Table 55: Engagements of ongoing employees: highest educational qualification by classification and gender, 2021

Men

Classification
Highest educational qualification Trainee Graduate APS 1 APS 2 APS 3 APS 4 APS 5 APS 6 EL 1 EL 2 SES 1 SES 2 SES 3 Total
Doctorate . 3 . . 2 2 9 35 22 14 . . . 87
Masters 3 32 1 2 12 35 48 55 72 25 2 4 . 291
Postgraduate diploma . 7 . 5 6 16 15 23 31 6 3 . . 112
Bachelor degree 6 174 1 11 69 78 116 133 76 29 5 . 1 699
Undergraduate diploma 1 . . 3 4 6 6 7 3 2 1 . . 33
Associate diploma . . . 3 16 11 17 19 7 1 . . . 74
Skilled vocational qualification 2 . 1 7 4 7 17 7 6 4 . . . 55
Basic vocational qualification . . . 4 4 4 3 4 3 . . . . 22
Year 12 5 . 5 13 17 12 10 11 6 3 . . . 82
Year 11 . . . 5 1 . . 1 1 . . . . 8
Year 10 . . . 11 3 2 1 . . . . . . 17
Less than year 10 . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 3
No data 201 471 33 152 658 742 688 691 430 149 24 8 2 4249
Total men 218 687 41 219 796 915 930 986 657 233 35 12 3 5732

Women

Classification
Highest educational qualification Trainee Graduate APS 1 APS 2 APS 3 APS 4 APS 5 APS 6 EL 1 EL 2 SES 1 SES 2 SES 3 Total
Doctorate 1 3 . 1 1 5 8 33 22 9 . 1 . 84
Masters . 31 . 2 19 30 65 114 67 35 6 2 . 371
Postgraduate diploma . 11 . 2 5 18 25 59 41 9 2 . . 172
Bachelor degree 5 157 . 20 87 162 184 195 87 42 7 1 . 947
Undergraduate diploma 1 . . 1 5 7 11 6 3 5 . . . 39
Associate diploma 8 . 1 4 35 33 29 23 8 . . . . 141
Skilled vocational qualification 3 . . 12 14 13 18 10 1 1 . . . 72
Basic vocational qualification 3 . 1 5 12 11 9 6 4 . . . . 51
Year 12 13 . 2 22 30 53 39 21 7 1 . . . 188
Year 11 1 . . 9 6 7 3 1 . . . . . 27
Year 10 2 . . 16 3 4 3 3 1 . . . . 32
Less than year 10 . . . 8 1 . . . . . . . . 9
No data 266 498 57 262 1292 1521 1092 1057 535 190 25 3 1 6799
Total women 303 700 61 364 1510 1864 1486 1528 776 292 40 7 1 8932

Total

Classification
Highest educational qualification Trainee Graduate APS 1 APS 2 APS 3 APS 4 APS 5 APS 6 EL 1 EL 2 SES 1 SES 2 SES 3 Total
Doctorate 1 6 . 1 3 7 17 68 44 23 . 1 . 171
Masters 3 63 1 4 31 66 114 169 139 61 8 6 . 665
Postgraduate diploma . 18 . 7 11 34 40 82 72 15 5 . . 284
Bachelor degree 12 332 1 31 157 240 301 328 164 71 12 1 1 1651
Undergraduate diploma 2 . . 4 9 13 17 13 7 7 1 . . 73
Associate diploma 8 . 1 7 51 44 46 42 15 1 . . . 215
Skilled vocational qualification 5 . 1 19 18 21 35 17 7 5 . . . 128
Basic vocational qualification 3 . 1 9 17 15 12 10 7 . . . . 74
Year 12 18 . 7 35 47 65 49 32 13 4 1 . . 271
Year 11 1 . . 14 7 7 3 2 1 . . . . 35
Year 10 2 . . 27 6 6 4 3 1 . . . . 49
Less than year 10 . . . 11 1 . . . . . . . . 12
No data 472 973 90 414 1962 2278 1792 1754 968 339 49 11 3 11105
Total 527 1392 102 583 2320 2796 2430 2520 1438 526 76 19 4 14733

Source: APSED

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