Woolcott Research
Group
Training
Small Business Omnibus Study
Conducted For:
Batey
Kazoo Communications Pty Ltd
December
2002
Job No: 5797-M
Ref: grp1/smallbizomnibus/rounds/nov/bateykazoo.report
Contacts: Karyn Wong
Marieke Peters
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The Woolcott Research
Small Business Omnibus
The Small Business Omnibus covers 1,000 Australian businesses with less than twenty fulltime (or equivalent) staff.
The questions for Batey Kazoo Communications Pty Ltd were run for small businesses nationally.
This document contains details of the methodology, a copy of the questionnaire used, a graphical presentation of the findings and the results in tabular format.
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Methodology
Quotas were set for location and type of industry (defined by ASIC codes) to be representative of all Australian Small Businesses (excluding the Agricultural sector).
Data was analysed using the SurveyCraft suite of software and is available on disk in a number of formats if required.
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Questionnaire
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Questionnaire
WOOLCOTT RESEARCH November, 2002
Ref: gp1/2002/smallbiz/rounds/nov.que Small
Business Omnibus Job No: 5796-M
Start Time: _______________________ Interviewer00 Name: ________________________________________________________
Good ..., my name
is ... from Woolcott Research. We are currently conducting a short
survey amongst small business people who are responsible for deciding
on their business needs. RE-INTRODUCE IF NECESSARY AND CONTINUE.
Q1 Firstly, are you the main decision maker for your business, regarding insurance, telecommunications, banking?
Yes 1 CONTINUE
No 2 ASK TO SPEAK WITH THE PERSON
WHO WOULD BE
Q2 RECORD AREA:
NSW 1 WA 5
VIC 2 TAS 6
QLD 3 NT 7
SA 4 ACT 8
Q3 How many employees do you have in your business, by employees I mean full time equivalents other than the proprietor? DO NOT READ OUT
No employees/sole trader 1
1-5 employees 2
6-10 3 11-20 4 More than 20 5 -TERMINATE
Q4 RECORD BUSINESS TYPE (check quota00)
Manufacturing 1 Finance & Insurance 8
Construction 2 Property & Business Service 9
Wholesale Trade 3 Education 10
Retail Trade 4 Health & Community Services 11
Accommodation, Cafes & Restaurants 5 Cultural & Recreational Services 12
Transport & Storage 6 Personal & Other Services 13
Communication Services 7 Farmers
& Hobby Farmers 14
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Questionnaire
SECTION B 00(GROUP
TRAINING AUSTRALIA) - NATIONAL
QB1. Have you ever employed or are you currently employing an apprentice or a trainee? Yes 1 00 GO TO B3
No 2 - GO TO B2
IF NO AT B1, ASK:
QB2. Can you tell me why
not?
IF YES AT B1, ASK:
QB3. How did you find this apprentice or trainee? DO NOT READ OUT. MULTIPLE RESPONSE ALLOWED, EG FOR MULTIPLE TRAINEES.
Advertisement in newspaper 1 New Apprenticeship Centre 5 He/she contacted me 2 Group Training 6
Via
TAFE/school 3 Other (specify_______) 7 Employment agency 4
Don00 know 8
QB4. ASK ALL: How likely would you be to employ an (/another) apprentice or trainee within the next 12 months? READ OUT. Would you be00
Very likely 1
Quite likely 2
Neither likely nor unlikely 3
Quite unlikely 4
Very unlikely 5
QB5. Have you heard of a method of employing apprentices and trainees called Group Training?
Yes 1
No 2
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Questionnaire
CLASSIFICATION
00ASK ALL RESPONDENTS
Finally, a few questions to ensure that we have spoken to a good cross-section of small businesses.
Qi. How many years has your business been operating? DO NOT READ OUT
Less than 1 year 1
1-2 years 2
2-5 years 3
6-10 years 4
More
than 10 years 5
Qii. Do you live in the: City 1 Country 2
Qiii. Is your business run from home or is it run out of separate premises? Home 1 Separate premises 2
Qiv. Which of the following age categories do you fit into?
18-24 years 1 55-59 years 4
25-39 years 2 60 years or over 5
40-54 years 3
Qv. Record Sex: Male 1 Female 2
Qvi. What town or suburb is your business/farm located? RECORD TOWN/SUBURB and postcode (IF FARM, RECORD NEAREST TOWN): ___________________________________________ Postcode: _________________________
Thank you very much for completing this survey 00/font>.
Nov 25th, 2002
Qiii. Could you please
tell me which of the following categories best describes your household
income before tax? READ OUT
Under $20,000 1
$20,000-$29,999 2
$30,000-$39,999 3
$40,000-$49,999 4
$50,000-$59,999 5
$60,000-$69,999 6
$70,000 plus 7
Refused (do not read out) 8
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Graphical
Presentation
of the Findings
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B2 Can you tell
me why not?
Have no need for an apprentice/not required 19
The business is too small/a family business 17
The business is unsuitable for a trainee 11
There isn00 sufficient work available 9
Can00 afford to pay/train an apprentice 7
Business requires fully/qualified employees 6
No positions available for trainee 2
Previous bad experience with trainee/
apprentice 2
It is a new business 1
Have had a trainee/apprentice in the past 1
Other 4
Nothing 2
Don00 know 1
Base: Respondents
not employing apprentice/trainee
Incidence of Employing
Apprentice or Trainee
Base: All respondents
QB1 Have you ever
employed or are you currently employing an apprentice or a trainee?
Yes
30%
No
70%
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Method of Finding Apprentice / Trainee
Base: All respondents
QB3 How did you find
this apprentice or trainee?
70
Don00 employ/have
not employed a trainee or apprentice
2
Through a friend
2
They are a family member
3
Other (specify)
1
Don00 know
5
Employment agency
8
He/she contacted me
1
Government
1
Existing employee/already
worked with us
1
We knew them
1
Training company
1
Word of mouth
1
1
3
4
%
Group Training
New Apprenticeship Centre
Via TAFE/school
Advertisement in newspaper
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Likelihood of Employing
an Apprentice / Trainee within Next 12 Months
QB4 How likely would
you be to employ an (/another) apprentice or trainee within the next
12 months? Would you be00
Base: All respondents
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Awareness of Group Training
Base: All respondents
QB5 Have you ever
heard of a method of employing apprentices and trainees called Group
Training?
Yes, aware
50%
Not aware
50%
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Detailed Tabular Findings
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Tables
QUESTION NUMBER & DESCRIPTION: As per the questionnaire, this is the number of the question preceded by the section letter (eg. The first question of Section E would be E1) and includes a description of the question.
2 FILTERS (Where
applicable): If the table is based on a subset of respondents then
this will be titled as a Filter and accompanied by a description of
the sample upon which the table is based.
3 RESPONDENTS: These
figures show the actual sample size, indicating the total number
of respondents who were asked the relevant section of the questionnaire.
Therefore, the maximum sample size is 1,000.
