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Boosting Women's Participation In Construction: A Call For Employers To ‘hire Boldly’
Tuesday, 4 June 2024, 2:52 pm | BCITO
BCITO has launched a new ‘Hire Boldly’ campaign aimed at employers in the building and construction trades, to help boost the number of women entering the industry. More >>
BCITO Launches New Resource To Boost Deaf Participation In Construction
Monday, 6 May 2024, 11:00 am | BCITO
To coincide with New Zealand Sign Language Week (May 6-12), BCITO has launched a new website aimed at demonstrating the opportunities for Deaf New Zealanders in the construction industry. More >>
A Call For More Pasifika Tradies
Tuesday, 27 February 2024, 10:20 am | BCITO
Tuesday 27 February, Wellington: BCITO (Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation) is calling for more Pasifika learners to start their apprenticeships. Despite reasonably high numbers of Pasifika labourers in the industry, Pasifika peoples ... More >>
BCITO Launches Women In Trades Campaign To Empower & Encourage Female Representation In Building And Construction Sector
Monday, 17 July 2023, 10:22 am | BCITO
Wellington, 17 July 2023 : BCITO, a work-based learning division of Te Pūkenga, has recently kick-started its Women in Trades Campaign which aims to empower and encourage wāhine to pursue careers in the building and construction industry, breaking ... More >>
BCITO Supports Apprenticeship Boost’s Extension
Monday, 9 May 2022, 6:14 pm | BCITO
BCITO, a division of Te Pūkenga subsidiary Work Based Learning Ltd, supports the Government’s decision to extend its Apprenticeship Boost scheme. Director of BCITO, Jason Hungerford, says that Apprenticeship Boost is essential for training the skilled ... More >>
BCITO Joins Te Pūkenga Work Based Learning Whānau
Monday, 4 October 2021, 10:00 am | BCITO
Te Pūkenga adds building and construction to its toolbelt today, as the arranging training functions of the Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation (BCITO) were transferred to Te Pūkenga Work Based Learning Limited (WBL), a subsidiary ... More >>
Jason Hungerford Appointed Director At BCITO
Friday, 27 August 2021, 11:02 am | BCITO
Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation (BCITO) Chief Financial Officer, Jason Hungerford has been appointed Director of the BCITO Business Division of Te Pūkenga subsidiary - Work Based Learning Ltd (WBL). BCITO Chair Mike King ... More >>
TEC Approves BCITO Transition Plan
Friday, 20 August 2021, 2:23 pm | BCITO
Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation (BCITO) today announced that the Board of the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) has approved the BCITO transition plan. More >>
Bcito Launches Ko Wai Koe / Who Are You? Initiative
Tuesday, 17 August 2021, 4:00 pm | BCITO
Hawera 17 August 2021: The Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation (BCITO) today launched its Ko wai koe / Who are you? initiative to encourage Aotearoa’s rangatahi to take up a trade apprenticeship in the sector. The launch took place ... More >>
5,600 New Apprentices Enter Building Trades
Thursday, 15 October 2020, 10:02 am | BCITO
From July 2020, BCITO has signed up 5,684 new apprentices , compared with 2,200 for the same period last year. It has also had 1,200 new employers register to train apprentices in 2020. “It’s great to see so many people wanting to take up an ... More >>
BCITO Welcomes Trades And Apprenticeships Training Package
Thursday, 14 May 2020, 5:56 pm | BCITO
Speaking today after the announcement of the Budget and the $1.6 billion Trades and Apprenticeships Training Package, Warwick Quinn, Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation (BCITO), Chief Executive said, “We want to congratulate the ... More >>
ITOs to lose control of on-the-job training
Thursday, 1 August 2019, 12:18 pm | BCITO
1 August 2019 Industry Training Organisations to lose control of on-the-job training when apprenticeships are at record highs More >>
BCITO launches NZ Certificate in Carpentry resources
Friday, 14 June 2019, 4:37 pm | BCITO
New Zealand’s largest provider of construction trade apprenticeships has launched a new set of resources for apprentice carpenters. Speaking at an industry conference in Christchurch today, BCITO’s Glenn Duncan launched the resources to support businesses ... More >>
BCITO acknowledges radical changes to Vocational Education
Wednesday, 13 February 2019, 1:51 pm | BCITO
Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation (BCITO) Chief Executive Warwick Quinn acknowledges the significance of the changes to the vocational education training system proposed by the Minister of Education, Hon Chris Hipkins. More >>
First Micro-credential A Big Step Forward for Construction
Wednesday, 7 November 2018, 10:32 am | BCITO
A Whitianga based kitchen installer has become the first New Zealander to achieve a micro-credential. The shorter bite-sized learning achievements, which the Building Construction Industry Training Organisation (BCITO) refers to as Managed Traineeships, ... More >>
BCITO: Diversity the key to construction success
Wednesday, 31 October 2018, 9:35 am | BCITO
Women make up just 2.6 percent of workers ‘on the tools’ in New Zealand’s construction sector and the Building Construction Industry Training Organisation says correcting this imbalance is vital to addressing ongoing skills shortages. Employment forecasts ... More >>
BCITO’s 12,000th apprentice paints a bright future
Tuesday, 2 October 2018, 9:24 am | BCITO
The number of Kiwis engaging in building and construction apprenticeships is at record highs, as the industry’s demand for skilled workers continues to surge. More >>
BCITO thrilled with NZQA’s recognition of micro-credentials
Wednesday, 1 August 2018, 12:26 pm | BCITO
The Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation (BCITO) was pleased to be involved with the Government’s announcement today to recognise micro-credentials within New Zealand’s regulated education and training system. More >>
Top Flooring Apprentices Celebrated at Awards
Friday, 20 July 2018, 10:35 am | BCITO
20 July 2018 Top Flooring Apprentices Celebrated at Awards New Zealand’s best flooring industry apprentices were recognised at the annual Flooring Apprentice of the Year Awards in Auckland last night. The event, held by the Building and Construction Industry ... More >>
BCITO acts to boost school leavers entering apprenticeships
Thursday, 24 May 2018, 2:52 pm | BCITO
New Zealand’s leading provider of construction and trade apprenticeships is encouraging school leavers to see a career in the trades as a worthwhile choice with the launch of a new digital platform. More >>