Table 1 Characteristics of VE 4 graduates by education programme (2006–2008)
From: The labour market position of narrow versus broad vocational education programmes
Education programme | Population | Labour force | Jobs | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Further education (%) | Job (%) | Other (%) | Unemployed (%) | Female (%) | Non-Western immigrant (%) | Western immigrant (%) | Average age (years) | Average grade (score) | In own domain (%) | On own level (%) | Part time (%) | Average gross hourly wage (€) | |
Agriculture | |||||||||||||
Cultivation of plants | 34.4 | 58.3 | 7.3 | 10.3 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 21.9 | 6.8 | 60.0 | 79.1 | 6.1 | 10.9 |
Cattle breeding | 43.3 | 54.1 | 2.6 | 5.2 | 13.3 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 21.6 | 6.9 | 66.7 | 75.7 | 26.2 | 11.5 |
Animal keeping and veterinary support | 46.9 | 46.9 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 83.8 | 1.8 | 5.1 | 22.1 | 7.0 | 66.3 | 75.1 | 56.9 | 7.6 |
Horse breeding and equestrianism | 46.3 | 44.4 | 9.3 | 0.0 | 78.3 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 21.8 | 7.1 | 36.8 | 64.5 | 44.1 | 7.6 |
Green space | 43.4 | 52.8 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 8.1 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 22.1 | 7.0 | 63.0 | 80.6 | 3.3 | 9.1 |
Flower and garden centre sector | 34.6 | 58.9 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 90.8 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 21.7 | 6.9 | 65.4 | 53.3 | 36.7 | 7.1 |
Total | 45.4 | 49.6 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 51.5 | 0.7 | 3.8 | 21.9 | 7.0 | 63.8 | 73.9 | 33.5 | 8.7 |
Technology | |||||||||||||
Building | 65.3 | 31.8 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 22.5 | 7.0 | 84.7 | 82.4 | 1.5 | 10.9 |
Woodworking and interior decoration | 32.6 | 58.4 | 9.0 | 5.0 | 34.5 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 22.2 | 7.0 | 56.0 | 77.0 | 30.0 | 9.5 |
Soil and civil engineering | 62.3 | 33.2 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 22.6 | 7.0 | 86.4 | 73.7 | 0.0 | 10.1 |
Protection and finishing technology | 60.8 | 32.2 | 7.0 | 8.3 | 79.8 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 22.3 | 7.0 | 72.1 | 80.2 | 18.5 | 9.6 |
Advertising, presentation and communication | 58.8 | 33.5 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 77.1 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 22.4 | 7.2 | 65.3 | 79.5 | 18.3 | 8.7 |
Operational technology | 39.3 | 60.7 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.3 | 21.8 | 7.1 | 73.7 | 78.4 | 38.1 | 16.6 |
Mechanical engineering | 58.5 | 39.5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 24.8 | 6.9 | 83.0 | 90.0 | 4.8 | 10.9 |
Motor vehicles | 53.4 | 36.2 | 10.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.8 | 0.0 | 22.3 | 6.6 | 76.3 | 90.5 | 7.1 | 10.1 |
Energy and IT | 56.8 | 41.1 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 1.4 | 25.3 | 6.8 | 86.2 | 75.2 | 0.0 | 10.7 |
Energy technology | 54.2 | 41.1 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 8.3 | 0.0 | 24.0 | 6.9 | 88.2 | 76.7 | 1.9 | 9.7 |
IT | 63.1 | 33.0 | 3.9 | 0.5 | 3.3 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 24.0 | 6.9 | 70.7 | 83.1 | 6.6 | 9.7 |
Graphics Techn., Communic., Audiovis. and multimedia | 61.6 | 31.8 | 6.6 | 4.8 | 41.4 | 4.7 | 8.1 | 22.5 | 7.1 | 71.6 | 75.4 | 20.4 | 9.7 |
Fashion and clothing fabrication | 46.7 | 44.7 | 8.6 | 5.6 | 97.2 | 15.5 | 6.5 | 22.1 | 6.9 | 41.4 | 71.3 | 59.6 | 8.3 |
