Apprenticeship training helps to avoid youth unemployment
Expert conference on “Youth: Employment and Inclusion
in Times of Crisis” Horsens, 26 - 27 May 2012
Werner SchellingPublic Employment
Service Austria
Unemployment rates 15 to 24 years (1)
0
5
10
15
20
25
2011
Netherlands
Austria
Germany
Denmark
EU 27
Unemployment rates 15 to 24 years 2011 (2)
Netherlands 7.6 %
Austria 8.3 %
Germany 8.5 %
Denmark 14.4 %
EU 27 21.4 %
Training guarantee
Given by the Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection:
Every young person from 15 to 24 years who is registered as unemployed or apprenticeship-seeking with the PES for more than three months will either be offered a suitable job, an apprenticeship on the free market or a training opportunity provided by the PES within three months
Fulfilment of the Training guarantee (2011)
79.5 % of the unemployed jobseekers were registered less than 3 months
97.7 % of the unemployed jobseekers were registered less than 6 months
93.9 % of the apprenticeship seekers were registered less than 3 months
99.5 % of the apprenticeship seekers were registered less than 6 months
Average duration of registration: 58 days for unemployed jobseekers 26 days for apprenticeship seekers
Apprenticeship training in Austria 250 vocations Dual system: practical training in a company, theoretical
and practical training in a public school Duration: 2 to 4 years About 40 % of all young people from 15 to 19 get their
basic vocational training through an apprenticeship Main advantages
Attractive for more practically-oriented young people
Early contact with the working world
Easy transition from training to employment
Apprenticeship-related services of the PES Placement of apprenticeship seekers in apprenticeships
on the free market without subsidies Placement of apprenticeship seekers in apprenticeships
on the free market with subsidies Placement of apprenticeship seekers in subsidised
institutions
Active measures for youths (15 to 19) in 2011
Inflow Average stock
Placement in apprenticeships in companies with subsidies
7,036 11,829
Placement in apprenticeships in subsidised institutions
6,098 7,915
All qualification measures 34,432 46,991
All measures 38,097 51,004
Unemployed jobseekers 54,815 8,646
Apprenticeship seekers 54,995 9,513
Apprenticeships with subsidies in companies, effect
In 2010 12,716 youths finished subsidised apprenticeship in a private company
On the 92nd day after finishing 10.574 (83.2 %) were in employment or in non-subsidised apprenticeship
Apprenticeships in institutions, effect
Analysis of 6,241 youths who finished training in 2010
Employed Unemployed or in another
measure
Out of labour force
Share of days in the 12 months before entering the measure
20.81 % 20.57 % 58.62 %
Share of days in the 12 months after finishing the measure
54.62 % 24.87 % 20.50 %
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