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The following three publications were commissioned by the ITF and completed by independent economic research agency BERL to look at the economic costs and benefits of industry training. They are being used to inform the Government's review of industry training.
The Costs and Benefits of Industry Training - Executive Summary
December 2011
The Costs and Benefits of Industry Training
December 2011
Industry Training: An overview
December 2011
Industry Training
Partnership at Work
Examples of ways the partners in industry training are using a collaborative approach to find win-win solutions. Request a printed copy
Dr Karen Vaughan, Paul O'Neil and Marie Cameron
New Zealand Council for Educational Research
Published April 2011 Request a printed copy
Additional publications can be found on the Members page


Skilling New Zealand: ITO Leadership in Action (6594KB)


Delivering Value: The contribution of ITOs to NZ vocational education and training
Cost per completions April 2010

ITO Workplace Assessment Structure and Systems: Survey and focus group findings

Identifying and Reporting the Value Added from Training Sector

High Performance in ITO's: (Incorporating the ITO Practices and Models Survey)
Assessment of Learning in the Workplace: A background paper

Identifying and Reporting the Value Added from Training Sector

Industry-led vocational education and training
Also available - supporting projections report by BERL:

Industry-led Skill Development: Keeping NZ open for business

Incorporating the ITO Practices and Models Survey

Investing in Skills and Productivity
Briefing for the incoming Government 2008

NZ Skills Strategy - Action Plan 2008
(with the NZ Government, Business and the NZCTU)

Skills and Training Survey 2007 - full report
Skills and Training Survey 2007 - Executive Summary

The Skills Productivity-Nexus (with the Department of Labour)
Connecting Industry Training and Business Performance
Key Steps Forward for Workforce Literacy (with Business NZ, NZCTU and Workbase)
Learners' Perceptions of Industry Training
Essential Literacy and Numeracy Standards
Māori and Industry Training: 2006 update (December)
Getting on with the Business: Good practice between ITO's and TEP's
Analysis of ITO's Profiles 2008-2010 (June)
Small Businesses and Industry Training: Individualised approaches that work
Auckland and Industry Training (March)
Māori and Industry Training (March)
Industry Training and Productivity: A literature review
Completion Issues in Industry Training and Effective Learning in the Workplace
Women in Industry Training 2002-2003
Skills and Training Survey 2003 (531KB)
A Brief History of Government Funding for Industry Training 1989-2002 (1578KB)
Relationships for Success: Building relationships between Maori Organisations and ITO's (439KB)
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