NCVER collects data on the national VET sector, including on Indigenous students. National VET data collections are managed in accordance with the Australian Vocational Education and Training Management Information Statistical Standard (AVETMISS), which specifies what information is collected and submitted to NCVER. NCVER data for Indigenous students are based on self-reporting, and some degree of caution should be used as figures may potentially be underreported. For an overview of the scope and content of the national VET collections held by NCVER please see: VET statistics: Explained

All NCVER data relating to Indigenous VET students can be found in Indigenous student statistics.

It includes statistics on:

• Students and courses: VET students, the courses they undertake and their achievement
• Apprentices and trainees: students who undertake an apprenticeship or traineeship and have a Contract of Training
• Student Outcomes: VET completers and their post-training employment, reasons for undertaking their training, relevance of the training to their employment, level of satisfaction, any further study aspirations.

In 2004, NCVER conducted an Indigenous Student Survey. This survey extends some of the information sought in the Student Outcomes Survey, with a specific focus on Indigenous people and the benefits arising from training.

NCVER also manages the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY), which tracks young people as they move from school to post-school destinations. LSAY contains some information on Indigenous students.