Trade barriers: to invest, or not to invest, in a trade as a career

Alloway, Nola;Dalley-Trim, Leanne;Patterson, Annette;Walker, Karen

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This paper highlights ongoing concern in Australia about the contested terrain of skills shortages, particularly as they apply to particular trades. The paper reports on a school-based study of student career choice that was undertaken for the federal government to inform its deliberations. Drawing on the study, the paper examines key issues related to students' preparedness, and schools' readiness, to pursue school-based apprenticeships in traditional trades, reflecting the hope of attenuating the much touted gaps in labour supply and avoiding the social and fiscal effects of skills shortages, matters to which the nation has been alerted.

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International Journal of Training Research

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1448-0220

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Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Association

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Nowra Dc, Australia

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