Table A.1.8.2
Quality of technical training received by apprentice status, British Columbia, National Apprenticeship Survey, 2007

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  Long-term continuers Completers Discontinuers
percent standard error percent standard error percent standard error
Rating in terms of providing up-to-date equipment or technology
Excellent 34.4 (2.4) 30.8 (1.3) 31.7 (2.9)
Good 45.7 (2.5) 49.5 (1.4) 49.2 (3.1)
Fair 15.0 (1.7) 14.4 (1.0) 14.0 (2.0)
Poor 4.9E (1.1) 5.2 (0.7) 5.2E (1.3)
Had difficulty understanding written material given in class or online
Strongly agree 5.4E (1.2) 2.3E (0.4) 4.0E (1.1)
Agree 25.5 (2.2) 20.2 (1.2) 20.5 (2.5)
Disagree 48.6 (2.5) 58.2 (1.4) 48.2 (3.1)
Strongly disagree 20.5 (2.1) 19.3 (1.1) 27.3 (2.7)
Instructor often went too fast and apprentice often got lost
Strongly agree 2.7E (0.8) 2.0E (0.4) x (0.9)
Agree 19.8 (2.0) 9.9 (0.9) 12.1 (2.0)
Disagree 60.9 (2.5) 67.6 (1.4) 58.9 (3.0)
Strongly disagree 16.6 (1.9) 20.5 (1.2) 27.2 (2.7)
Found the technical training too difficult
Strongly agree F (0.6) F (0.2) x (0.7)
Agree 14.4 (1.8) 11.9 (0.9) 11.2E (2.0)
Disagree 69.5 (2.4) 69.7 (1.3) 64.0 (2.9)
Strongly disagree 14.8 (1.8) 17.8 (1.1) 23.3 (2.6)
Total (apprentices) - number 1,343 (65.3) 3,538 (91.1) 847 (50.9)
Source: Statistics Canada, National Apprenticeship Survey (NAS), 2007.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2008, "British Columbia Overview Report 2007", National Apprenticeship Survey, Catalogue number 81-598-X.