On the evidence of this survey, employers of apprentices and trainees are very satisfied with almost all aspects of the training system. The following analysis highlights those issues where there was either room for improvement or differences between groups of employers by size of company, main training provider used, or type of employee (apprentice or trainee). Location of company did not seem to make any difference to responses.
Demographics
The 380 employers surveyed who employed fewer than 20 people were described as small. Of the 377 large employers surveyed 66% employed 20–100 people and 34%
employed more than 100 people. Small companies accounted for 28% of the employers whose trainees/apprentices were existing employees and for 53% of the employers whose trainees/apprentices were new employees.
As the following graph indicates the main training provider for apprentices is TAFE Institutes, while trainees are just as likely to have training provided by TAFE Institutes, group training companies or in-house.
Main Training Provider
0 80 160 240 320
TAFE Group Training Co
In-house Other
Number
Apprentice Employers (n=380) Trainee Employers (n=380)
Adequacy of information
Only 80% of small company employers thought they had enough information about choosing a course for their apprentices/trainees, while 90% of large company
2 This is an analysis of some of the data collected in the NCS survey of employers commissioned by the review. See Working Paper 1 for the full report
employers thought they had sufficient information to do so. However 79% of small company employers and 81% of large company employers thought they had enough information to choose a training provider.
Appropriateness of enrolment
Employers expressed high levels of satisfaction (around 90%) with the levels of the courses and the development of new skills by their apprentices/trainees. Location and size of company did not show any significant difference in these satisfaction ratings.
Training Plans
Only 52% of employers of apprentices said all their apprentices had a Training Plan while 81% of the employers of trainees said they all had a Training Plan.
70% of the large company employers said all their apprentices/trainees had a Training Plan, while 62% of small company employers said all their apprentices/trainees had a Training Plan.
A Training Plan was most commonly in place for all trainees where the training was delivered in-house (86%). Only 48% of the employers of apprentices whose main training provider was a TAFE Institute said all their apprentices had a Training Plan.
In contrast to the apprentices and trainees who seemed to rarely consult their Training Plans, 78% of the employers whose apprentices/trainees had Training Plans said they have referred to them to check progress.
Company location did not impact on whether the employer had been involved in the development of Training Plans for apprentices/employees, but size of company did.
Where Training Plans existed, large company employers were more likely to have been involved in their development (80%) than small company employers (70%).
Training delivery
Small companies were more likely than large companies to say that training of apprentices and trainees was “fully on the job”. 22% of the small company employers of apprentices said that the training was “fully on the job” while this was true for only 12% of the large company employers of apprentices. 57% of the small company employers of trainees said that the training was “fully on the job” while this was true for only 39% of the large company employers of trainees.
As with the apprentice and trainee survey there appears to have been some confusion between “on the job” and “on-site”. 14% of the employers with apprentices who also said a TAFE Institute was their main training provider stated that training was “fully on the job”, while 39% of employers with trainees and a TAFE Institute as a main provider also said training was “fully on the job”.
Outcomes of training
The main reason employers of trainees gave for becoming involved was to increase the skill levels in the business (40%) while the main reason given by employers of apprentices was not so clear cut, with 21% saying it was to pass on trade skills and 18% saying it was to employ a new worker. 18% of both groups said it was to give an opportunity to a young person.
96% of employers would recommend apprenticeships/traineeships to others. This high percentage was regardless of size, location or type of employee. 97% said they would employ apprentices/trainees again.
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