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In 2001, some 8,715 apprentices and trainees commenced their training. Nearly half (46%) of commencements were in the Southern region of Tasmania and about a quarter in each of the North (27%) and North West (27%) regions.

Over a third of the commencements were for the intermediate clerical, sales and service workers occupational group. The occupational group with the lowest level of commencements were the groups of managers and administrators and professionals. Most of these commencements relate to work in primary industry.

APPRENTICES AND TRAINEE COMMENCEMENTS, By Occupation and Region, Tasmania - 2001
	Southern region	Northern region	North-west region	Total(a)
Occupation	no.	no.	no.	no.
Managers, Administrators and Professionals	84	8	10	103
Associate Professionals	119	89	45	254
Tradespersons and Related Workers	523	323	286	1,138
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers	71	96	64	231
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers	1,524	887	752	3,166
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers	598	303	542	1,445
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service workers	518	359	411	1,300
Labourers and Related Workers	552	288	237	1,078
Total	3,989	2,353	2,347	8,715
(a) Includes apprentices and trainees who gave a non-Tasmanian home address. Source: Office of Post-Compulsory Education and Training.