Employment Shifts in the Technical and Further Education Workforce in Victoria

Chandra Shah

Education Economics, 2003, vol. 11, issue 2, 193-208

Abstract: The vocational education and training (VET) sector in Victoria went through some significant changes between 1993 and 1998. These changes included amalgamation of Technical and Further Education (TAFE) institutes and the creation of a market for the provision of part of the state-funded VET, in which public and private providers competed. At the same time, the demand for training shifted from the declining manufacturing industry to the service and information technology industries. Parallel to these changes, the TAFE workforce also went through some significant restructuring. The participation of women increased, and for the first time in 1995 they were in the majority. Part-time employment grew sharply but full-time employment, mainly male, declined. Non-tenured, as either contract or sessional (casual), positions also increased quite sharply, but this trend varied across institutes.

Date: 2003
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