Some sectors in the trades are succeeding in attracting women into their workforce, while others are struggling
Understanding the differences between the characteristics of women and men in the trades can provide insight into strategies to boost female participation.
Learn about the methodology we use to identify and define a workforce
Most apprentices retain in their respective industries after completing training, with many progressing into self-employment
Only 12% of apprentices start training the year after finishing secondary school.
Find out how many employers engage with ITO training
Leave school, go to uni, get a degree, get a job and a haircut. Or could there be another way?
Industry Training Organisation (ITO) training unexpectedly increases the amount of ACC claims each year.
Analyse the effectiveness of engineering gateway unit standards in guiding students towards trades training
Investigate how underemployment rates compare across industries and occupations in New Zealand
Investigate how trades workers are moving within, and out of New Zealand
Compare how outcomes compare between different talent sources of new entrants
Investigate the demographic breakdown of new talent into select New Zealand sectors
In this report we test the correlation of various characteristics with retention rates
Investigate the experience rates of trades workers
Older workers and apprentices typically retain longer. Explore just how much by
Gain insights into the make up of businesses in trade industries
Investigate the talent pools that the trades source its new workers from
Explore ethnicity and gender data for the trades workforce
Compare age distributions of men and women in the trades
Find out women's participation in different trade sectors
Look at self-employment rates for men and women in the trades
Track the normalised percentage of women in trades over time
Track the proportion of workers in trade sectors over time
Track the gender ratio of recently trained trades workers
Track what occupations recently trained workers in trades report in the census
See how industries and occupations relate to trade sectors in the census
See how workers taken from IRD records relate to income thresholds
Investigate the overlap between IRD and census defined workforces
See where ITO apprentices end up
Find out what apprentices were doing in the year leading up to starting training
Explore what ITO trainees were doing leading up to starting training
Investigate which industries apprentices were working in prior to starting training
Explore our dashboard displaying the breakdown of businesses in trade sectors by size and region
Explore our dashboard displaying the breakdown of training engagement by firm size
Explore our dashboard displaying the breakdown of training engagement by region
Explore our dashboard displaying the breakdown of training engagement by employee gender
Find out how workers are distributed among firms of different sizes
Find out what percentage of employees in different sized firms were recently in training
Investigate how incomes compare between tertiary training pathways
Explore the impact of ITO training on accidents
Compare accident rates in the trades between men and women
See how accident rates compare across age groups in trade sectors
See how many school leavers are completing the mechanical engineering gateway
Explore our dashboard displaying mechanical engineering gateway to ITO transition
See the rate of ITO enrolments of students who completed the mechanical engineering gateway
Explore the distribution of experience in trade workforces
Explore how tradespeople are distributed among the regions
Find out the breakdown of where new entrants are arriving from in a specific year
See the number of new persons entering a sector each year
Explore the breakdown of where new entrants are arriving from each year
See how income outcomes compare for students with different NCEA level 2 results
Find out how quickly apprentices become self-employed
See what industries career changers were working in prior to starting in their new sector
Explore how underemployment compares between industries and sectors in New Zealand
See how underemployment rates compare within occupations in New Zealand
See the movement of trade workers between regions in New Zealand
See the ethnicity breakdown of trades workers over time
Find out which talent pools trade industries are sourcing their new entrants from
See how regional migration compares between employed and self-employed trades workers
See how regional migration of trades workers compares by age
See how destinations of apprentices compare by age
See how long new entrants stay in their sector based on where they were recruited from
See how the average income trajectory compares between new entrant talent pools
Compare the progression into self-employment of new entrants sourced from different talent pools
Explore the age distribution of new entrants into select New Zealand sectors
See the breakdown of new entrants by gender
See how retention of new entrants varies by age
See how retention rates compare by ethnicity of new workers
See how retention rates compare between genders of new entrants
Compare retention rates of new entrants by their qualification level
Compare retention rates of new entrants by the number of prior industries they have worked in
Compare retention rates of new entrants by the industry they were previously working in
Compare retention rates of new entrants by relevance of tertiary qualifications
Compare retention rates of new entrants by their rurality
Compare retention rates of new entrants by the number of years worked in their prior industry
See how experience of trades workforces has changed over time
Investigate the experience distribution of trades workforces
Compare employer engagement by region and business size
See the inflows and outflows of trade workers in regional councils
See the make up of businesses in the trades industries based on business size
See how businesses have grown in trade industries by business size
See the breakdown of businesses in trade industries by their maturity
Track how business maturity has changed over time for businesses in trade industries
Explore a map of New Zealand displaying the count of businesses and employees
See the distribution of employees in trades industries by business size
See how the distribution of employees in trade sectors has shifted over time
Investigate the relationship between business maturity and apprentice uptake
Investigate the relationship between business maturity and apprentice uptake for employers
Investigate how businesses move year to year in terms of their apprentice uptake
See the rate at which businesses pick up apprentices in their next year of business
See how training correlates with retention of new workers in the trades industries
See how age correlates with retention of new workers within trade industries
Investigate distribution of experience across regions in the trades workforce
See the breakdown of underutilisation each year by its components
See which sectors underemployed workers are employed in each year
Compare the flows of trade workers between regions
Track how flows of workers changes for a region over time
See a breakdown of tertiary training activities of apprentices
See which industries apprentice alumni are working in if not the industry they trained for
Explore the age of new workers starting in trade sectors
Investigate the prior sector of career changers entering the trades
See how long apprentices are employed prior to starting their apprenticeship
Compare the pre-apprenticeship time with employer between different trade industries
Investigate how the pre-apprenticeship time with employer has changed over time
