NAME OF COLLECTION
Training Expenditure Survey
Contact
Training Expenditure Survey Dissemination Manager
National Centre for Education and Training Statistics
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Locked Bag 10
BELCONNEN ACT 2616
Telephone: Canberra 02 6252 7960
Facsimile: Canberra 02 6252 8013
Email: ncets@abs.gov.au
Web site: <www.abs.gov.au>
Purpose
To provide statistical input to the development of training policy. Results were also used to provide estimates of the costs to employers of providing structured training to their employees.
Description
The sample survey covered employers in all states and territories and all industries except for those primarily engaged in agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting; private households employing staff; overseas embassies, consulates etc.; and the Australian permanent defence forces.
A sample of approximately 6,000 employers was selected from the Australian Bureau of Statistics register of businesses. The sample was stratified by sector, industry and employer size, and optimally allocated to ensure adequate representation in each of these areas. The survey was designed to produce accurate estimates of total training expenditure at the national and the industry level.
Data were collected by mail questionnaire.
Main data detail
The key measures produced from the survey for the mining industry include:
- training expenditure as a percentage of gross wages and salaries;
- average training expenditure per employee;
- average training hours per employee; and
- proportion of employers providing training.
To produce these measures the following data items were collected (for the mining industry) and can be made available subject to acceptable levels of sampling error:
- number of employees by sex and full-time/part-time/casual;
- number of trainers and support staff;
- total training expenditure;
- expenditure on structured in-house training;
- field of training - employee costs for time receiving training and training hours;
- employers' trainers and support staff gross wages and salaries;
- fees paid to consultants and institutions for conducting in-house courses;
- fees paid to consultants and institutions for conducting external courses;
- other training expenditure for in-house and external training including equipment, travel and accommodation, meals for trainers and trainees to attend courses, cost of training rooms, payments to industry training bodies and other expenditure;
- training subsidies received from government sources; and
- payment received for employees of other organisations attending training.
Geographic coverage
Australia. Some state and territory mining industry data may also be available.
Frequency of data availability
Irregular.
Future data can be obtained from the Training Expenditure and Practices Survey (TEPS), which was conducted in July 2002 with reference to the 2001-2002 financial year. The 2002 TEPS is the amalgamation of the 1996 Training Expenditure Survey (TES) and the 1997 Training Practices Survey, and will contain some key data items from the 1996 TES. Due to changes to many data items that will ensure more accurate collection of data on training expenditure, there will be limited comparability between estimates on expenditure from the 1996 TES and 2002 TEPS. Results from the 2002 TEPS will be released in April 2003.
Reference period
1 July to 30 September 1996.
Historical data
The 1996 survey collected expenditure data from only those employers who actually provided training in the period July to September 1996. As a result, the expenditure data from the survey is not directly comparable with earlier surveys. However, a selection of results from the 1993 survey have been recalculated on the same basis as the 1996 survey, and are included in Employer Training Expenditure, Australia, July to September 1996 (cat. no. 6353.0).
Products and services
Publication
Other
- A special data service, which allows users to specify their own tables, is available on request.
Example of information available
MEASURES OF TRAINING EXPENDITURE, AUSTRALIA, JULY TO SEPTEMBER 1996
 | Training expenditure as proportion of gross wages and salaries | Expenditure per employee | Training per employee | Total training expenditure | Employers providing
training |
| Industry | % | $ | h | $m | % |
|
| Mining | 5.82 | 896.49 | 17.12 | 65.3 | 26.00 |
| All industries | 2.54 | 185.49 | 4.91 | 1178.8 | 17.77 |
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