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The Northern Region recorded 5,500 and 6,073 apprentices and trainees in training during 2001 and 2002, which accounted for 28.2% and 29.0% of Tasmania's apprentices and trainees respectively for the same period.

More males than females were employed as apprentices and trainees for 2001 and 2002 in the Northern Region. In 2002, males accounted for 55.9% (3,397) of all apprentices and trainees in the Northern Region, with females accounting for 44.1% (2,676).

In 2002, the most common employment groups for male trainees and apprentices in the Northern Region were labourers and related workers (483 males), and other intermediate production and transport workers (458 males). The most common employment groups for female trainees and apprentices were intermediate service workers (579 females), and intermediate clerical workers (485 females).

APPRENTICES AND TRAINEES IN TRAINING - Northern Region(a)(b)
				2001			2002
				Males	Females	Persons	Males	Females	Persons
Occupation being trained for				no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.
Managers, professionals & associate professionals				91	89	180	106	114	220
Tradespersons & related workers
	Mechanical & fabrication engineering			np	np	185	np	np	172
	Automotive			146	-	146	np	np	153
	Electrical & electronics			np	np	118	np	np	122
	Construction			np	np	139	np	np	151
	Food			152	55	207	173	58	231
	Skilled agricultural & horticultural			37	5	42	34	5	39
	Other trades			80	110	190	79	116	195
Advanced clerical, sales & services workers				20	83	103	76	197	273
Intermediate clerical, sales & service workers
	Intermediate clerical			98	467	565	188	485	673
	Intermediate sales & related			162	213	375	238	357	595
	Intermediate service			126	411	537	179	579	758
Intermediate production & transport workers
	Intermediate plant			np	np	204	np	np	135
	Intermediate machine			np	np	23	32	17	49
	Road & rail			123	19	142	283	45	328
	Other intermediate production & transport			515	55	570	458	38	496
Elementary clerical, sales & service workers
	Elementary clerks			155	196	351	113	195	308
	Elementary sales			213	486	699	129	270	399
	Elementary service			67	18	85	99	15	114
Labourers & related workers				430	209	639	483	179	662
Total in training				3,077	2,423	5,500	3,397	2,676	6,073
Number in training as at 31 December(c)				1,986	1,381	3,367	2,253	1,637	3,890
- nil or rounded to zero 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.