Contact an ITO
There are 39 ITOs that cover many diverse industries in New Zealand.To help you find the ITO you need, we have arranged their contact information in a two ways:
- Sector Clusters - ITOs by sector cluster (primary, manufacturing, infrastructure, services and government and community).
- Alphabetical list of ITOs - with information on the areas of work and occupations they cover.
You can also download a contact list of all ITOs here:
If you wish to notify us of any changes to this list please email kirsty@itf.org.nz
This section provides links to the web sites of ITOs, arranged by sector. Because these sectors can overlap, sometimes an ITO will be listed more than once.
- Agriculture ITO (including the water sector)
- Equine ITO (including horse breeding)
- Extractives ITO (quarrying, mining, gas, resource recovery)
- FITEC (including forestry)
- Horticulture ITO (including fruit and vegetable production)
- Infratrain (including agricultural spraying)
- NZ ITO (including livestock research)
- Seafood ITO (including fishing and aquaculture)
- Apparel and Textile ITO (including clothing, footwear and carpet)
- Boating ITO (including boat building)
- Competenz (including food & beverage manufacturing, engineering)
- ETITO (including electronic manufacturing)
- FITEC (including wood product and furniture manufacturing)
- Joinery ITO (including laminate fabrication, glass processing)
- MITO (including canvas fabrication)
- NZ ITO (including dairy and meat processing)
- PAMPITO (including plastics production, ink & resins, paint manfacturing)
- Print NZ (printing, packaging, graphic communication), now part of the Communications and Media ITO.
- Seafood ITO (including seafood processing)
Infrastructure (Construction, Transport, Communications) sector
- ATTTO (including aviation engineering, airport operations, rental car services)
- Building and Construction ITO (including carpentry, concrete, plastering, interior systems)
- Building Service Contractors ITO (including cleaning, rubbish removal)
- Communications and Media ITO (including both PrintNZ Training and the Journalist's Training Organisation).
- Competenz (including rail and maritime)
- Electricity Supply ITO (including power production, transmission and maintenance)
- ETITO (including telecommunications)
- Flooring ITO (including sanding & finishing, installation, sale & support)
- Infratrain (including roading construction)
- Joinery ITO (including kitchen and aluminum joinery, glazing)
- MITO (including automotive engineering, panel beating, painting)
- Opportunity Training (including power crane, scaffolding)
- Creative Trades ITO (including painting, sign making, bricklaying, masonry)
- Plumbing, Gasfitting, Drainlaying & Roofing ITO
- Tranzqual (Transport and Logistics ITO)
- Water Industry Training (part of Agriculture ITO, covering water supply & wastewater)
- ATTTO (including tourism operators, travel agents, tour operators)
- Building Service Contractors ITO (including pest control, document destruction)
- ETITO (including call centres, security, financial services)
- Equine ITO (including racing, equestrian coaching)
- Funeral Services Training Trust
- HITO (including hairdressing, barbering and beauty industries)
- Horticulture ITO (including nurseries, landscaping)
- Hospitality Standards Institute (including hotels, restaurant, cookery)
- Journalist's Training Organisation (journalism across all media), now part of the Communications and Media ITO.
- Real Estate ITO (real estate services)
- Retail Institute (includes retail and wholesale, merchandising, stock control)
- Retail Meat ITO (including buchery)
- Skills Active (including community recreation, snow sports, adventure, coaching, fitness)
- NZ Sports Turf ITO (including greenkeeping, golf course management)
Government and community services sector
- Careerforce (including health, disability and community support sectors)
- ETITO (including ambulance services)
- Fire and Rescue Services ITO (including industrial, rural, residential)
- Learning State (public sector)
- Local Government ITO (local government)
- Pharmacy ITO (including community or hospital pharmacy)
- Social Services ITO - Te Kaiawhina Ahumahi (including social services, youth work)



