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• Key national training system policy documents
• Research, reports and projects
• Data collections

Key national training system policy documents

• Skilling Australia for the Future – Australian Labor Party policy paper
• Skilling Australia for the Future discussion paper
• Boston Consulting Group Report -'Skilling Australia's Workforce 2005-08' Mid-Term Review
• Skilling Australia. 2005 – 2008 Commonwealth-State Agreement for Skilling Australia’s Workforce
• Skilling Australia’s Workforce Act 2005
• Shaping Our Future: Australia's National Strategy for VET 2004-2010

Research, reports and projects

• Intergenerational Report 2010
• Report on Government Services
• UK High Performing Working: A synthesis of key literature
• UK High Performing Working: Developing a survey tool
• Tafe funding and the education targets – Monash University – ACER – Centre for the Economics of Education and Training
• What is a Skill Shortage – Sue Richardson
• Forecasting Future Demands: What we can and cannot know - Sue Richardson, Yan Tan
• Qualifications and the future labour market in Australia - Centre for the Economics of Education & Training
• InterGENERATIONAL REPORT 2007
• IPART final Report Review of the Skills Base in NSW and the Future Challenges for VTE (December 2006)
• Facing up to Australia’s Skills Challenge - Dusseldorp Skills Forum
• Skilling the Existing Workforce Background Report – Peter Noonan for the Australian Industry Group
• Skills for a Nation: A Blueprint for Improving Education and Training 2007-2017 - Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• World Class Skills for World Class Industries. Employers’ perspectives on skilling in Australia - Australian Industry Group
• Restoring our Edge in Education 2007 – Business Council of Australia
• Policy Statement: A Better Skilled Workforce 2007 – Group Training Australia
• Solutions for Building Australia’s Human Capital through Universities 2008 – Universities Australia
• Consortium Research Program: supporting vocational education and training providers in building capability for the future
• Securing our Future Economic Prosperity: Discussion Paper on Skills Reform 2008 – Skills Victoria (formerly Office of Training and Tertiary Education - OTTE)
• Queensland Skills Plan
• Skill ecosystem project
• Workforce Information Service

Data Collections

Collections/survey	What is it?	Frequency and scope
National VET Provider Collection (NCVER)	Administrative collection of information on students, the courses they undertake and their achievement. The information is sourced from student enrolment forms and through state training authorities from registered training providers.	Annual national collection dates back to 1994. Scope of collection has progressively widened and broadly covers the 'public VET system'.
Ministerial Council on Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA) VET in Schools Collection (NCVER)	Administrative collection of courses undertaken by school students in recognised VET qualifications, including certificate I, II, and III, including senior secondary certificate and achievement. Sourced from student enrolment records through the board of studies in each state and territory.	The MCEETYA VET in Schools collection is an annual collection of training activity in a calendar year. There is no formal VET in Schools data standard.
National VET Financial Data Collection (NCVER)	Administrative collection of information on the finances of State and Territory training authorities and the Australian Government.	Annual, accrual reporting dates back to 1997. The scope is the revenue and expenditure of the eight state and territory governments and the Australian government.
National Apprentice and Trainee Collection (NCVER)	Administrative collection on apprentices and trainees and their employers. Sourced from state training authorities via Australian Apprenticeships Centres from the Apprenticeship/Traineeship Training Contracts registered at the time of commencement and updated throughout the life of the contract.	Quarterly, dates back to 1994 as a national collection. Scope is all apprentices and trainees with Apprenticeship/Traineeship Training Contract.
Graduate Destination Survey (ABS)	TAFE graduate destination survey, includes courses of study and reasons for undertaking courses, employment outcomes, occupations and industry of employment.	Annually since 1995.
Student Outcomes Survey – previously TAFE Graduate Destination Survey (NCVER)	A self-identification survey of students who completed or part-completed a qualification in the preceding year, covering their views on the training they received and their current activity.	Annual, dates back to 1997 and renamed the Student Outcomes Survey in 1999. Varies in scales from large (institutional level) to medium sample (state level) in alternate years. Has had frequent change in scope. Current scope is students who completed or part-completed a qualification in the public VET system.
Survey of Employer Use and Views of the VET System (NCVER)	A telephone survey of employers covering their satisfaction with aspects of the VET system, including satisfaction with the skills of recent VET graduates.	Last conducted in 2005, previously in 2001 and before then on a biennial basis back to 1995. Has had frequent changes in scope. Current scope is all employers.
Indigenous Student Survey (NCVER)	A face-to-face survey of Indigenous students that extends some of the information sought in the Student Outcomes Survey, with a specific focus on Indigenous people and the benefits arising from training.	Last conducted in 2004. Scope is Indigenous students in the public VET system who undertook any training.
Survey of Education and Work (ABS)	A household survey with the focus on educational attainment, participation and transitions. Supplement to the May Labour Force Survey.	Annual. Scope is civilian population aged 15 years and over.
Survey of Education and Training (ABS)	A household survey with extensive information obtained on educational qualifications and participation in education and completed training courses in current and previous year prior to the survey.	Quadrennial survey first conducted in 1989 and last conducted in 2005. Scope has widened to population aged 15 years and over.