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Pre-Apprenticeships in Australia: Differing Orientations and Their Policy Implications
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Journal of Vocational Education and Training . 2013 65(2):161-176. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Little has been published in the Australian vocational education and training (VET) literature on the topic of pre-apprenticeships, which are a loose type of preparatory courses for apprenticeships available in some trades. Nevertheless, pre-apprenticeships have been in existence for several decades. With continuing concern over skill shortages in Australia, the research study on which this paper is based investigated the role of pre-apprenticeship courses in addressing skill shortages in the electrotechnology, automotive and engineering trades, some of the largest "traditional trades" in Australia, and those with sizeable numbers in pre-apprenticeships. The principal objective of the overall study was to determine whether the use of pre-apprenticeships increased the size and suitability of the supply of entrants to the traditional apprenticeships and whether pre-apprenticeships do or might increase completion rates in apprenticeships. The paper uses findings from the study to develop a typology of pre-apprenticeship courses, proposing two fundamental orientations and discussing whether different orientations towards pre-apprenticeships are compatible with one another. (Contains 3 tables and 2 notes.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1363-6820
- Volume :
- 65
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Journal of Vocational Education and Training
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ1012003
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13636820.2012.738428