2.5 Year 12 or equivalent completers who were employed 20: Top 10 occupations of Year 12 or equivalent completers who were employed at the time of the On Track survey, South Gippsland and Victoria, 2015 South Gippsland South Gippsland Victoria Victoria Occupation Number Per cent Number Per cent Sales assistants 11 np 825 14.3 Checkout operators & cashiers 10 np 602 10.5 Waiters 5 np 652 11.3 Storepersons np np 332 5.8 Counter hands at food outlets 6 np 467 8.1 Kitchenhands np np 277 4.8 Receptionists 126 2.2 Bar Attendants np np 203 3.5 Teachers, tutors & teacher aides 117 2 Factory workers & packers 178 3.1 All other occupations 20 np 1978 34.4 respondents np np 5757 100 Table 21: Average hours worked per week, Year 12 or equivalent completers who were employed at the time of the On Track survey, South Gippsland and Victoria, 2015 South Gippsland Gippsland Victoria Victoria Average hours worked per week Number Per cent Number Per cent Less than 5 hours 106 1.9 5 – 9 np np 291 5.3 10 – 14 hours np np 517 9.4 15 – 19 hours 8 np 584 10.6 20 – 24 hours 7 np 791 14.4 25 – 29 hours 12 np 612 11.2 30 – 34 hours np np 696 12.7 35 – 39 hours 7 np 823 15 40 – 44 hours 10 np 677 12.3 45 – 49 hours np np 168 3.1 Greater than or equal to 50 hours np np 222 4 Total respondents np np 5487 100 Table 22: Preference to be working full time, Year 12 or equivalent completers who were employed part-time at the time of the On Track survey, South Gippsland and Victoria, 2015 South Gippsland South Gippsland Victoria Victoria Prefer to be working full-time Number Per cent Number Per cent Yes 25 np 2283 62.7 No 8 np 1187 32.6
Cannot say np np 169 4.6 Total respondents np np 3639 100 Note: Part-time employment = less than 35 per week Post-school destinations of early school leavers Table 23: Post-school destinations of early school leavers who exited school in 2014, South Gippsland and Victoria South Gippsland South Gippsland Victoria Victoria Post-school destination No. Per cent No. Per cent In further education or training np np 1931 54.8 Bachelor degree 31 0.9 Certificates/Diplomas 5 np 907 25.8 Certificate IV or higher np np 408 11.6 Certificate I-III np np 499 14.2 Apprentice/Trainee 12 np 993 28.2 Apprenticeship 11 np 857 24.3 Traineeship np np 136 3.9 Not continuing in further education or training np np 1580 44.9 Employed 9 np 835 23.7 Employed full-time np np 314 8.9 Employed part-time 5 np 521 14.8 Looking for work np np 550 15.6 NILFET np np 195 5.5 Unknown 10 0.3 Total respondents np np 3521 100 Note: NILFET = Not in the labour force, employment or training. Table 24: Post-school destinations of early school leavers in South Gippsland and Victoria, 2011 to 2015 Geography Year Bachelor degree Employed Looking for work NILFET Per cent Per cent Per cent Per cent Per cent Per cent South Gippsland 2011 17.5 55 22.5 5 Gippsland 2012 13 52.2 13 13 8.7 South Gippsland 2013 18.8 40.6 25 6.2 9.4 South Gippsland 2014 5.9 41.2 35.3 17.6
Table 29: Top 5 occupations of early school leavers not in education or training who were employed at the time of the On Track survey, South Gippsland and Victoria, 2015 South Gippsland South Gippsland Victoria Victoria Occupation Number Per cent Number Per cent Sales assistants 73 9.1 Counter hands at food outlets np np 75 9.4 Checkout operators & cashiers 47 5.9 Storepersons np np 35 4.4 Kitchenhands 39 4.9 All occupations 7 np 530 66.3 Total working and not in education or training np np 799 100 Career advice activities participated in while at school Table 30: Career advice activities participated in while at school, by school leavers in South Gippsland, 2015 South Gippsland South Gippsland Year 12 or equivalent completers Early school leavers Career Advice Activity Per cent Per cent Identify careers that match your interests and abilities 64.6 67.9 Have a one-on-one talk with the school’s career advisor 86.7 50 Attend a talk from the school’s career advisor 64.6 53.6 Receive written material about career and study options 84.2 71.4 Search on-line for career options at school 82.3 67.9 Attend a Careers Expo organised by school 91.1 64.3 Attend a university information session organised by school 60.8 32.1 Attend a TAFE information session organised by school 31.6 46.4 Attend an employer presentation organised by school 26.6 39.3 Attend work experience or a workplace learning program 94.9 89.3 Prepare a career action plan 33.5 32.1 Table 31: Perceived usefulness of career advice received while at school, school leavers in South Gippsland and Victoria, 2015 South Gippsland South Gippsland Victoria Victoria
Perceived usefulness of career advice received Year 12 or equivalent completers Early Leavers Year 12 or equivalent completers Early Leavers Per cent Per cent Per cent Per cent Very useful 38.6 21.4 29.8 20.8 Somewhat useful 46.8 46.4 50.2 42.2 Not very useful 8.9 17.9 13.7 20 Not at all useful 5.7 10.7 5.5 12.7 Did not receive any advice / Cannot say 3.6 0.9 4.3 Total respondents 158 28 34114 3243 32: Follow-up action taken on career action plans by school leavers in South Gippsland 2015 Year 12 or equivalent completers Year 12 or equivalent completers Early school leavers Early school leavers Number Per cent Number Per cent Total respondents 158 28 Prepared a career action plan while at school 53 33.5 9 32.1 (Of those who prepared a plan) - Had a copy of this plan when they left school 23 43.4 np np (Of those that had a copy of their plan when they left school) - Followed up on actions in their plan 13 56.5 np np