job Training, Program Effectiveness, Factor Analysis
Direct linkKarmel, Tom; Misko, Josie; Blomberg, Davinia; Bednarz, Alice; Atkinson, Georgina – Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2014
In recent years, the level of participation and attainment by Indigenous Australians in education and training has improved, yet substantial gaps still exist between Indigenous Australians and non-Indigenous Australians. Education has to be a key focus if the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous employment rates is to be closed. This report…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Labor Force Development, Job Training, Indigenous Populations
Karmel, Tom – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2010
This paper was presented at the 2009 Economic and Social Outlook Conference, November 5-6 at the University of Melbourne. It takes a sceptical view of the push for "green skills", arguing that skills required in the labour market evolve relatively slowly, and that the way business operates is driven by changing costs, new technologies…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Skill Analysis, Skill Development, Retraining
