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 6131VET and higher education-qualified individuals in the same occupation undertake the same tasks \u201ctend to start off at the same salary, but over time, those with higher education qualifications get further ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n
These are the findings of a recently published NCVER report entitled \u201cVET and higher education pathways \u2013 do outcomes differ for the same occupation?<\/a>\u201d authored by Bridget Wibrow.<\/p>\n The study draws on \u201cdata from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey and interviews with 20 employers across four occupations \u2014 childcare workers, surveyors, graphic designers and medical laboratory technicians.\u201d It seeks to explore \u201cwhether individuals with VET qualifications and those with higher education qualifications employed in the same occupations are undertaking the same tasks and receiving the same job outcomes, such as salary and career pathways.\u201d<\/p>\n This article provides another perspective on one of the other articles in this issue which looks at the latest report from Holmsglen\u2019s MacKenzie Research Institute.<\/p>\n The study found that when employers actively recruit for and employ both VET- and higher education-qualified individuals and assess applicants for positions \u201cexperience, skills and fit with the company are often more important than the qualification.\u201d Let\u2019s not forget this, because often when looking to employ someone, the questions employers are more concerned with are personal attributes, attitudes and \u2018fit\u2019 to their organisation.<\/p>\n In addition,<\/p>\n \u201cDue to their technical nature, VET qualifications enable new workers to \u2018hit the ground running\u2019 when entering occupations compared with those with higher education qualifications. VET graduates have more experience in using tools, equipment and software in their courses.\u201d<\/p>\n So, the practical nature of their training can be a real initial advantage. It gave them some skills so that they were seen as more job-ready in the short-term. A reminder of a VET story from some time ago is where HE science graduates seeking a job as a laboratory scientist or technician would THEN do the VET qualification because it gave then the technical skills and capabilities that their degree did not but which they really needed<\/u> to \u2018do the job\u2019. As the report points out: \u201cthere is an oversupply of people with a science degree, so graduates use the medical laboratory technician role as a stepping stone to become a medical laboratory scientist.\u201d<\/p>\n The HILDA data tell us that \u201cgraduates with VET qualifications have similar rates of employment, including full-time employment, and levels of job satisfaction as those with higher education qualifications.\u201d That\u2019s the good news. However, it also showed that, over time, \u201cVET graduates tend to have lower wages, fewer opportunities for career progression and less autonomy than higher education graduates.\u201d \u00a0This applied in all the occupational areas studied, except childcare.<\/p>\n The report suggests that:<\/p>\n \u201cOne reason for the differences in job outcomes and career pathways is the longer duration of a degree course and its ability to build additional skills and knowledge in areas such as management, research and underlying theories.\u201d<\/p>\n As the report points out it\u2019s about effective \u201cpathways from VET to higher education, which include credit for VET qualifications and experience in the workplace, are essential to enabling people to move between sectors, to build on previous study and to undertake lifelong learning.\u201d However, one wonders if this ignores the value of HE to VET pathways. It does not have to be a one-way street!<\/p>\n Industries and occupations are changing, and often fast, and so maybe it\u2019s also about better collaboration between VET and HE institutions and a re-think about how qualifications are designed and delivered?<\/p>\n Finally, the report calls for better and more accurate career guidance \u201cto enable people to better understand the qualifications required for an occupation and the pathways available to them\u201d for those starting their careers as well as those seeking to progress in their chosen occupation or career path. It\u2019s about making informed choices and undertaking the lifelong learning needed to support those choices.<\/p>\n VET vs Higher Education occupational pathways<\/a> | VDC<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" VET and higher education-qualified individuals in the same occupation undertake the same tasks \u201ctend to start off at the same salary, but over time, those with higher education qualifications get further ahead.\u201d These are the findings of a recently published NCVER report entitled \u201cVET and higher education pathways \u2013 do outcomes differ for the same […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-workplace-development"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/proactivetraining.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/proactivetraining.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/proactivetraining.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/proactivetraining.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/proactivetraining.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6668"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/proactivetraining.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6669,"href":"https:\/\/proactivetraining.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6668\/revisions\/6669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/proactivetraining.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/proactivetraining.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/proactivetraining.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}A bit about this research<\/h2>\n
VET students hit the ground running<\/h2>\n
In the longer term it looks like HE students win out, but do they?<\/h2>\n
Here\u2019s the important point: it\u2019s about pathways!<\/h2>\n