Article Green Open Access 2013

Employment and related economic outcomes for Australian apprenticeship and traineeship graduates with disabilities: Baseline findings from a national three-year longitudinal study

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Cocks, Errol
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Thoresen, Stian H.
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Lee, Elinda Ai Lim
Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation
Journal · Vol. 39 · Issue 3 · pp. 205-217
Abstract

BACKGROUND: Apprenticeships and traineeships are beneficial vocational pathways for people with disabilities as they include work-based training and provide nationally recognised formal qualifications. While vocational education and training (VET), particularly apprenticeships and traineeships, has been found to benefit people with disabilities, graduate outcomes are not well documented over time. OBJECTIVE: Identify economic and related outcomes among a cohort of apprenticeship and traineeship graduates with and without disability in Australia from a prospective longitudinal study. METHODS: A total of 489 participants completed the first of three annual surveys. A disability group (DG) consisted of 404 graduates and 85 graduates constituted a comparison group (CG). RESULTS: Positive employment and economic outcomes were reported. DG apprenticeship graduates and DG traineeship graduates who obtained full-time employment following graduation had outcomes comparable with CG participants. The findings identified many other similarities in outcomes between the DG and CG. CONCLUSIONS: There are strong graduate employment and related outcomes for apprentices and trainees with disabilities. Findings from the second and third waves will shed further light on the sustainability of outcomes over time. © 2013 - IOS Press and the authors. All rights reserved.

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Australia Apprenticeship and traineeship graduate economic outcomes prospective longitudinal study

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Employment adult female human male adolescent Article young adult controlled study longitudinal study salary disability intellectual impairment learning disorder physical disability middle aged comparative study major clinical study Australian outcome assessment economic evaluation unemployment aged cohort analysis ethnic group prospective study graduate student working time pension occupation and occupation related phenomena sensory dysfunction access to credit employment benefit
Author Affiliations
School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia
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