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Employment & skills update | October 14, 2022
14 Oct 2022
Apprenticeship commencements the highest in 12 years
The latest data from NCVER shows there were 387,830 apprentices and trainees in-training as at 31 March 2022, 17.1 per cent higher than at the same time in 2021, see here. It found apprentice and trainee commencements increased to 85,470 in the March quarter 2022, the highest quarterly level since June 2012. There was also an 11.5 per cent increase in completions in comparison to the previous year. This highlights the success of the Boosting Apprenticeships Commencement program, demonstrating when you make the business case stack up for employers, they will employ. As a result of the BAC there has been a 57 per cent increase to commencements and there are an additional 40 per cent more students currently in training then there was in March 2018.
Minister O’Connor’s address to VCCI
On Wednesday, ACCI attended a lunch co-sponsored with the Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, where the Minister for Skills and Training, the Hon Brendan O’Connor, gave the keynote address, which can be read here. The key highlights for members is the Minister again reiterated his focus on seeing higher completion numbers, provision of support to apprentices, investing in priority occupations, the need to target foundation skills and a $1.9 million announcement of a comprehensive workforce capacity study on clean energy skills. He also indicated that there will not be an increase to employer subsidies: “There is also no point in boosting the number of apprenticeships if apprentices already in the system are not properly supported and leave before they get their qualification. We need to fix the leaks in the bucket before we turn the tap on harder.” ACCI will closely monitor this across the coming weeks and will continue advocate for the 30 per cent subsidy for employers in the first year.
In a subsequent AFR article, he made additional comments that the current completion rates are representative of poor value for money for taxpayers. He also mentioned that the federal government would conduct “a holistic review” into Australia’s apprenticeship system that would stretch into next year.
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