Interesting industry related apprentice & trainee statistics
Recently the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) released a publication presenting estimates of apprentice and trainee activity in Australia for the quarter ending June 30 2008. Many of the figures seemed very low and Nursery & Garden Industry Australia (NGIA) wanted to know just where the horticulture sector was placed in this mass of figures and tables.
We requested a targeted report for the horticulture sector and found some interesting figures.
In the 12 months to June 2008:
• 393 completions of RTF30103 Certificate III in Horticulture - (436 previous year)
• 10 completions of RTF30503 Cert III in Hort (Retail Nursery) - (15 previous year)
• 44 completions of RTF30603 Cert III in Hort (Production Nursery) - (24 previous year)
• 201 completions of RTF303403 Cert III in Hort (Landscaping) – (87 previous year)
• 196 completions of RTF30703 Cert III in Hort (Parks & Gardens) - (75 previous year)
It is interesting to note the growth in the parks & gardens and landscape qualifications, with a decrease in the other qualifications.
In March 2009 NGIA will launch a national careers program which aims to increase awareness of various industry career options. This campaign will commence with the launch of a dedicated careers website.
If you would like to view the full report which contains the statistics listed above, this can be found on the ‘Resources’ section of the ‘Training & Recognition’ part of the NGIA website www.ngia.com.au/training/resource_links.asp
