1136.0 - A Directory of Education and Training Statistics, 2009

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Contents Introduction Statistical Collections Related Publications Education and Training - General Contents Expenditure and Costs Contents Higher Education Contents Labour Force Contents Early Childhood Education Contents Schools Contents Social Contents Vocational Education and Training Contents Indigenous Education and Training Statistics Contents Other Statistical or Research Reports Contents Classifications or Manuals Contents About this Release	VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROVIDER COLLECTION CONTACT Provider and Financial Collections National Centre for Vocational Education Research Telephone (08) 8230 8400 Email vet_req@ncver.edu.au Website www.ncver.edu.au DESCRIPTION This collection gathers administrative data from Australia's publicly-funded vocational education and training (VET) sector. From 2006, it also includes voluntary submissions of a reduced set of data from non-publicly funded Registered Training Organisations (RTOs). Information about students, courses, qualifications, training providers and public funding is collected. Scope Includes publicly funded VET providers, and non-publicly funded RTOs who voluntarily submit data. Reference Period Information relates to the previous calendar year. Frequency of Collection Annual Method of Collection NCVER maintains a database of information on persons undertaking vocational education and training. Each state and territory collates data from their training providers on a student, course and module/unit of competency basis. These data are compiled into AVETMISS format and validated by each training organisation before being submitted to NCVER. The data are then further validated and quality checked for inconsistencies before being used for the production of statistical reports. DISSEMINATION Release Schedule Information is available in July following the year of enrolment. Publication Australian vocational education and training statistics, Students and Courses - Summary. NCVER, Adelaide. Available via the publications link on the NCVER website. Geography Information is available for Australia, all states and territories, geographical regions (capital city, other metropolitan, rural and remote) and statistical local areas. Data Service Additional information is available on request. DATA ITEMS Student Data Age Sex Highest school level completed Year highest school level completed Residential postcode Postcode region Indigenous status Language spoken at home (ASCL) Proficiency in spoken English Labour force status Country of birth (SACC) Disability and type of disability Prior educational achievement At school status Course Data Course identifier Course name Scheduled hours Nominal hours Recognition status (not available prior to 1999) Qualification category Qualification field of education (ASCED) Occupation (ANZCO) Module/Unit of competency Data Module/Unit of competency identifier Module/Unit of competency name Module or unit of competency Scheduled hours Nominal hours Outcome identifier Module/Unit of competency Field of Education Module/Unit of competency outcome Delivery type Enrolment activity start date Enrolment activity end date Historical Data From 2006, a reduced set of data is included from non-publicly funded RTOs. Information on the publicly funded VET sector has been collected since 1994. Prior to this, information was reported in the Selected Vocational Education and Training Statistics publications. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.