Photonics | 45.7 | 48.6 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 19.6 | 0.0 | 11.8 | 22.7 | 6.8 | 76.5 | 65.3 | 16.8 | 10.5 |
Laboratory technology | 61.6 | 34.6 | 3.8 | 2.1 | 53.6 | 11.8 | 4.4 | 23.2 | 6.8 | 88.4 | 95.4 | 19.8 | 10.7 |
Harbour and transport | 37.5 | 59.8 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 7.4 | 1.6 | 4.4 | 21.7 | 6.8 | 73.8 | 69.1 | 4.7 | 10.9 |
Shipping | 21.4 | 78.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 25.0 | 7.0 | 94.4 | 90.3 | 0.6 | 10.8 |
Transport and logistics | 37.5 | 60.4 | 2.1 | 4.3 | 49.9 | 2.5 | 11.0 | 22.3 | 6.9 | 55.6 | 86.0 | 15.1 | 10.4 |
Total | 56.1 | 39.1 | 4.8 | 2.5 | 23.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 23.2 | 6.9 | 75.7 | 82.1 | 12.0 | 10.5 |
Economics | |||||||||||||
Automation | 69.6 | 23.2 | 7.2 | 11.7 | 0.0 | 10.7 | 0.0 | 23.5 | 7.1 | 69.2 | 81.7 | 16.2 | 10.7 |
Business administration | 67.6 | 28.6 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 51.8 | 14.7 | 7.8 | 23.0 | 7.0 | 6.2 | 89.3 | 15.0 | 9.6 |
Commercial | 69.7 | 25.8 | 4.5 | 1.8 | 48.3 | 12.2 | 4.7 | 22.5 | 7.0 | 54.1 | 86.2 | 20.7 | 9.8 |
Business law | 78.4 | 12.9 | 8.7 | 0.0 | 72.4 | 21.2 | 6.6 | 22.4 | 7.1 | 46.4 | 76.9 | 15.7 | 9.0 |
Secretarial | 37.7 | 55.9 | 6.4 | 5.3 | 99.1 | 4.0 | 6.5 | 22.3 | 7.1 | 73.7 | 87.4 | 20.4 | 9.0 |
Retail/street trading | 50.1 | 42.2 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 45.6 | 12.2 | 3.9 | 21.4 | 6.9 | 44.3 | 56.3 | 33.0 | 8.1 |
Wholesale/distribution | 81.8 | 12.3 | 5.9 | 8.2 | 24.6 | 24.4 | 0.0 | 21.7 | 6.8 | 60.0 | 63.3 | 16.1 | 10.2 |
General, institution. kitchen and contract catering | 50.2 | 45.0 | 4.8 | 2.9 | 56.5 | 3.3 | 9.0 | 22.0 | 6.9 | 65.8 | 76.8 | 20.7 | 9.8 |
Tourism, leisure and travel | 52.7 | 40.0 | 7.3 | 3.7 | 89.7 | 6.2 | 4.6 | 22.2 | 7.0 | 57.9 | 86.3 | 21.2 | 8.8 |
Automation specialist | 68.8 | 26.2 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 18.7 | 1.0 | 22.3 | 7.1 | 78.0 | 84.4 | 8.2 | 10.2 |
Total | 58.7 | 35.2 | 6.1 | 4.3 | 58.5 | 10.0 | 5.3 | 22.2 | 7.0 | 62.3 | 79.9 | 20.2 | 9.3 |
Health care | |||||||||||||
Health care assistants | 27.8 | 67.5 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 98.0 | 9.7 | 4.4 | 27.0 | 7.1 | 90.4 | 90.8 | 45.6 | 10.9 |
General and technical support services | 68.2 | 25.4 | 6.4 | 9.8 | 63.9 | 0.0 | 10.9 | 22.4 | 6.9 | 46.7 | 73.0 | 48.6 | 10.3 |
Sports and movement | 63.8 | 30.6 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 49.2 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 23.2 | 7.0 | 67.9 | 83,5 | 48.0 | 11.2 |
Nursing and care | 37.8 | 58.5 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 90.7 | 2.0 | 5.6 | 22.6 | 7.1 | 94.3 | 98.0 | 65.2 | 11.6 |
Total | 40.7 | 54.8 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 89.2 | 5.7 | 5.1 | 24.7 | 7.1 | 88.8 | 93.0 | 53.8 | 11.2 |
Behaviour and society | |||||||||||||
Socio-cultural worker | 64.0 | 29,3 | 6,7 | 1.8 | 74.8 | 7.8 | 4.9 | 22.6 | 7.0 | 58,1 | 75.6 | 50.6 | 9.8 |
Socio-pedagogical work | 61.6 | 33.4 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 88.9 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 24.9 | 7.1 | 84.9 | 90.2 | 72.3 | 10.6 |
Socio-legal work | 70.5 | 24.2 | 5.3 | 8.7 | 75.5 | 47.2 | 3.1 | 28.2 | 7.1 | 66.0 | 84.9 | 37.4 | 11.2 |
Total | 62.5 | 32.4 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 87.1 | 8.3 | 3.8 | 25.0 | 7.1 | 82.2 | 88.9 | 68.3 | 10.6 |
Total VE 4 | 55.7 | 38.9 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 61.7 | 7.1 | 4.7 | 23.5 | 7.0 | 74.3 | 82.1 | 36.0 | 10.2 |