Retaining teachers and trainers in vocational education and training (VET): motivating career-changers to remain as VET educators

Figures & data

Table 1. Ranked participant’s responses the question ‘to what extent does each of the following influence you to stay in the job as a VET educator?’.

	% of responses
Influences	NI	SI	MI	VI	EI	VI+EI	Rank
Finding satisfaction in the teaching/training role	0.3	3.8	7.3	37.7	50.9	88.6	1
Giving back to the industry by developing next generation of workers	5.1	4.1	14	34.6	42.2	76.8	2
Supportive peer work culture	9.6	12.4	25.5	35	17.5	52.5	3
Working conditions in VET	10.8	11.1	26.1	36	15.9	51.9	4
Level of remuneration	11.2	18.3	36.9	22.4	11.2	33.6	5
Professional development provided or paid for by the RTO	24.6	13.1	31.6	20.1	10.5	30.6	6
Being ‘off the tools’/away from stress/away from physical challenges of job	27.5	19.2	23.6	19.8	9.9	29.7	7

NI = Not at all influential, SI = Slightly influential, MI = Moderately influential, VI = Very influential, EI = Extremely influential.