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What Is a Skill Shortage?
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Richardson, Sue – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2007
In 2004 NCVER invited proposals from a consortia of researchers to address questions relating to changing work skill needs and work organisation arrangements and their implications for the vocational education and training sector. The National Institute of Labour Studies, Flinders University, and the Centre for Post-compulsory Education and…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Job Skills, Employment Patterns
Study of the Labour Market for Academics.
Sloan, Judith; And Others – 1990
This report presents scenario projections of the demand for academics in Australia to the year 2002, together with supply side projections on the numbers of new higher degree holders offering themselves for academic employment in that country. Chapter 1 offers an introduction and review of background issues. The second chapter outlines the…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Employment Patterns, Employment Projections, Enrollment Projections
Education and Labour Force Trends 1986. A TAFE Data Base.
Sweet, Richard; And Others – 1986
This publication is intended to take raw data on the labor market and educational and demographic trends in Australia and convert them to useful information for those who work in the areas of education and employment. It contains over 130 tables of data on education and labor market trends throughout Australia; a case study of participation in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Demography, Educational Trends
Evidence of Skill Shortages in the Electrotechnology Trades.
Robinson, Chris – 2000
This report presents evidence regarding skill shortages in the electrotechnology trades in Australia that was gathered by an industry-led working group. The report provides data concerning the following aspects of the problem: (1) the demand for skills in the electrotechnology trades (employment levels, growth, and prospects); (2) the supply of…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Continuing Education, Demand Occupations, Educational Needs
Occupational Trends and New Apprentice Training.
Freeland, Brett – 2000
New apprenticeships were introduced to Australia in January 1998 to provide practical training opportunities to a wider range of people than the traditional trade-based apprenticeship system did. The effect of the new apprenticeship initiative on the type of employment-based training being undertaken in Australia was studied by analyzing data from…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Building Trades, Comparative Analysis, Definitions
Australian Apprenticeships. Research at a Glance.
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia). – 2001
Australia's apprenticeship system was examined in 11 individual research projects that focused on various aspects of the system, including the following: milestones in its development; its changing structure; its broadening occupational base and client base; characteristics of apprentices; completion and attrition rates; outcomes from traditional…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Apprenticeships, Dropouts, Educational Change
Training Systems in South-East Asia. VTET Accreditation and Certification Systems in SEAMEO Member Countries (with an Appendix in Australia).
Alto, Romulita; Isaacs, Irene; Knight, Brian; Polestico, Rebecca – 2000
This book provides an overview of vocational-technical education and training (VTET) in the 10 member countries of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation (SAMEO). The book begins with an introduction explaining the objectives and methodology of the cooperative research project on which the study was based. Each of the 10…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accreditation (Institutions), Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies