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Apprentices and Trainees In-training Completions Remain Strong

Overall, there were 377,665 apprentices and trainees in-training as at 31 December 2022, an increase of 8.1% (or 28,405) compared with 31 December 2021.

However, the data also shows that commencing apprentices and trainees in the December quarter 2022 has declined by 33.5% from the December quarter 2021.

NCVER Managing Director Simon Walker said, “The decline in commencements coincides with the end of the Boosting Apprenticeships Commencements (BAC) scheme, which ceased for new apprentices on 30 June 2022.”

For the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, apprentice and trainee cancellations and withdrawals also had a sizeable decline of 10.2% between the September 2022 quarter (33 500) and December 2022 quarter (30 095). The decline was most notable among construction trades workers (down 9.8%) and clerical and administrative workers (down 16.8%).

Apprentices and trainees 2022: December quarter provides a national picture of apprenticeship and traineeship activity, including both quarterly and annual figures that can be broken down by state and territory.

Download the report: Apprentices and trainees 2022: December quarter

Date posted Aug 3, 2023