47009 (2025). Shanan Halbert to the Minister for Vocational Education

47009 (2025). Shanan Halbert to the Minister for Vocational Education: How many individuals completed a construction apprenticeship, listed by year, between 2017 and 2024?

Hon Penny Simmonds: I refer the member to the list below for the number of work-based apprentices who completed a construction apprenticeship by year between 2017 to 2024. The TEC has defined construction apprentices as those who completed an apprenticeship programme with the New Zealand Standard Classification of Education (NZSCED) 04 - Architecture and Building. Reporting year Completed apprentices (distinct) 2017 2,455 2018 2,620 2019 3,015 2020 3,320 2021 3,690 2022 3,750 2023 4,390 2024 4,840 Caveats: The data was extracted on the 1 October 2025 for reporting years 2017 to 2024. Data relates to apprentices who completed work-based apprenticeship programmes under broad programme NZSCED 04 - Architecture and Building. Industry training data submissions (by Tertiary Education Organisation) occur continually throughout the year. Enrolments may take several months to be processed. The New Zealand Standard Classification of Education (NZSCED) is a subject-based classification system for courses and qualifications at TEOs in receipt of Government funding. NZSCED has been designed to improve the quality and consistency of statistics collected by the government agencies in relation to tertiary study, and to improve New Zealand's international statistical reporting compliance. All completion numbers in this information request have been rounded to the nearest five. Results are based on information reported through the Industry Training Register (ITR) and relies on the accuracy of data reported by TEOs. This data has been compiled specifically to respond to this question. It uses administrative data collected by the Tertiary Education Commission for the purposes of funding tertiary education and relies on the accuracy of data reported by TEOs.