Table 54: Engagements of ongoing employees: prior service in APS by classification and gender, 2021

Men

Classification
Prior service in APS (years) 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
None 192 595 35 89 238 404 563 561 309 104 16 5 2 3113
Under 1 11 59 1 30 222 216 128 105 65 24 3 . . 864
1 and < 2 5 19 2 53 174 125 78 76 51 7 1 1 . 592
2 and < 3 3 12 . 14 47 64 60 52 23 11 2 1 . 289
3 and < 5 5 1 . 17 61 61 40 55 48 20 1 3 . 312
5 and < 10 2 1 2 11 33 20 19 80 78 24 5 1 1 277
10 and < 15 . . 1 3 5 8 20 27 37 27 3 1 . 132
15 and < 20 . . . 2 6 2 8 11 15 8 1 . . 53
20 and < 30 . . . . 7 8 12 14 24 7 2 . . 74
30 & over . . . . 3 7 2 5 7 1 1 . . 26
Total men 218 687 41 219 796 915 930 986 657 233 35 12 3 5732

Women

Classification
Prior service in APS (years) 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
None 267 584 41 131 395 771 743 768 336 126 18 5 . 4185
Under 1 14 72 4 54 467 456 259 212 91 23 3 . . 1655
1 and < 2 12 26 2 94 357 256 181 143 67 21 1 . . 1160
2 and < 3 . 14 5 22 79 130 105 105 51 12 1 . . 524
3 and < 5 8 2 2 19 94 117 60 90 49 30 3 1 . 475
5 and < 10 2 1 3 25 59 75 61 100 82 31 6 1 . 446
10 and < 15 . . 2 12 23 30 37 55 56 26 3 . . 244
15 and < 20 . 1 2 5 14 19 21 27 19 12 2 . . 122
20 and < 30 . . . 2 16 8 11 21 19 6 1 . 1 85
30 & over . . . . 6 2 8 7 6 5 2 . . 36
Total women 303 700 61 364 1510 1864 1486 1528 776 292 40 7 1 8932

Total

Classification
Prior service in APS (years) 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
None 464 1184 76 220 645 1189 1319 1332 650 231 34 10 2 7356
Under 1 25 131 5 84 691 672 388 319 156 47 6 . . 2524
1 and < 2 18 45 4 147 531 382 259 219 118 28 2 1 . 1754
2 and < 3 3 26 5 36 126 196 165 157 74 23 3 1 . 815
3 and < 5 13 3 2 36 155 178 100 145 97 50 4 4 . 787
5 and < 10 4 2 5 36 92 95 80 180 160 55 11 2 1 723
10 and < 15 . . 3 15 28 38 57 83 93 53 6 1 . 377
15 and < 20 . 1 2 7 20 21 29 38 34 20 3 . . 175
20 and < 30 . . . 2 23 16 23 35 43 13 3 . 1 159
30 & over . . . . 9 9 10 12 13 6 4 . . 63
Total 527 1392 102 583 2320 2796 2430 2520 1438 526 76 19 4 14733

Source: APSED

Note: prior service includes service as a non-ongoing employee prior to being engaged as an ongoing employee, as well as prior ongoing employment in the APS where that service has been recorded on APSED.

Note: classification is the level at engagement, not the classification of the prior service.

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