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During 2002, there were 20,940 apprentices and trainees in training in Tasmania, an increase of 7.5% from 19,481 in 2001. Of these, 2,722 (13.0%) were employed as Intermediate service workers, 2,509 (12.0%) as Labourers and related workers, and 2,391 (11.4%) as Intermediate clerical workers.
More males than females were employed as apprentices and trainees in Tasmania for 2001 and 2002 and this was the case for each region. In 2002, males accounted for 55.5% (11,615) of all apprentices and trainees in Tasmania and females accounted for the remaining 44.5% (9,325).
APPRENTICES AND TRAINEES IN TRAINING - Tasmania(a)(b)
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Managers, professionals & associate professionals | 423 | 243 | 666 | 463 | 313 | 776 |
Tradespersons & related workers | | | | | | |
| Mechanical & fabrication engineering | 651 | 4 | 655 | 575 | 4 | 579 |
| Automotive | np | np | 496 | 514 | 4 | 518 |
| Electrical & electronics | 469 | 5 | 474 | 472 | 4 | 476 |
| Construction | np | np | 566 | np | np | 649 |
| Food | 559 | 249 | 808 | 595 | 253 | 848 |
| Skilled agricultural & horticultural | 80 | 13 | 93 | 77 | 11 | 88 |
| Other trades | 305 | 408 | 713 | 272 | 403 | 675 |
Advanced clerical, sales & services workers | 42 | 233 | 275 | 107 | 417 | 524 |
Intermediate clerical, sales & service workers | | | | | | |
| Intermediate clerical | 355 | 1,700 | 2,055 | 572 | 1,819 | 2,391 |
| Intermediate sales & related | 495 | 570 | 1,065 | 738 | 995 | 1,733 |
| Intermediate service | 501 | 1,677 | 2,178 | 632 | 2,090 | 2,722 |
Intermediate production & transport workers | | | | | | |
| Intermediate plant | 620 | 6 | 626 | 582 | 4 | 586 |
| Intermediate machine | 161 | 64 | 225 | 155 | 114 | 269 |
| Road & rail | 363 | 51 | 414 | 652 | 124 | 776 |
| Other intermediate production & transport | 1,714 | 187 | 1,901 | 1,473 | 151 | 1,624 |
Elementary clerical, sales & service workers | | | | | | |
| Elementary clerks | 605 | 794 | 1,399 | 457 | 634 | 1,091 |
| Elementary sales | 624 | 1,498 | 2,122 | 492 | 1,218 | 1,710 |
| Elementary service | 295 | 86 | 381 | 334 | 62 | 396 |
Labourers & related workers | 1,680 | 689 | 2,369 | 1,807 | 702 | 2,509 |
Total in training | 10,999 | 8,482 | 19,481 | 11,615 | 9,325 | 20,940 |
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Number in training as at 31 December(c) | 7,287 | 5,031 | 12,318 | 7,791 | 5,776 | 13,567 |
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np not available for publication, but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated
(a) Counts of apprentices and trainees are based on data available at April 2, 2003. Region determined by residential postcode.
(b) At any time during 2001 and 2002.
(c) The numbers at 31 December (end of year) are shown for comparison.
Source: Office of Post-Compulsory Education and Training, Department of Education. |
FURTHER INFORMATION
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