The Future of Apprenticeships Workshop Setting the scene West Ryde: 10th May, 2016
NSW ITABs There are eleven NSW ITABs Arts, Communications, Finance Industries & Property Services Construction Community Services & Health Food, Primary Industries & Racing Forestry Manufacturing & Engineering Public Sector Resources & Infrastructure Sport & Recreation, Tourism & Hospitality & Wholesale, Retail & Personal Services Transport & Logistics and Automotive Utilities & Electrotechnology
NSW Apprenticeships There are approximately 50,000 apprentices in NSW 90.65% are male 9.35% are female 87.10% from English speaking homes 9.13% from non-English speaking homes 3.77% unknown Under 19 20 – 25 25 – 45 45-60 Over 60 34.82% 43.61% 19.15% 2.22% 0.20%
NSW Apprenticeships Commencements 2015 Apprenticeship Commencements 18, 610 First quarter 2016 Apprenticeship Commencements 7,636 (+1.57%)
NSW Apprentice Commencements 2000 to 2015 Carpenters and plumbers approaching historical highs Electricians and Ref & AC also heading up
What about completions? 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Average Percentage Completed 54.59% 66.27% 61.81% 55.88% 58.83% 59.51% 58.12% 57.37% 66.44% 57.27% 59.36%
Commencements V Completions 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Commencements 13794 13506 15168 19119 18569 18684 20056 20851 17220 22420 179387 Completions 7531 8951 9376 10685 10924 11120 11657 11962 11441 12842 106489 Withdrawals 6263 4555 5792 8434 7645 7564 8399 8889 5779 9578 72898 Percentage Completed 54.59% 66.27% 61.81% 55.88% 58.83% 59.51% 58.12% 57.37% 66.44% 57.27% 59.36%
All Apprenticeships
How do sectors compare? Manufacturing & Engineering 70.94% Communications 67.83% Utilities & Electrotechnology 67.36% Hair & Beauty 63.21% Automotive 61.50% Average 59.36% Building & Construction 58.29% Light Manufacturing 55.98% Primary 54.82% Forestry 51.94% Food 39.21%
Why are we here? NSW Apprenticeship & Traineeship Act to be reviewed What works? What doesn’t work? How can we enhance the current system? How can we attract more people to apprenticeships? How can we attract more minorities? How can we increase completion rates?
Let’s talk about some ideas Improving recruitment and retention Improving completion rates The possibility of institutional pathways Pre-vocational courses School based apprenticeships and TVET Age based apprentice wages, do they help or hinder? The role of GTOs Australian Apprenticeship Support Network Providers RPL and assessment only pathways
There are no silly ideas This is your workshop Please be respectful to other delegates! Remember, what mightn’t work in your industry may work in another