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Waikato poultry industry trainees achieve top awards
Friday, 11 February 2011, 3:38 pm | Agriculture ITO
The Poultry Industry Association of New Zealand (PIANZ) recognised its top Agriculture ITO trainees at its December Board meeting in Auckland. The Poultry Industry Trainees of the Year travelled to Auckland for lunch with the PIANZ board and to accept their ... More >>
Primary industry training organisations launch Trade Academy
Wednesday, 9 February 2011, 4:51 pm | Agriculture ITO
The New Zealand Trade Academy is a joint programme for secondary schools developed by the Forestry, Horticulture and Agriculture Industry Training Organisations (ITOs). Over the past 12 months a project team from the three ITOs has worked closely with ... More >>
Applications for Farming to Succeed are now open
Wednesday, 19 January 2011, 11:26 am | Agriculture ITO
If there’s one thing Waikato dairy farmer, Stephen Taylor, would recommend for aspiring farmers, it’s to attend Agriculture ITO’s Farming to Succeed programme sponsored by FIL New Zealand. More >>
New Course in Mastitis Management
Thursday, 4 November 2010, 1:38 pm | Agriculture ITO
Agriculture ITO’s new Mastitis Management programme is set to help dairy farmers reduce the rate of mastitis in their herd. The end result will be lower antibiotic use, improved milk production and improved farm profitability. More >>
Staff changes to keep training relevant
Tuesday, 8 June 2010, 2:13 pm | Agriculture ITO
Large scale change and increasing demand for training integrated with agribusiness systems has led to restructuring and role changes in the Timaru office of the Agriculture Industry Training Organisation. More >>
Farmer investment in people strong
Wednesday, 24 February 2010, 10:07 am | Agriculture ITO
Over 12,000 people completed work towards national qualifications in the agriculture and water reticulation and treatment industries in 2009, the Agriculture Industry Training Organisation announced this week. More >>
One week left for entries to fast-track farming
Friday, 19 February 2010, 4:53 pm | Agriculture ITO
There’s just a week left for motivated South Island farmers to apply for a life-changing course. More >>
Opportunity to fast-track agriculture careers
Monday, 14 December 2009, 5:15 pm | Agriculture ITO
Applications are now open for Farming to Succeed, an intensive five-day career development course developed for the Agriculture Industry Training Organisation (ITO) with the support of dairy hygiene and animal health supplier FIL New Zealand. More >>
Agriculture ITO leads literacy project
Thursday, 3 September 2009, 1:57 pm | Agriculture ITO
With pressure on all economic sectors to improve workforce productivity, skill levels and applying learning in the workplace are being recognised as increasingly important. Agriculture ITO is leading a new project to improve literacy in the rural workforce, ... More >>
New Chair, board for Agriculture ITO
Thursday, 9 July 2009, 9:57 am | Agriculture ITO
Cliff Tipler, a Senior Principal of engineering and environmental professional services company URS New Zealand Ltd, has been elected chairman of New Zealand’s leader in vocational training for agriculture, Agriculture ITO. More >>
Efficient farmers will cope, says ITO
Thursday, 28 May 2009, 9:35 am | Agriculture ITO
Today s Budget and yesterday s cut to the dairy payout emphasise the importance for New Zealand farmers of efficient farming, according to the Agriculture Industry Training Organisation (ITO). With belt-tightening the focus for the Government, and Fonterra ... More >>
Training critical to dairy success
Wednesday, 20 May 2009, 4:12 pm | Agriculture ITO
Industry training is critical to success in the dairy industry, says the country’s top sharemilker. Industry training was the common ingredient among this year’s Dairy Industry Award winners, announced at the annual Dairy Industry Awards in Wellington ... More >>
New Training For Sustainable Farming Practices
Monday, 4 May 2009, 4:37 pm | Agriculture ITO
A newly launched workshop on dealing with dairy effluent will provide the dairy sector with nationally recognised training that promotes sustainable practices. More >>
Industry training adds Value
Tuesday, 28 April 2009, 12:23 pm | Agriculture ITO
The value that industry training returns to industry is overlooked in an analysis done by the Ministry of Education on completion rates for Modern Apprenticeships, according to the Agriculture Industry Training Organisation (Agriculture ITO). The ... More >>
Gains self confidence with Modern Apprenticeship
Tuesday, 17 December 2002, 9:34 am | Agriculture ITO
Eighteen year old Mike McGough from Titoki in Northland has become the first Agriculture ITO student to complete his National Certificate in Agriculture (Dairy) Level 4 as a Modern Apprentice. More >>
