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During 2002, TAFE Tasmania delivered 6.46 million hours of accredited vocational education and training, an increase in delivery of 3.8% from 2001. Over 53.8% of these hours were delivered outside the Greater Hobart-Southern Region of the state: 28.7% in the Northern Region and 25.1% in the Mersey-Lyell Region. The Greater Hobart-Southern Region accounted for 44.0% of the total hours delivered.

In the two years 2001 and 2002, the business program delivered the highest number of hours of any program delivered by the Institute on a state-wide basis, providing 16.0% of TAFE Tasmania’s nominal hours of activity in 2002. This program was responsible for the largest number of hours delivered in all Regions.

Hours of activity for male students were higher than those of female students in all three Regions in 2001 and 2002. In all Regions female students recorded higher levels of activity than males in the areas of Community Services and Health, Design and Communication, Drysdale and Business Programs.

INSTITUTE OF TAFE TASMANIA NOMINAL HOURS OF DELIVERY, Tasmanian regions(a)(b)(c)
		2001			2002
		Males	Females	Persons	Males	Females	Persons
Delivery program		hours	hours	hours	hours	hours	hours
GREATER HOBART-SOUTHERN(d)
Automotive & Electrical		237,775	3,781	241,556	244,313	3,498	247,811
Business		180,649	249,164	429,813	193,078	290,729	483,807
Community Services & Health		59,775	216,499	276,274	67,442	269,844	337,286
Construction & Textiles		183,400	74,448	257,848	197,197	63,370	260,567
Design & Communication		50,152	104,087	154,239	47,048	121,007	168,055
Drysdale		183,686	265,443	449,129	163,350	212,211	375,561
General Education		98,863	96,035	194,898	100,434	129,673	230,107
Information Technology & Multimedia		202,368	90,884	293,252	162,391	65,740	228,131
Metals & Engineering		214,834	3,944	218,778	181,404	4,354	185,758
Natural Resources		170,222	64,902	235,124	245,564	75,516	321,080
Total		1,581,724	1,169,187	2,750,911	1,602,221	1,235,942	2,838,163
NORTHERN(d)
Automotive & Electrical		241,493	4,510	246,003	257,454	6,078	263,532
Business		99,560	145,997	245,557	102,379	178,584	280,963
Community Services & Health		19,612	125,590	145,202	16,191	131,944	148,135
Construction & Textiles		82,743	45,904	128,647	80,461	41,952	122,413
Design & Communication		31,669	98,986	130,655	32,630	93,596	126,226
Drysdale		70,778	99,091	169,869	66,485	104,073	170,558
General Education		52,227	56,651	108,878	51,776	81,832	133,608
Information Technology & Multimedia		157,378	76,397	233,775	152,412	68,042	220,454
Metals & Engineering		147,613	880	148,493	164,885	2,473	167,358
Natural Resources		113,271	41,032	154,303	178,663	43,212	221,875
Total		1,016,344	695,038	1,711,382	1,103,336	751,786	1,855,122
MERSEY-LYELL(d)
Automotive & Electrical		162,600	1,097	163,697	176,289	1,816	178,105
Business		102,509	171,737	274,246	86,032	169,858	255,890
Community Services & Health		17,052	124,971	142,023	18,630	113,620	132,250
Construction & Textiles		67,077	36,409	103,486	71,950	39,951	111,901
Design & Communication		26,247	75,491	101,738	18,919	75,153	94,072
Drysdale		33,343	75,960	109,303	37,066	68,263	105,329
General Education		91,757	82,983	174,740	98,073	96,630	194,703
Information Technology & Multimedia		115,819	64,788	180,607	86,201	45,408	131,609
Metals & Engineering		216,428	2,806	219,234	205,915	5,007	210,922
Natural Resources		105,643	33,058	138,701	152,947	54,163	207,110
Total		938,475	669,300	1,607,775	952,022	669,869	1,621,891
TASMANIA(d)(e)
Automotive & Electrical		648,908	9,388	658,296	695,954	11,432	707,386
Business		390,133	574,856	964,989	388,190	647,916	1,036,106
Community Services & Health		97,070	474,208	571,278	103,751	522,283	626,034
Construction & Textiles		353,610	161,256	514,866	362,968	150,903	513,871
Design & Communication		114,108	281,096	395,204	100,581	291,871	392,452
Drysdale		295,952	451,139	747,091	277,280	396,822	674,102
General Education		248,492	240,265	488,757	256,652	311,945	568,597
Information Technology & Multimedia		484,868	233,606	718,474	404,487	181,966	586,453
Metals & Engineering		608,284	7,794	616,078	558,960	12,041	571,001
Natural Resources		402,488	140,788	543,276	606,122	174,772	780,894
Total		3,643,913	2,574,396	6,218,309	3,754,945	2,701,951	6,456,896
(a) These nominal hours are total hours of activity, in that they include training funded by the TAFE Tasmania Purchase Agreement, special purpose grants and fee for service activities. (b) Nominal hours are the anticipated number of hours of supervised learning or training deemed necessary to adequately present educational material. (c) These data are currently being validated and may be subject to revision. (d) The region refers to the location from which training is delivered. (e) The total for Tasmania includes interstate and overseas. Source: QLS database, Institute of TAFE Tasmania.