Stories about ITOs and Industry Training
With an annual turnover in excess of $22 million, Calcon has established a reputation for high quality work and timely delivery and Contracts Manager Nicholas Tyler says that a strategic approach to training is one of a number of factors behind their success.
Read more about the approach they developed working closely with InfraTrain, the ITO for the infrastructure industries.
Calcon (434KB) 20 May 2009- Scoop
Industry training is critical to success in thedairy industry, says the country’s topsharemilker.
Industry training was the common ingredientamong this year’s Dairy Industry Award winners, announcedat the annual Dairy Industry Awards in Wellington onSaturday. Read more
20 May 2009
The Industry Training Federation (ITF) is calling for more flexibilityin how training organisations use their funding to work withbusinesses.
Though expecting a tight budget next week, federationdirector Jeremy Baker hopes the Government will follow through on itsstatements of support for workplace training. Read more
Employers get good results when theythink carefully about who the learners really are in their workplace,says Dr Karen Vaughan, senior researcher at the New Zealand Council forEducational Research. Read more
A group of independent economicconsultants is warning against introducing job subsidies, although somemerit is seen in the Government's Job Support Scheme.
The workingpaper published yesterday by the New Zealand Institute of EconomicResearch (NZIER) advised that despite the cost, an emphasis on trainingseemed warranted at this time when there was a lack of jobs. Read more
ESITO board commits extra funding for training in the electricity supply industry
7 April 2009: The Electricity Supply Industry Training Organisation’s (ESITO) board has committed an extra $1 million this year to help employers in the electricity supply industry continue to invest in work-based training for their staff.
ESITO chief executive officer Tim Densem said the board believed it was important to encourage and support industry training through these tight financial times and could act now because of its financial prudence in good times. Read more
Union calls for local bodies to absorb apprentices
3 April 2009: A union is calling on district health boards, regional and citycouncils and their trading organisations to give work to apprenticesmade redundant by local firms. Read more
Kitchen Qualifications
Close Up 24 March: It's not often media get to film behind bars but on this occasion Close Up was invited to speak with two prisoners whotogether have a long list of criminal offences.
Minister to Launch Media and Communications ITO
24 March 2009 - The Associate Minister for Tertiary Education, Dr Wayne Mapp, will officially launch the country's newest Industry TrainingOrganisation at a ceremony at Parliament on March 31. Read more
$50 Training To Help Retailers During The Recession
24 March 2009 - In response to the global economic crisis, the RetailInstitute is offering all its qualifications for $50 to retailers.Training resources will also be offered at $50. Read more
A Fortnight Compressed - By Mike Johnson (The Press)
18 March 2009 - The recent Job Summit was a great idea and generated many more ideas as a result. It is indeed music to many ears to hear of plans to minimise government rules and regulations and speed up approval processes. And it makes a huge amount of sense to focus attention on the development of skills that will be useful in the future while the current availability of work is low. Read more