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.
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
Older workers and apprentices typically retain longer. Explore just how much by
Investigate how long apprentices work for their employer before starting training
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
Find out how cumulative incomes compare between tertiary training pathways
Compare the student loans rates within tertiary 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
See how income outcomes compare for students with different NCEA level 2 results
See how income stacks up over time for the school leavers with different NCEA level 2 results
Find out how quickly apprentices become self-employed
See how destinations of apprentices compare by age
Compare employer engagement by region and business size
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
See a breakdown of tertiary training activities of apprentices
See which industries apprentice alumni are working in if not the industry they trained for
See how destinations of apprentices compare by region
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