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This publication provides a summary of the outcomes of international students who completed their vocational education and training (VET) qualification in Australia in 2020. These students were surveyed as an additional component to the 2021 National Student Outcomes Survey. Information is presented on international onshore VET qualification completers' reasons for training and their employment outcomes, their satisfaction with training and further study outcomes. Overall, 14,574 international onshore VET qualification completers responded to the survey.

Highlights include: 70.6 per cent undertook training for employment-related reasons, 25.8 per cent for personal reasons, and 3.6 per cent for further study reasons; the most common reason was to develop or start their own business (22.4 per cent), followed by improve general education skills (17.5 per cent) and to gain extra skills for their current job (13.4 per cent); 64.1 per cent had an improved employment status after training, up 10.5 percentage points from 2020; 75.5 per cent were employed after training, up 10.8 percentage points from 2020; 54.6 per cent were enrolled in further study after training, down 2.2 percentage points from 2020; of those looking for work after training, 89.3 per cent faced at least one barrier when looking for work, down 3.8 percentage points from 2020 - the two most commonly cited barriers were 'lack of jobs due to [Coronavirus Disease 2019] COVID-19' (51.1 per cent) and 'did not have a required permanent residency/work visa' (37.4 per cent); 85.4 per cent were satisfied with the training overall, up 1.7 percentage points from 2020; and 80.9 per cent would recommend the training provider, similar to 2020.

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