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Table 47: Engagements of ongoing employees: highest educational qualification by classification and gender, 2018

Men
Highest educational qualification Classification Total
Trainee Graduate APS 1 APS 2 APS 3 APS 4 APS 5 APS 6 EL 1 EL 2 SES 1 SES 2 SES 3
Doctorate . 4 . . . 3 6 32 11 3 1 1 . 61
Masters 3 38 . . 18 19 24 45 31 17 3 1 . 199
Postgraduate diploma . 7 . 2 6 8 15 23 14 6 . . 1 82
Bachelor degree 10 107 3 7 94 70 91 80 47 17 3 2 1 532
Undergraduate diploma 2 . . 1 5 7 5 7 5 3 . . . 35
Associate diploma 7 . . 2 8 9 16 16 8 2 . . . 68
Skilled vocational qualification 5 . . 4 4 6 8 6 1 . . . . 34
Basic vocational qualification 1 . . 2 1 5 2 3 2 . . . . 16
Year 12 6 . 1 4 9 11 11 7 2 3 . . . 54
Year 11 . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . 1
Year 10 . . . 1 . 2 . 2 2 . . . . 7
Less than year 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
No data 209 326 5 104 341 433 336 405 191 75 22 10 4 2461
Total men 243 482 9 127 486 574 514 626 314 126 29 14 6 3550
                             
Women
Highest educational qualification Classification Total
Trainee Graduate APS 1 APS 2 APS 3 APS 4 APS 5 APS 6 EL 1 EL 2 SES 1 SES 2 SES 3
Doctorate . 3 . . 1 6 9 26 10 3 . . . 58
Masters . 25 . 1 15 24 32 71 45 31 3 3 . 250
Postgraduate diploma . 7 . 2 7 18 12 30 18 10 1 1 . 106
Bachelor degree 6 110 1 19 76 115 82 137 58 31 4 1 . 640
Undergraduate diploma 3 . . . 10 20 5 5 3 . . . . 46
Associate diploma 3 . . 2 22 35 13 10 4 1 . . . 90
Skilled vocational qualification 4 . 1 6 13 21 9 6 4 1 . . . 65
Basic vocational qualification 2 . . 9 8 12 7 8 3 . . . . 49
Year 12 5 . 1 5 11 42 18 8 4 1 . . . 95
Year 11 . . 1 2 . 6 . 1 . . . . . 10
Year 10 1 . . 2 3 10 3 1 . . . . . 20
Less than year 10 . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . 2
No data 228 355 27 155 625 800 569 545 217 93 16 6 2 3638
Total women 252 500 31 203 792 1110 759 848 366 171 24 11 2 5069
                             
Total                            
Highest educational qualification Classification Total
Trainee Graduate APS 1 APS 2 APS 3 APS 4 APS 5 APS 6 EL 1 EL 2 SES 1 SES 2 SES 3
Doctorate . 7 . . 1 9 15 58 21 6 1 1 . 119
Masters 3 63 . 1 33 43 56 116 76 48 6 4 . 449
Postgraduate diploma . 14 . 4 13 26 27 53 32 16 1 1 1 188
Bachelor degree 16 217 4 26 170 185 174 217 105 48 7 3 1 1173
Undergraduate diploma 5 . . 1 15 27 10 12 8 3 . . . 81
Associate diploma 10 . . 4 30 44 29 26 12 3 . . . 158
Skilled vocational qualification 9 . 1 10 17 27 17 12 5 1 . . . 99
Basic vocational qualification 3 . . 11 9 17 9 11 5 . . . . 65
Year 12 11 . 2 9 20 53 29 15 6 4 . . . 149
Year 11 . . 1 2 . 7 . 1 . . . . . 11
Year 10 1 . . 3 3 12 3 3 2 . . . . 27
Less than year 10 . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . 2
No data 441 682 32 259 969 1236 906 950 408 168 38 16 6 6111
Total 499 983 40 330 1281 1687 1275 1474 680 297 53 25 8 8632
                             
Source: APSED                            
Last reviewed: 
29 March 2019