Completion and attrition rates for apprentices and trainees 2020

Individual completion rates

Individual completion rates of trade occupations for those commencing in 2015 and 2016

Individual completion rates of non-trade occupations for those commencing in 2015 and 2016

Contract completion rates

Contract attrition rates

Observed actual contract attrition rates, for contracts commencing in 2015 and 2016

Observed actual contract attrition rates for those commencing in 2015

Further information

NOTE: The percentages presented here are reported to one decimal place.

Click for more detailed information on the methodologies used to derive individual, contract completion and attrition and estimate completion and attrition rates using a ‘life tables’ approach.

For completion and attrition rates by state and territory, where applicable, please refer to the data section.

For more information on completion rates in the wider vocational education and training (VET) sector, including completion rates for VET programs and subjects, please refer to Lifting the lid on completion rates in the VET sector: how they are defined and derived.

SOURCE: National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), National Apprentice and Trainee Collection no.107, March 2021 estimates.

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