1136.0 - Directory of Education and Training Statistics, 2004  
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Australian Personal Enrichment Education and Training Programs Collection Statistics

CONTACT

Manager
Provider and Financial Collections
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER)
PO Box 8288
Station Arcade, Adelaide, SA 5000

Telephone (08) 8230 8400

Email vet_req@ncver.edu.au
Website www.ncver.edu.au


DESCRIPTION

The data obtained in the Personal Enrichment Education and Training collection provides a picture of activity in recreation, leisure and personal enrichment programs. Personal Enrichment programs are courses taken for recreational purposes.
Examples include:

    • Permaculture or landscaping;
    • Creative writing;
    • Cooking;
    • Photography;
    • Health;
    • Sport or leisure activities;
    • Basic accounting; , and
    • Computing and management programs.

Courses can range in length from a few hours or days to a year or longer. The data is compiled from the national collection of education and training from NCVER

DISSEMINATION

Data Service

Data is available on request.

DATA ITEMS

Student Data

Highest school level completed
Year highest school level completed
Age
Sex
Residential postcode
Postcode region
Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander status
Language spoken at home
Employment category
Country of birth
Disability status
Prior educational achievement

Course Data

Course identifier
Course name
Course hours
Qualification
Stream of study
Field of study
Australian Standard Classification of Occupations (ASCO)

Module Data

Module identifier
Module name
Module hours
Discipline Identifier
Module outcome
Delivery type
Commencing enrolment
Enrolment activity start date
Enrolment activity end date


GEOGRAPHY

Information is available for Australia, all states and territories and geographical regions (capital city, other metropolitan, rural and remote). For some data, other geographical levels may be available, depending on confidentiality.


METHOD OF COLLECTION

NCVER maintains a database of information on persons undertaking vocational and personal enrichment training. Each Sstate and territory collates data from their training providers on a student, course and module basis. This data is compiled into the Australian Vocational Education and Training Management Information Statistical Standard (AVETMISS) format and validated by each training organisation before being submitted to NCVER. The data is then further validated and quality checked for inconsistencies before it is used for the production of national and state/territory reports.


TIMING OF COLLECTION

Reference Period

Calendar year. This information is made available to the NCVER in April and is available to the public in July of each year following the year of enrolment.

Frequency of Collection

Annual.

Historical Data

This information has been available since 1994. The collection was previously known as Adult and Community Education Statistics, published in Selected Vocational Education and Training Statistics. Until 2000, these statistics were published in Australian Personal Enrichment Education and Training Programs Statistics: An Overview. Data is now available on request.


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