Industry skills leadership
ITOs play a key role in helping their industries tackle the skills issues they are facing. They are tasked with the job of working with their industries for identifying the current and future skill needs of their workforce.
These activities are known collectively as 'industry skills leadership'. This is more than developing qualifications and arranging training; it is working to ensure that the full range of skills issues facing an industry or sector are identified and addressed.
The ITF has produced an overview of how ITOs are engaging in industry skills leadership:
Industry Skills Leadership - the role of ITOs (707KB)
Industry skills leadership in action
Below are just some examples of the work ITOs are doing to provide leadership on industry skills issues:
- Competitive Manufacturing Initiative - a consortium of ITOs working to improve the competitiveness of New Zealand manufacturing
- CMI Assessment Resources (at FITEC)
- Manufacturing Action Group - the ITF and ITOs are involved with the group working to implement Manufacturing+, a vision for a world leading New Zealand manufacturing.
- BConstructive - a multi-sector qualification for those seeking entry to the construction industries.
- ICT in Canterbury Growth Pilot - a collaboration between industry and tertiary education providers to address ICT skills issues in the Canterbury region.
- Bright Sparks - encouraging young people into hi-tech industries.
- Tools4Work - promoting engineering as a worthwhile career choice.
- Dig Action Careers Roadshow
- Australasian Bus Rodeo
- Tourism and Hospitality Workforce Strategy