Real Skills Newsletter

Real Skills Newsletter

Real Skills is the newsletter of the Industry Training Sector - industry-led skill development.

Thursday 24 May
In this issue
• Management over money
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• Review of Industry Training update
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• ESITO's Cadetships
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• Industry leaders boost Pasifika rebuilding role
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• Primary Industry Capability Alliance
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• Industry Training Graduations

Review of Industry Training update

The Ministry of Education has released this report summarising interviews and the results of an online survey with employers.

"Overall, it shows that employers value the role that ITOs have to arrange training," Industry Training Federation Chief Executive Mark Oldershaw said.

"And as would be expected, there is also feedback and comments we can learn from. Over the last two years, ITOs have made a concerted effort to improve outcomes for trainees and workplaces and this feedback will support that ongoing process. It's well worth a read."

Meanwhile, the options paper for the review is now due sometime next month.

ESITO's Cadetships

The Electricity Supply Industry Training Organisation (ESITO) Cadetships are leading examples of private-public sector partnership in action, says Maori Affairs Minister Pita Sharples.

He launched 50 new cadetship positions at a function at Parliament this week.

“Developing home grown talent is what Cadetships are all about. If we do not invest in our own, then companies will buy in overseas expertise and they will be competing with the rest of the world to buy that expertise.” Read more

Industry leaders boost Pasifika rebuilding role

Industry leaders meet the new generation of Pasifika tradespeople at an event hosted by The Built Environment Training Alliance (BETA) and CPIT next week.

Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker, and key industry employers will speak to the Pasifika community at the function about employment opportunities for the rebuild of Christchurch.

“We are passionate about ensuring the Pasifika community has every opportunity to achieve within the sector,” BETA Chair Philip Aldridge said. “Central to this is our commitment to facilitating collaboration between ITOs and industry employers.” Read more

Pictured is Junior Loua, who's just completed six months fitting and welding through CPIT's Pasifika Trades Training scheme and is looking forward to meeting perspective employers next week.

Primary Industry Capability Alliance

AgITO has joined forces with other primary industry stakeholders to form the Primary Industry Capability Alliance (PICA), to help overcome the challenge facing agriculture industries in attracting skilled and experienced people.

As well as a website, PICA provides a new and fresh initiative that pulls together a pan industry collaboration focused on growing farmers' skills and capability.

Industry Training Graduations

Industry training graduations for 2012 are in full swing around the country.

This week mayors in Otorohanga/Waitomo and Matamata/Piako are presenting certificates to industry training graduates in their regions while next week the celebrations will occur in Hauraki/Thames-Coromandel and Waipa. The picture shows Brad Pollock with his proud bosses from AgriZone who received his National Certificate in Automotive Heavy Engineering (Agricultural Equipment) - Level 4 (through MITO) and received the Otorohanga Top Apprentice Award.

The graduations are an initiative of the Mayor's Taskforce for Jobs as a tangible way of recognising the real worth to the community and country of industry training and the employers’ contribution to that training.

And, as this story from the Taranaki Daily News shows they're also a chance to showcase what can be achieved through industry training and publicly celebrate the achievement of trainees.

"The Industry Training Federation (ITF) is a membership-based organisation, representing Industry Training Organisations (ITOs)
to improve the policy for and delivery of industry skill development and workplace learning."

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