This paper presents and analyses results from a research project on current trends in employer training in Australia. While the formal vocational education and training (VET) system is well-researched, the everyday training that happens in workplaces is relatively under-researched in Australia. Using some of the results of an employer survey undertaken in 2015, the paper describes and analyses employer-based training across a range of industry areas. The survey included groups of questions on a range of matters, including the reasons why employers train, and how these relate to employers' perceptions of their operating environment, and the structures they have in place to manage and organize training. Detailed data are provided about three specific forms of training: in-house training and learning; the use that employers make of external providers of training; and employers' use of nationally recognised training - training from the VET system. Finally the paper reports what managers said about the barriers to providing more training. The paper analyses the findings in relation to the literature and also identified changes over time in training practices in Australian companies. Implications for training policy and practice, as well as for future research, are identified.

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澳大利亚的雇主培训：当前的做法和关注点

本文介绍并分析了有关澳大利亚雇主培训当前趋势的研究项目的结果。虽然对正规职业教育和培训（VET）系统进行了深入研究，但在澳大利亚，对工作场所中进行的日常培训的研究相对较少。利用2015年进行的雇主调查的一些结果，本文描述并分析了各个行业领域基于雇主的培训。该调查包括一系列问题，包括雇主培训的原因以及这些问题与雇主对其经营环境的看法之间的关系，以及他们管理和组织培训的结构。提供了有关三种特定培训形式的详细数据：内部培训和学习；内部培训和学习。雇主对外部培训提供者的使用；以及雇主使用国家认可的培训-VET系统的培训。最后，本文报告了管理人员对提供更多培训的障碍的看法。本文分析了与文献相关的发现，并确定了澳大利亚公司培训实践随时间的变化。确定了对培训政策和实践以及未来研究的影响。