astra domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home/studyfoxx/public_html/proactivetraining.com.au/news/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131The number and type of qualifications held by working age people in Australia is one way of helping understand the available stock of skills. In turn, this helps identify supply- and demand-side issues, such as skills utilisation and skills gaps.<\/p>\n
An NCVER paper has found VET qualifications outnumber those in higher education (7.8 million and 6.9 million, respectively). Certificates III and IV were particularly widespread, at 4.6 million.<\/p>\n
The paper, entitled \u201cThe stock of qualifications in Australia<\/a>\u201d and authored by NCVER\u2019s Michelle Hall and John Stanwick, uses data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics\u2019 Qualifications and Work 2018-19 survey. This has been used to estimate the stock of qualifications in Australia, with a particular focus on vocational education and training (VET).<\/p>\n The report found that, in 2018-19, 10.2 million people reported holding 15.4 million qualifications, including 3.8 million people holding two or more qualifications. This was out of an estimated population of 16.1 million working-age Australians. As we noted in the introduction section of this article, VET qualifications outnumbered higher education qualifications by almost one million, with Certificates III & IV being particularly prevalent.<\/p>\n Another key message was that:<\/p>\n \u201cAround three-quarters of the qualifications held by employed people were in the same field as, or were relevant to, the worker\u2019s job.\u201d<\/p>\n This was the case whether the qualification was at a VET or higher education level (74.9% and 84.7%, respectively).<\/p>\n And of the 3.3 million people with two or more qualifications who were employed at the time of the survey, \u201cabout a third held at least one qualification that was not at all relevant to their job.\u201d Interestingly, the paper also found that, often, \u201cthe most relevant qualification to the worker\u2019s job was either not their highest or their most recent qualification.\u201d<\/p>\n Qualifications are not everything, however, as the analysis found that many people who did not hold a non-school qualification were employed across occupations at all skill levels. This suggests that completed qualifications are just one potential source of skills. Experience is therefore important too.<\/p>\n Finally, the analysis Michelle and John undertook found that: \u201cdifferent qualification profiles were evident in different occupational contexts. Some occupations have more diverse entry pathways than others, with regulation playing a role in some of these pathways.\u201d<\/p>\n The authors report that \u201cfood, hospitality and personal services; architecture and building; engineering and related technologies; and agriculture, environmental and related studies were all VET-dominant.\u201d However, higher education qualifications outnumbered VET ones in natural and physical sciences, education and health.<\/p>\n Gender is an important factor too. The paper reports that \u201cfemales held more qualifications than males overall (52%), and in fields including education; health; and society and culture. Males held many more qualifications than females in engineering and related technologies; architecture and building; and information technology.\u201d<\/p>\n The\u00a0paper<\/a>\u00a0is supported by a suite of\u00a0infographics<\/a>\u00a0summarising the key findings from the analysis, as well as highlighting six case study occupations: aged and disability carers; child carers; construction managers; contract, program and project administrators; ICT professionals and \u00a0metal fitters and machinists. These case studies reveal \u201cthe dynamics of qualifications in different employment contexts.\u201d<\/p>\n The case studies show that \u201csome occupation groups had diverse qualification profiles, which suggests multiple pathways to entry (for example, contract, program and project administrators), compared with others with tighter entry requirements (for example, metal fitters and machinists).\u201d Another factor is when there are regulatory requirements attached to holding the qualification. These occupations include construction managers; metal fitters and machinists (which has specific entry requirements); and child carers.\u201d<\/p>\n Such findings are consistent with other research, particularly that which finds that \u201ctrade occupations tend to have a better match to qualifications than occupations with a more \u2018generalist\u2019 set of skills (for example, business\/management).\u201d However, these latter types of qualifications may be used to enhance career options and pathways beyond initial training.<\/p>\n Finally, and if readers are interested, there is a\u00a0literature review<\/a>, which provides a broad overview of approaches to measuring the stock of skills in an economy, beyond the analysis of qualifications presented in the paper.<\/p>\n Taking stock of qualifications in Australia<\/a> | VDC<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The number and type of qualifications held by working age people in Australia is one way of helping understand the available stock of skills. 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