The data below is in a format known as tab-delimited values. You can open this file with any spreadsheet application and the data will be distributed into the appropriate rows and columns. 

Year	Number of apprentices	Modern apprentices	Industry trainees
1930	9826		
1931			
1932			
1933			
1934			
1935	3329		
1936			
1937			
1938			
1939			
1940	10083		
1941			
1942			
1943			
1944			
1945	8068	
1946		
1947		
1948		
1949		
1950	13063	
1951		
1952		
1953		
1954		
1955	15216	
1956		
1957		
1958		
1959		
1960	18681	
1961		
1962		
1963		
1964		
1965	23684	
1966		
1967		
1968		
1969		
1970	25720	
1971		
1972		
1973		
1974		
1975	29670	
1976		
1977		
1978		
1979		
1980	26357	
1981		
1982		
1983		
1984		
1985	24898	
1986		
1987		
1988		
1989		
1990		
1991	18157	
1992		
1993			
1994			
1995			
1996			
1997			
1998			
1999			
2000			81343
2001		2049	95283
2002		4344	106997
2003		6259	126873
2004		7100	139596
2005		8390	162938
2006		9466	176064
2007		10850	185676
2008		12100	194516

Sources:
Ministry of Education
Appendices to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1930 – 1985	

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