DroneShield sells to Australian army, receives US infrastructure order Drone detection and countermeasure company DroneShield has has sold a quantity of its RfOne MKIITM long-range sensors to the Australian Army (pictured). The capability is being delivered immediately to allow the Australian Army to assess its future counter-drone requirements and options. The company has also received…
There was a big rise in apprentice numbers during 2020, but on issuing the boom figures the National Centre for Vocational Education Research warned of the need to interpret the results with care. NCVER reported that there were 297,920 apprentices and trainees in-training as at 31 December 2020, an increase of 13.9 per cent from…
Individuals and businesses accessing stand-alone subjects, or bundles of subjects that do not form a nationally recognised course, make up the single largest segment of enrolments in vocational education and training (VET) in Australia, according to new research. New analysis of short-course training in VET, often referred to as micro-credentials, by the National Centre for…
Pandemic led to poor outcomes for VET students The VET Student Outcomes 2020: impact of COVID-19 on domestic students report compiled by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research, has found the Covid-19 pandemic led to a decrease in the proportion of male qualification VET completers employed full time, down 9.1 percentage points from the…
The Covid-19 pandemic year of 2020 was a shocker for apprentices in Australia, with the pandemic hitting apprenticeship starts and completions hard. Commencements plunged 18.8 per cent to 126,665 as at 30 September, 2020 while completions were down 14 per cent to 73,205. There are now 264,425 Australians in apprenticeship training according to new figures…
An overarching criticism of the recent federal budget is that it overlooked the workers hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic, namely women. However, the budget includes one promising, albeit small, initiative that focuses on this group. The government announced a cadetship program to help women to upskill in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), or to build a STEM career.
News reports on the weekend of another pre-budget leak affecting industry – this time a $1.2 billion subsidy for companies taking on new apprentices. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg told Channel 9 the budget would include $1.2 billion which would pay half the wages of new apprentices taken on over the next year, with the aim of…
Apprenticeship starts slumped during the March quarter continuing a long-term decline as the Covid-119 pandemic affected businesses nationwide, according to new figures from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) Apprentice starts fell 11.0 per cent in the quarter to 49,015, with commencements for the year to March 31 down 7,7 per cent on…
New data shows the number of school students undertaking vocational education and training (VET) as part of their secondary education has risen by 2.2 per cent to 235,800. VET in Schools 2019 shows there were 17,100 school-based apprentices and trainees and 218,700 students undertaking other VET in Schools programmes in 2019. Simon Walker, Managing Director…
Completion rates for apprentices and trainees who commenced training in 2015 have held relatively steady during the global pandemic at 56.8 per cent, down 0.4 per cent from those commencing in 2014. New data from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) also showed stable completion rates in trade occupations at 56.2 per cent,…
