Education & skills
Does training lead to better work?
One useful result is whether vocational education and training graduates report an improvement in employment. It gives us a view of what happened after training, while leaving questions about access, learning and causation open.
What qualification completers reported
What “improved” includes
The measure includes gaining employment, job-related benefits or higher-skilled employment. It is a composite result among qualification completers, not simply the share who found a first job.
What the comparison can establish
The reported share is lower in the later survey. Different labour-market conditions and trainee groups can affect the comparison; it does not estimate what would have happened to the same people without training.
Source and scope: NCVER VET student outcomes 2025
The outcome concerns trainees. It does not measure access among people who could not enrol, the quality of all qualifications or a causal return on government spending.
Open original sourceWho shapes the result?
- Governments
Commonwealth and state institutions set or fund parts of training, student support and workforce policy. Responsibility depends on the program.
National employment and training responsibilities - Training providers
Providers deliver teaching and qualifications. Participation, completion and learning evidence tell us about delivery.
- Employers & workers
Jobs, workplace needs and opportunities shape whether a qualification translates into useful employment.