Australian Training Fast Facts - December 2005 - Edition 227

The Australian Network of Industry Career Advisers (ANICA) is an Australian Government initiative that will provide $143.2 million to support all young people from 13 to 19 years of age to help them achieve a successful transition through school and from school to further education, training and work.

ANICA will bring together all young people, their parents, local communities, career practitioners, schools and local industries to help young people find and achieve their own potential.  ANICA will draw on and complement current Australian Government programmes and services, creating for the first time a comprehensive national career and transition support network for young people.

The elements of ANICA will be delivered through a variety of channels, commencing from December 2005.

For more information visit the Department of Education Science and Training (DEST) website at: www.dest.gov.au/careerdevelopment/anica

The Australian Vocational Student Prize was awarded for the first time in 2005 to encourage and recognise outstanding senior secondary students undertaking a Vocational Education and Training in a Schools programme or Schools-based New Apprenticeship

Vocational education students who have demonstrated a high level of commitment, skill and achievement were selected from across Australia.  Each student will be recognised with a cash prize of $2,000 each and a certificate, with the Australian Government providing funding of $1 million each year for four years for the new prize.

Winners for 2005 have been announced. For more information visit the DEST website at:
http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/school_education/programmes_funding/programme_categories/key_priorities/vocational_education_in_schools/national_student_prize_for_vet.htm

This publication provides estimates of apprentice and trainee activity for the quarter ending 30 June 2005.  There were 265, 400 commencements in the year ending 30 June 2005, representing a 4% increase over the 254,400 commencements for the year ending
30 June 2004.  On a seasonally adjusted basis, commencements have grown for five successive quarters.

It is available at:
http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/1650.html

This discussion paper considers the development of a uniquely Australian system of innovation and its relation to the vocational education and training (VET) system.  It asserts that the Australian system of innovation fits the pattern of incremental innovation and diffusion of technical knowledge.

It is available at: http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/1623.html

This study analyses the role of traineeships in the transition from school to work, using data from a sample of young Australians who were in year 9 in 1995.  This group of young people has been surveyed each year from 1995 to 2002.  The characteristics associated with participation in a traineeship are examined, as are the labour market outcomes.  It was found that young people who undertake traineeships between the ages of 15 and 21 years do better in the labour market than those who leave school and do not undertake any post-school education and training.

It is available at: http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/1631.html

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